I don’t think Barack Obama was a particularly good President. Among other policies I disagree with are- Failure to prosecute War Crimes and the continuation of War Criminal activities (Rectal Feeding? Anal Rape!) by the United States Government (how’d that closing Guantánamo thing work out for you?). Failure to advance Universal Health Care (at the …
Category: News
Apr 24 2019
The New Drug Cartels
A little upfront disclosure first. I’m generally inclined more to transparency and treatment than prohibition. I’ve taken drugs, lots of different ones, and some were good for my head and others not so much. There are also drugs that are ridiculously dangerous, Fentanyl for example. Despite being overhyped prohibitionist propaganda, those stories you read about …
Apr 24 2019
Cartnoon
The Theater Experience We’ve come a long way since popcorn littered lecture hall chairs and sticky concrete floors, my local Bijou is carpeted throughout and boasts one screening room with swiveling tilting Barcaloungers (yes they recline and have footrests) as well as passable Cafe Tables for your $4 Soda and $6 Hot Dog (pricier options …
Apr 24 2019
Six In The Morning Wednesday 24 April 2019
Sri Lanka attacks: Bomber ‘studied in UK and Australia’ One of the attackers behind the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka studied in the UK, officials say, as further details on the bombers begin to emerge. The country’s deputy defence minister said the bomber studied in the UK before doing a course in Australia. The announcement …
Apr 23 2019
Republicanism Root and Branch
People talk as if Unindicted Co-Conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio represents some kind of nadir for the Republican Party, that he is an abberration and eventually normalcy (whatever that is) will prevail and our situation will revert to the mean which for Versailles Villagers is a D.C. where big Daddy Republicans are keeping our taxes safe from …
Apr 23 2019
What Have We Learned?
Basically nothing. People are stupid. Well, we’ve learned that the wireless router in North Lake is busted (or maybe not)- I’ve just picked up a fault in the AE35 unit. It’s going to go 100% failure in 72 hours. … Well HAL, I’m damned if I can find anything wrong with it. Yes, it’s puzzling. …
Apr 23 2019
Six In The Morning Tuesday 23 April 2019
Sri Lanka attacks: Mass funerals on day of mourning Sri Lanka has held its first mass funeral as the country marks a day of mourning for the victims of Sunday’s bomb blasts. The death toll of the attacks on churches and hotels has increased to 310, police said on Tuesday. The country has observed three …
Apr 19 2019
Fall Out- Part One
It’s not like there aren’t things and stuff. The real question is why decline to prosecute characters like this? Blackwater founder Erik Prince helped fund effort tied to obtaining Clinton’s emails By John Bowden, The Hill 04/18/19 Blackwater founder Erik Prince was involved in funding an effort to verify if a cache of stolen emails …
Apr 19 2019
Naturally Dyed Eggs
(As I said below I’ll be away this year, but you can make them any time- they’re very pretty.- ek) NATURALLY DYED EGGS Now with updates! Natural Easter Egg Dyes In the Gilmore house there is no surer sign of Easter than onion skin boiled eggs. I like them much more than the traditional store …
Apr 18 2019
Less and More than it seems.
Thank goodness I didn’t bother with the pre-Game hype. Republicans seem to be stuck in the Barr moment this morning and it certainly colored the early coverage when there wasn’t anything to look at and later when there hadn’t been time to read it. It is, as predicted, heavily redacted. The problem from my perspective …