Ugh

by Ugh The President is horrible. His Attorney General is horrible. His press secretary is horrible. ICE is horrible. Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are horrible. The GOP is horrible. Also, too, horribly racist. The GOP is the party of Sarah Palin on her worst day now. I mean, fnck. Open thread…………………. Update the First:  … Read more

by Ugh Random movie quotes have been popping into my head lately and the number one thing I realized is that none of them are from a movie post-2000.  Either I'm old or my movie watching habits have declined.  Probably both. I was going to put up a thread about how one of the great … Read more

by Ugh Because why not, eh? I forget who said that capitalism needs to be kept safe from the capitalists, but gee ABC, what did you think you were getting? Also, too, I'm spending way too much time on the twitters, and encountering some very special people. My kids are casting Harry Potter spells on … Read more

by Ugh Today in what must be the eleventy-billionth article on the subject, the WaPo makes the rugged, overland, sometimes I'm sure dangerous, journey to the restive provinces to find out just why Trump voters voted for Trump and what Trump voters think of Trump now that Trump has been Presidenting.  Farming, lamb processing, and … Read more

by Ugh Back in the day I suggested that perhaps the higher ups at VW would not run into any trouble for the emissions scandal.  Indeed, informed commentators deemed it "highly unlikely" that gaming the emissions system was a senior management decision and was "relatively contained" in VW.  Well, it seems my and others' surmisings … Read more

by Ugh While there's a lot of norm breaking, rampant corruption, and likely a fair bit of criminality, Trump still has a ways to go before he reaches the truly great heights of horribleness that was the W administration.  Hundreds of thousands of unnecessarily dead people, for example, plus torture and a number of other … Read more

by Ugh So I won't have fraud and noted stupid spineless squish Paul Ryan to kick around any longer. So sad, so sad. I'm sure he will go on to that great K Street suite in the sky.  But I will miss his ability to gracefully and with strangely weird-eyed aplomb sh1t on the poor, … Read more

by Ugh In light of another apparent chemical attack by the Assad regime in Syria, the world turns its eyes to Japan and asks what will its government do in light of the most recent atrocity.  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday promised a “big price” to be paid. In a tweet, Mr. Abe laid … Read more

Silence. Also.

by Ugh Holy flippin' Jeebus, do things just get stupider and stupider, with a side of the crazy, also a bit o' scary. Honestly, can we please just shut this whole simulation down for abject ludicrousness and dumb plot twists? I mean, CNN had a chryon just now entitled something like "The Playmate, the Porn … Read more

by Ugh Tillerson out! He very much wanted to stay, apparently. Wasn't told, doesn't know why.   Mike Pompeo to State.  Some wag on twitter notes that with access to both the CIA and State Department files, Pompeo can surely get to the bottom of….Benghazi! Gina Haspel will lead the CIA, she was directly involved in … Read more

by Ugh The perpetual infrastructure week debacle is entertaining in an "OMFG look at that train wreck" dumpster fire-esque sort of way. I think. I'm sure our deal-maker-yet-can't-get-the-hush-money-NDA-correct-in-chief will end up getting North Korea to… eh.  Maybe he'll end up like John McCain, tweeting about his visit with "Qadhafi" and how he is an "interesting … Read more

by Ugh Well then.  This has been, uh, a quite something of a week. Latest is that McMaster is on his way out as NSA and one of the possible replacements is….John Bolton!  Mr. "Let's Launch a Preemptive Strike on North Korea Because Wheeee!"  These are not the good times you're looking for. And woke … Read more

by Ugh I don't drink anymore due to an issue with rather excessive consumption over a long period that now is four and a half years in the past (knock on wood). Gin & Tonic really wasn't my drink, but damn those gin hangovers were awful when that's what I was drinking.   Aside my individual … Read more

by Ugh I guess the Olympics are going on. Adam Rippon is kicking a$$ in interviews and twitter.  Otherwise, this week reminds me of a line from Se7en "Ernest Hemingway once wrote 'The world is a fine place and worth fighting for'. I agree with the second part." You do you. UPDATE:  No puppet! No … Read more

by Ugh The radio reception in my car suddenly turning sh1tty and me too lazy/incompetent/scared to get it fixed has finally given me cause to start listening to podcasts (this is also in me keeping up with my aspiration to be at least 5 years or more behind the times technology wise).   Man, there's a … Read more

by Ugh Yes I'm rooting for the Patriots. For some reason I like to see records pushed as high as they can go.  Thus, Brady wining a 6th ring in his 8th Super Bowl appeals to me.  As does Federer continuing to win grand slams (do we really have to wait until Wimbledon to see … Read more

by Ugh One of the selling points of the "tax reform" legislation, now commonly known as the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, or TCJA (or the Corporate Tax Lawyer Full Employment Act), is that it would in time increase wages by a certain amount.  The economists' view of how this would happen is by decreasing … Read more

by Ugh More Trump because why not? Eh. I've seen responses to the latest sharted eruption from POTUS saying that it "does not represent American values," to which my response of late is "Are you sure?" Almost 63 million people voted for this waste. There is a long history of American racism in immigration (and … Read more

by Ugh Two weeks from today (or maybe yesterday, depending), The Last Jedi opens, yay! Is there anything else in the news today? Twitter seems to think so. The tax bill is horrible. Flynn is prepared to testify against Trump, Trump's family members, and other WH officials. Some say Trump ordered Flynn to contact, some … Read more

by Ugh Just when the GOP is getting ready to drop their huge (yuuuuge!) plans for tax reform on Wednesday, Mueller drops his first indictment: of Paul Manafort for….tax fraud! Or at least failing to file FBAR reports. You can't make this sh1t up.  Perhaps the GOP proposal can be labeled tax fraud, instead of … Read more

by Ugh I've been neglecting my posting duties so thought I'd put this up. Having sh1t for brains for President is turning out to not be a good thing. Whoocoodanode! I especially like all the people abandoning him left and right in the past couple months, as if he's somehow changed from the campaign.  "That's … Read more

by Ugh It's 2017, do you know where your neo-Nazis are America?   Meanwhile, the NYTimes is showing us their terrific editorial balance on the issue by letting Erick Fncking Erickson write an op-ed on yesterday's events. Erick. Fncking. Erickson.  Not gonna link. Both sides, people, both sides.  U! S! A! Jesus. Open Thread. 

by Ugh Things are going swimmingly here in the State of Denmark 'Merrica. The Post, the Times, detail Trump's efforts to subvert Mueller's investigation (Josh Marshall comments here).  Meanwhile, the GOP congress continues in its attempt to undo the ACA and tell anyone depending on it – plus anyone caught in the collateral damage – … Read more

by Ugh The GOP Senate done released it's ACA repeal bill earlier today.  You can read the bill here if you want.  My brief, fair, & balanced summary: cruelty now, cruelty tomorrow, cruelty forever (even fits in a tweet). Essentially, the same as the GOP House Bill.  Was in Vegas on Mon/Tues and it was 117 … Read more

by Ugh I saw the recent deportation of someone with status under DACA, which made me wonder how immigration law worked when it comes to proving/contesting immigration status.  Specifically, who has the burden of proof – the individual or the state – when it comes to whether a person is an "alien."  It also made … Read more

by Ugh Well golly, we bombed Syria.  I've seen various reactions from so-called "serious" people on the tweets that this is "not an act of war" and "just a pin prick" strike to "send a message" and "not let thing go unpunished" etc. etc. etc.  As someone else in the twits said, suppose someone dropped … Read more

by Ugh So this is something I can support: On Monday, Chief Judge Robert Katzmann of the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals wrote that anti-gay employment discrimination is almost certainly prohibited under existing federal law. Katzmann urged the 2nd Circuit to reconsider precedent holding that employees cannot sue for sexual orientation discrimination under Title VII … Read more

by Ugh So here we are, 7 years and one day after the ACA was signed into law by B. Hussein O. and after eleventybillion prior votes to repeal the law when it didn't matter, the House might finally vote on an ACA "replacement" bill via a process that actually involves all the mythical process … Read more

by Ugh Well here we are not even two months into GOP rule and they've racked up quite a record and they haven't even gotten started!   Most recently there is the CBO score of the GOP "replacement" for the ACA, and the Trump WH view which is even worse (or, better, depending on your … Read more

by Ugh Seriously, WTF?  I understand many businesses seem to think anything that keeps them from making as much $$ as possible is illegitimate and/or a threat to capitalism/apple pie/mom, but ISTM complying with the law/regulation while trying to get things changed – while problematic for many reasons – would be the prudent course for … Read more

by Ugh The Magical Mystery Reality Show of Doom, Tacos and Discontinued Clothing Lines continues here in the United States of Fnckin' A.  While Week 3 showed a slight down-tick in pictures of CBP-handcuffed pre-Kers and other similar defenses of the national security, we still managed to have our fair share of entertainment, in a "oh-god-we're-all-gonna'-die-pass-the-vodka-and-Valium" … Read more