Before I get to the main course, I have a question or two. The President of the United States is officially the Commander in Chief, the highest ranking military officer in the country, right? If so, would he be eligible for...
History is replete with examples of really shitty governments offering terrible governing principles, but most of them have 1 thing in common. A strong, charismatic superstar at the top who brings it all together. And once they're gone, there's...
After a hard fought campaign, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, leader of The Brazilian Worker’s Party, has prevailed over Right Wing authoritarian and “Trump of the Tropics” Jair Bolsonaro by nearly 2% of the total vote, 50.8...
Many thanks to my dear reader and frequent commenter Spike for being the grist of this article. I had it floating around nebulously in my head, but with his comment in my article about Jeffrey Clark, it crystalized in my head...
I love Nicolle Wallace. Her two hour Deadline: White House is a joy to watch. The two hour format allows her to go into deeper depth on more stories, and her ability to explain positions from the view of a...
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Earlier tonight, I was talking to Teri, indulging in one of my favorite pastimes, mainly ripping Trump a new one, and Teri told me that Ursula had posted an article in which he said that MAGA Nation should rise...
Whenever I think of the national GOP these days, I can't stop thinking of a scene from one of my all time favorite movies,The man with 2 brains with Steve Martin. In short, Martin plays a brilliant brain surgeon, tortured...
If I wasn't such a cynical dude, it would almost be easy to feel sorry for former Vice President Mike Pence. In appearance he's a mild mannered, affable sort of goof. In 2016 he was so far behind in...
Everything I know about police, criminals, etc does not come from Law and Order -- which is actually a good thing, as it turns out. One thing I know from experience: most murders have a personal component. And it seems...
Granted it's early yet, but you can't just feel the difference, you can almost smell the difference between today and March of 2009. In 2009, GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to make then President Barack Obama a one term president...
