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Nov 26 2019
The New Manafort
As it turns out Rudy Guiliani has Ukraine connections that are just as deep and corrupt as Paul Manafort’s. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman are the two Guiliani associates that were arrested at Dulles International. Parnas at least has signaled that he wants a deal for testimony and has already released a tranche of documents …
Nov 26 2019
Taking the Temperature
After a weekend of intensive WMUR watching (mostly for the weather which has been terrible) I’d like to report that campaign season finally seems to be getting underway. Last time I was here, in October, lots of personal appearances, not much coin. Now Steyer and Gabbard of course, but also Buttigieg, Warren, and Sanders. The …
Nov 25 2019
McGahn Must Testify
This is big, really big folks. McGahn used all of the same arguments that every other Administration Official made and he had a much better case than most for Lawyer/Client Privilege. All shot down. As Burt Gummer says to Earl Bass in Tremors 2– Why are you hiding behind that? You said it was going …
Nov 25 2019
Not the Hero Intially Reported
So the early stories on Navy Secretary Richard Spencer’s firing by Defense Secretary Mark Esper painted the situation as Spencer courageously standing on principle to strip a convicted and confessed (that’s what a pardon is folks, a confession and clemency) War Criminal of the honor of belonging, or ever claiming to have belonged to, an …
Nov 24 2019
Not A Rant
With my best girl by my side I would sing, Sing, SING! Can’t be a Yooper without knowing about Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox Babe.
Nov 24 2019
Turkey for Me, Turkey for You
Don’t worry, I promise to spare you the rest. Everything is Fine I got Mom hosting Thanksgiving Energy Thanksgiving with the In-Laws As it turns out, Pocahontas dumped John Smith, was captured, forced to adpot Christianity, and taken as a Slave Bride to England where she died. Funny, huh? What a World! What a World. …
Nov 23 2019
Another Edition of ‘What digby said’.
I don’t often talk about it, but every writer has their influences. It is frequently said, “If you want to be a Great Author, read them,” and it’s true enough. Among my most notorious pieces are my ‘Homage to Catalonia’, oops I mean ‘Hills Like White Elephants’, and ‘The Sound and the Fury’ which I …
Nov 23 2019
A little inside Economics
I find sometimes when I talk to people about my Economic positions they look at me like some kind of three eyed monster. I am totally mainstream. Keynes, Samuelson (well, to the extent he steals from Keynes) it’s all in there. I have my modern influencers and one of them is Robert Reich. Why Billionaires …