First day of the House Manager’s Opening Statements.
Tag: ek Politics
Jan 22 2020
An Offensive Defense
I object, your honor! This trial is a travesty. It’s a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham. How are Senate Republicans supposed to defend their impeachment vote? By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Jan. 22, 2020 Senate Republicans sitting through hours of patient, …
Jan 22 2020
Glass Half Full
It’s extremely important to remember that Nellie Forbush was a selfish racist bigot who ruined not only her own life, but the lives of those around her. I love Musical Theater. It’s so uplifting. Ok, we got two concessions and I don’t want to minimize the importance of either of them. Without allowing the House …
Jan 21 2020
The Kangaroo Court
True story this. In one of my U.S. History Courses (indeed all of them but I may not be cudgeling my memories with sufficient vigor) I was asked one question I didn’t know the answer to, didn’t even have a good guess- What political innovation was imported from Australia in 1888? The answer is the …
Jan 21 2020
Late Night Pre-Trial
I’m skipping Cartnoon and putting this up in its time slot because I think we’ll have plenty to be outraged about this afternoon. Oh, and this is the most important piece. Trevor First of all, MLK Jr. with Roy Wood Jr.. Ok, Impeachment. Stephen His get was Tom Steyer- And, because we are collecting wealthy …
Jan 21 2020
Post Impeachment Criming
Now I’m not saying there are many new crimes (with the definite exclusion of the ongoing Obstruction which has continued) in this summary, but we do have new information about them and the important point is this- These are new facts and documents, corroborating in every detail the testimony of the witnesses before the House …
Jan 20 2020
The Parnas Problem
As I pointed out when I was trashing Matt Bai for posting a profoundly racist editorial in the Times (which should be held to account for even publishing that garbage), Jennifer Rubin is no Liberal of any sort. Distinguished person of the week: Lev Parnas By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Jan. 19, 2020 Parnas’s stash …
Jan 20 2020
Because Numbers Are Fun!
Umm… do the math? President Trump made 16,241 false or misleading claims in his first three years By Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, and Meg Kelly, Washington Post Jan. 20, 2020 Three years after taking the oath of office, President Trump has made more than 16,200 false or misleading claims — a milestone that would have …
Jan 20 2020
Letter From Birmingham Jail
I like to publish this on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (in fact more frequently than that) because it holds many valuable lessons for those of us who believe in Direct Action, some of which I have highlighted. I won’t bother blockquoting. ek hornbeck MY DEAR FELLOW CLERGYMEN: While confined here in the Birmingham city …
Jan 19 2020
Oh, That Space Force
The one that isn’t actually, you know, in space. Broadly defined space starts with the Thermosphere which is the layer of atmosphere between 53 and 621 miles high. Not thick enough to burn up Meteors it is the environment of ICBMs and at it’s outer fringes is generally called ‘Low Earth Orbit’. If you want …
Jan 18 2020
About That Women’s March
So, I was there. Mine is the imperfect one in the back where my sister ran out of dark pink and had to finish with light. In some ways it was quite an effort. TMC and I had to arrange housing with my cousin and get down there. On the day it was a crowded …