I don’t often talk about it, but every writer has their influences. It is frequently said, “If you want to be a Great Author, read them,” and it’s true enough. Among my most notorious pieces are my ‘Homage to Catalonia’, oops I mean ‘Hills Like White Elephants’, and ‘The Sound and the Fury’ which I …
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Nov 23 2019
A little inside Economics
I find sometimes when I talk to people about my Economic positions they look at me like some kind of three eyed monster. I am totally mainstream. Keynes, Samuelson (well, to the extent he steals from Keynes) it’s all in there. I have my modern influencers and one of them is Robert Reich. Why Billionaires …
Nov 22 2019
Thoughtful and Measured
I often find Seth provides balanced and thorough coverage. Or you can blow off everyone in your life and enter a Cheeto stained coma. Chris Hayes stands in the Armadillo lane waving at the traffic A more strident alarm from Rachel Zaz from Larry The other Larry I’m talking about Oak Island. So it’s not …
Nov 22 2019
And Now You Know
I’m actually kind of anxious having just 5 days of hearings, although the facts are abundantly clear- Unindicted Co-Conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio in violation of the criminal statutes involving withholding Federal funds and Election Financing as well as his Oath of Office and the Constitutional crime of Bribery personally directed the Majesty and Power of the …
Nov 21 2019
Cornucopia
It’s that time of year again. Thanksgiving? No! Impeachment Season! Anti-Semitic Semite Food Day of Gratitude Not to put too fine a point on it, but hoarse voiced Sam has already made this Adult Content which is fine because we are an Adult Site that deals with Adult Issues and if you’re not ready for …
Nov 21 2019
I Wish… I Wish… I wish I were a Fish
Be Careful, be careful, be careful. You know, what you wish for. Cody Johnston on what Atrios calls- Criming.
Nov 21 2019
For the Record: Day 4
Opening Session- Gordon Sondland Transcript Afternoon Session- Laura Cooper and David Hale Transcript
Nov 20 2019
So… That Went Well.
It’s a mite hard to walk back when your personal appointment, a man who likes you enough to pay a good chunk of cold hard cash in return for a Title of Nobility, says that you in fact offered a $398 Million bribe of illegally delayed United States assistance duly appropriated and legally allocated by …
Nov 20 2019
Your Daily Shooting Gallery
Anybody who thinks that ‘it doesn’t matter who’s President’ has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid war on the other side of the world-or been beaten and gassed by Police for trespassing on public property-or been hounded by the IRS for purely political reasons-or locked up in …
Nov 20 2019
For the Record: Day 3
Opening Session- Lt. Col. Vindman and Jennifer Williams Transcript Afternoon Session- Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison Transcript