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Tag: ek Politics
May 18 2020
Purging
I want to talk with you about vomiting blood. It’s not very pleasant. First of all you are, by definition, nauseous and you probably have a headache because of the anemia but that’s not the interesting part. Your vomit comes out kind of black until it hits the toilet water where it turns a spectacular …
May 17 2020
I do not fear the dark side as you do.
I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new empire. What Liberals Don’t Get About Trump Supporters and Pop Culture By DEREK ROBERTSON, Politico 05/16/2020 When President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Brad Parscale, triumphantly invoked the “Star Wars” universe to liken the president’s reelection effort to the “Death Star,” all but ready …
May 15 2020
Consumer Society
Or maybe not so much. In March and April the bottom dropped out of Retail. Retail sales plunged 16.4 percent in April as coronavirus pandemic drives record decline By Rachel Siegel and Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post May 15, 2020 Retail sales plunged 16.4 percent in April, by far the biggest drop on record and another …
May 15 2020
Regime Change
What makes it odd is The Lancet is a very old and well respected Medical Journal that doesn’t normally take partisan positions. Reviving the US CDC The Lancet May 16, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen in the USA with 1·3 million cases and an estimated death toll of 80,684 as of May 12. …
May 14 2020
Prince Prospero’s Party
And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of …
May 14 2020
Why would they?
So there are no plans if, as seems likely, our 2 top Constitutional Officers die or become incapacitated because of Coronavirus. Well, it doesn’t matter if there are plans or not. It’s what the Constitution says and Mark Meadows is no Al Haig (and I mean that in a negative way, Haig was an asshole, …
May 13 2020
Mall Rats
I suppose it’s all in how you define “normalcy”. This is a piece that’s about the coming collapse in Commercial Real Estate of all types but especially in Retail Spaces and Shopping Malls. Ok, that mostly hurts faceless companies you’ve never heard of unless you hate Mr. Bucksbaum as much as I do, however the …
May 13 2020
Who was that Masked Man?
Wrong Brother. Oh ain’t it lonely When you’re livin’ with a gun Well you can’t slow down and you can’t turn ’round And you can’t trust anyone You just sit there like a butterfly And you’re all encased in glass You’re so fragile you just may break And you don’t know who to ask Oh …
May 12 2020
Not The Only Stupid Argument In The Supreme Court Today
There was also this one- Religious Freedom Demands That Women Be Denied Birth Control, Trump Administration Tells Supreme Court by Jordan Smith, The Intercept May 12 2020 During oral arguments on May 6, before a U.S. Supreme Court working remotely amid the coronavirus crisis, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had one question on her mind: What …
May 12 2020
How Deep Is The Rot?
Arguments today in Supreme Court about whether Congress gets Executive Branch information or not. Bad if decided the wrong way but it would undo 200+ years of Black Letter Law. These particular cases have uniformly resulted in practically unanimous findings in favor of Congress at both the District and Appeals level. I would hope Roberts …