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Sep 24 2019
Sometimes, it’s stupid things.
I can’t help marking this moment in my most annoying and irritating “I told you so!” voice. It seems idiotic given all that has gone before, including that First Act Mantlepiece scene with Lester Holt. This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a …
Sep 23 2019
Glass Half Empty
Too early for Flapjacks? As I wander my branch of the Multiverse I sometimes wonder what happens to the characters in the discarded (from a narrative standpoint) realities. Do they disappear? Do they wake up with a harrowing nightmare of Phil manaically screaming “We’re not going to play by their rules any more”? I know …
Sep 22 2019
Not A Rant
Ok, we need to bring this boy home. He’s so out of touch he thinks Brian Williams is still relevant.
Sep 22 2019
I used to think I was jaded and cynical.
Compared to what? Doomed, delusional, divided and corrupt: How the Democratic Party became a haunted house by Andrew O’Hehir, Salon September 22, 2019 Face to face with what looks an awful lot like the rise of American fascism, the Democratic Party has a historic opportunity — and a historic responsibility. It has repeatedly proven itself …
Sep 20 2019
Welcome Home Bill
While an improvement over past Mayors which memorably includes such recent disasters as Koch, Giuliani, and Bloomberg, de Blasio kind of got the Obama Nobel (for not being W) and has proven to be of middling competence and unremarkable impact except that he’s going to use the Cincinatus/Washington method of peaceful transition of power. Truth …
Sep 19 2019
Some Wisdom from Robert Reich
The Real Political Battle 12 Myths About Taxing The Rich Fun and Games ‘Murika- The Story
Sep 19 2019
This Guy, Still
To say that people have the memory of a Goldfish (whom are memorably said to swim in circles because by the time they get around to the back side of the bowl they’ve forgotten the front side even existed) is a vile canard to Goldfish who are entirely capable of demonstrating complex sets of learned …