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Jun 07 2019
‘We don’t pay taxes. The little people pay taxes.’
Koch Bro Bill was the only one of the 4 to support Unidicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio, hosting lavish campaign fundraisers that included such luminaries a Steve Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary already in hot water for being a general asshole, a grifter, a mooch, and unilaterally withholding Unidicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio’s Tax Returns from exactly the …
Jun 07 2019
There Ought To Be A Law
Thus the need for Congressional Investigation to gather the information necessary to draft legislation and inform debate, the inherent Article I subpoena power to compel testimony and the production of documents. Giuliani is so screwed. House Dems Preparing Investigation of Rudy Giuliani for Ukraine Shenanigans by Erin Banco and Asawin Suebsaeng, Daily Beast 06.07.19 Top …
Jun 06 2019
The Astroturf Rebellion
I’ll simply assume that everyone is aware that revolting Guaidó, err… the Guaidó Revolt, is nothing more than a CIA Op because the U.S. doesn’t want a scary “Socialist” leading any nations in the Western Hemisphere. There are plenty of corrupt Dictators in Latin America (see Brazil) and we do nothing. Venezuela is a special …
Jun 06 2019
The “I” Word
Recent thoughts from Pravda and Izvestia. Here are seven reasons Trump should be impeached By Max Boot, Washington Post June 3, 2019 Article 1. Donald J. Trump, in violation of his oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, and to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has obstructed the administration of justice: …
Jun 06 2019
Diamond Day
Clio calls. June 6th, 1944, it was a day, The Longest Day according to some because (of course) advance units were already in motion on June 5th. I duly bemoan the sad state of Historical Pedagogy (minds out of the gutter folks, could have used “instruction” but I like to be obnoxious) that allows the …
Jun 05 2019
It’s Economics Stupid
Look, a Tariff is a Tax placed on Consumers and Businesses of the Country imposing the Tariff as a disincentive to purchase Imports from a particular provider. By definition. Now there are other offensive (especially to Free Traders) economic actions that one can take like Blockades (depriving someone of a necessary Input) and Embargos (refusing …
Jun 05 2019
Think I’ll Go Down To Drucker’s Kate
Yeah, been itching to do some serious Biden Bashing. Plagiarism charge hits Biden climate change plan By ZACK COLMAN and NATASHA KORECKI, Politico 06/04/2019 Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign came under fire on Tuesday for putting out a $1.7 trillion climate change plan that appeared to copy a handful of passages from previously published …
May 31 2019
Threshold Values
Sing it, Gene. If Trump doesn’t warrant impeachment, who does? By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post May 30, 2019 What would a president have to do, hypothetically, to get this Congress to impeach him? Obstruct a Justice Department investigation, perhaps? No, apparently that’s not enough. What about playing footsie with a hostile foreign power? Abusing his …
May 31 2019
Good Question
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 …
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 …