Of course the Versailles Villager Narrative is that Impeaching Unindicted Co-Conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio is “unpopular” and “electoral doom” for Democrats. First of all, some stuff you do because it’s your damn job, not because it’s personally beneficial except in maintaining, improving, or establishing your reputation for DOING YOUR DAMN JOB! Dammit. Secondly it’s not as …
Category: News
May 31 2019
Six In The Morning Friday 31 May 2019
US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico, demanding the country curb illegal immigration into the US. In a tweet, Mr Trump said that from 10 June a 5% tariff would be imposed and would slowly rise “until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied”. Jesus Seade, Mexico’s top diplomat for …
May 30 2019
Charlotte’s Web
The background is the Republican plan to insert a citizenship question into the 2020 Census so they can disenfranchise Hispanics and Gerrymander more effectively. The new news is that when Thomas Hofeller, Republican operative out of North Carolina, died in August all his computer stuff went to his “estranged” daughter who promptly turned to Common …
May 30 2019
Oh, That Slavery Thing? That Was A Bad Idea Too.
I just, no fooling, got off the phone with a solicitor (in the mendicant sense) who wished me to contribute to an advertising campaign proclaiming Unindicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio “Exonerated!” Sometimes I think that whatever malware monitors me is sadly confused about my political leanings. I am an Anarcho-Syndicalist, not a Republican, and to the …
May 30 2019
Six In The Morning Thursday 30 May 2019
Don’t say we didn’t warn you:’ Chinese state media issues ominous warning to US By Ben Westcott and Serenitie Wang, CNN Updated 0611 GMT (1411 HKT) May 30, 2019 As Beijing threatens the United States with the possibility of a rare earths export ban amid rising trade tensions, Chinese state media has sent an ominously worded warning to Washington: “Don’t say …
May 29 2019
Impeach Already
Mueller Speaks! He sounds different than I thought he would. Mueller just made it crystal clear: Only Congress can hold Trump accountable By Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent, Washington Post May 29, 2019 Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III just opened his mouth in public for the first time in years, and though what he …
May 29 2019
Amash Town Hall
Umm… I recognize the auditorium. No, seriously, I’ve been in that exact spot. Not where my people are from, Yooper meets Detroit (Richard and Emily have their moments, but don’t we all). I was born in one of those car name towns, I forget which actually, and by virtue of my ‘Ganderness can apply for …
May 29 2019
Six In The Morning Wednesday 29 May 2019
Australia’s ‘Egg Boy’ gives donations to NZ attack survivors An Australian teenager who broke an egg on a controversial far-right senator’s head says he has given almost A$100,000 (£55,000; $69,000) to survivors of the Christchurch mosque attacks. Will Connolly egged Fraser Anning in March – prompting people to flood him with donations to pay his legal …
May 28 2019
Steam Punk
Did you know you can make a phonograph (an analog sound recording and playback device for you millennials and beyond) with Dirt, Water, a Wheel, a Pointy Stick, and a Membrane to attach it to? In analog recording what you want to do is create an analogue (homophone meaning similar as opposed to continuously variable) …