It's 9:21 pm and the Boston Globe has published nada on the US Supreme Court overturning the conviction of slime-ball former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell's conviction for violation of the honest services law. Funny the Globe is front and … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
Neo-birtherism and Sour Grapes
Our friend Scott Brown, who may be the only person is one of the only people (Thanks to jimc for pointing out that Endicott Peabody also lost in both MA and NH, albeit 20 years apart in his case.) in history to lose races for the US Senate … [Read more...]
A right without access is not a right
Yes, that was the decision today, one that all Democrats including the presumptive nominee for president cheered. A right without access is not a right. You know where I am going, eh? If, according to our presidential nominee, … [Read more...]
How will Clinton or Trump “Bring the Jobs Back”?
A bit of anecdote here. A former college of mine traveled to Chihuahua Mexico where a US auto parts manufacture had set up a factory to make steering wheels. He was there to install equipment we had sold to them via their offices in … [Read more...]
Down-spinning the platform battle
The DNC platform negotiations are gathering rather more attention than usual. And how they're going, and who's exercising influence ... well, depends on whom you ask. Here's the AP: ST. LOUIS (AP) — A draft of the Democratic Party's … [Read more...]
Brexit: What will Hillary Clinton do?
Donald Trump, we know - in wake of the Brexit vote he ran to Scotland to tout his golf course. What with the reduced value of the British Pound, he's hoping to get more international golf tourism to his resort. We've not heard much from … [Read more...]
The United Kingdom, 1707-2016. RIP
In the history of Europe few things have been as transparently good as the day the Berlin Wall came down: freedom -- personal, cultural and economic -- was to be had and a bright new world was created... a world in which walls came … [Read more...]
Myopic Nationalism Is Still Rising
In historic vote, Britons decide they hate 70 years of peace and prosperity: "Yes, we remember recovering from World Wars caused by national pride. We then enjoyed our lives in the EU, but now I would much rather go out of this world … [Read more...]
Cutting Through the Gun-Rights Melodramatics
This was the post my brother shared with me on Facebook from another source, and my response. I think it is important to clarify that most of us are realistic that guns will always be a part of American culture, and to explain the limits … [Read more...]
Rob McElhenney is among the coolest people ever.
Given all the anti-trans nonsense from North Carolina and elsewhere, Rob McElhenney has invited a high school student who was kicked out of her prom for wearing a tuxedo, to appear on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. This is such an … [Read more...]
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