“Good morning your Honor, The Crown will plainly show the prisoner who now stands before you was caught red handed showing feelings, feelings of an almost human nature.” This will not do. So, confronted with the approbation of his Faux Noise Demagogues, Unidicted Co-conspirator Trump caves yet again. Nancy Pelosi was exactly right when she …
Tag: ek Politics
Dec 20 2018
Fun With Numbers
For some inexplicable reason we have Parts 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Christmas on I.C.E.. There are no Parts 2 or 4. “Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou …
Dec 19 2018
Wheeee!
Cow Tokens! Get your Ur Cow Tokens here! Sumerian Cow Tokens April 24th, 2017 So what is the value of an Ur Cow Token? Sorry, I can’t get a market price for Ur per se so you’ll have to settle for a Sumerian one from around 1953 – 1935 BCE backed (and baked) by the …
Dec 19 2018
Not I/P
It’s about the First Amendment. I used to be a huge supporter of Israel. The image of Jews rising from the ashes of the Holocaust to form a democratic Nation/State was enormously romantic (in the classical sense) and I cheered on their military and territorial success. Indeed I could make a case for a persecuted …
Dec 18 2018
This For That
That’s what Quid Pro Quo means in Latin and while it’s always nice to do a favor for a friend, doing so Coercively (Extortion, nice little democracy you’ve got here, shame if something happened to it) or Corruptly (Bribery, here’s a Benjamin for ‘expedited action’) in the expectation of reward (something of value, doesn’t have …
Dec 18 2018
Not the Legal News We Were Hoping For
Today, after virtually calling Flynn a traitor, Judge Emmet Sullivan postponed his sentencing for 90 day and suggested it could be delayed further pending “completion of his co-operation” in the Russian Treason Investigation. You could take that as an indicator the Judge will depart from the sentencing recommendations of both the Special Counsel’s Office and …
Dec 17 2018
No Confidence
Today we find out that Theresa May won’t put the Brexit deal on the table again until January 14th which will give you 2 weeks to critique the Dr. Who New Year’s special episode. Having survived an intra-Party challenge and thus gaining a year’s worth of immunity in that forum May is playing the rope-a-dope …
Dec 16 2018
Wardrobe Malfunction
Look, I think we have lots of patriarchal Puritan restrictions on female body exposure. Any beach you can parade your ball hugger Speedo on is fair game. I myself tend to be modest in my Vacation kit because I’m not very fit. I am old and I burn easily. Normally I wear flashy Hawaiian shirts …
Dec 15 2018
Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto
People think I’m paranoid because I write pseudonymously and my Cell Phone In Box is full and I screen calls on my land line. My Answering Machine message is- “The number you have reached, (###) ###-#### is not in service at this time. Please check the number and dial again. Beeeep.” I feel I’m perfectly …
Dec 14 2018
Tired of Winning?
12/14/17 12/14/18 YTD Dow 24,585.43 24,100.51 -484.92 S&P 500 2662.85 2599.95 -62.90 NASDAQ 6875.80 6910.66 34.86 So much winning! Not that Stock Indexes are any indicator of prosperity. Wheeeeeeee!
Dec 14 2018
The Third Man
You know, I never feel comfortable on these sort of things. Victims? Don’t be melodramatic. Look down there. Tell me. Would you really feel any pity if one of those dots stopped moving forever? If I offered you twenty thousand pounds for every dot that stopped, would you really, old man, tell me to keep …