Month: October 2019

by Ugh Between my sons playing Little League and the Nationals, I think I've, I, er, I may have become a, uh, baseball fa- NO I CAN'T SAY IT!!   Over to you, Mr. J. T. 🙂 Open thread (naturally).

by liberal japonicus First of all, a couple of people have said hi to me in the comments, so hey back and apologies for not being in the flow to answer. The title refers to the following Johnson throwing the DUP under the bus Bolton throwing Rudy under the bus followed by Sondland doing the … Read more

by Ugh My former law Professor (!) John Yoo* appeared on Fox News to espouse certain views on what the "framers" (or "founders") would want w/r/t impeachment within one year of an election (shocking conclusion: they wouldn't approve!!!).  I'd say this is blatant nonsense, even for an "originalist." (though judges/justices/lawyers say certain subjects are beyond … Read more

By liberal japonicus   Posting from my iphone, let’s see if that makes a difference. Knock yerselves out. 

by wj “He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” – Donald Trump on John McCain It appears that our Leader has found a way to avoid having people captured: run away. In keeping with his own approach to military service, I suppose. … Read more

by Ugh So Congress, you didn't put the croquet basketball malleting to the uprights and now the Trump Administration can neener neener your impeachment kangaroo court thingy. This is not the Constitutional Crisis you're looking for.   Nearly 63 million effing people voted for this sh1tshow.   I give up.

by russell Don't usually read CNBC but this  popped up on my news feed.  The headline is "Here's why Trump's poll numbers are defying the impeachment mess".  AKA, "WTF is going on with Trump supporters?". A topic of perennial interest. It doesn't discuss racism, homophobia, misogyny, toxic nationalism, economic insecurity, gun mania, concerns about the … Read more