Take a chicken or goat to your doctor, and ask him how much health care you can get in exchange. This might not be the official GOP Obamacare replacement plan, but when Sue Lowden ran against Harry Reid in 2010, it was the plan she came up with. So far, it’s the only solid, fleshed-out, [&he[...]
Archive for January, 2017
January 17th, 2017 - 10:53 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Putin Defends Trump, Calls Opponents “worse than prostitutes.”
President Vladimir Putin insisted that the accusations that Trump engaged in sexual acts with prostitutes while in Moscow are “fake” and “nonsense.” “I find it hard to believe that he rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. [...]
January 17th, 2017 - 1:02 am § in Politics
The bookie odds on Trump
(From Mother Jones; read more here) [...]
January 17th, 2017 - 12:39 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump Firsts: Dad of a bastard
Trump may not be a bastard, but he will be the first President who admitted to fathering a child out of wedlock.[...]
January 16th, 2017 - 3:40 pm § in Politics
GOPer calls civil rights hero “a pig”
Tommy Hunter, a Republican county commissioner in Georgia, called John Lewis, a civil rights leader of the MLK era and Georgia congressman, “a racist pig” in a Facebook post Saturday. He also referred to Democrats as “Demonrats” and “idiots.” Local Democrats immed[...]
January 16th, 2017 - 7:52 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Following Confrontation with John Lewis, Trump Cancels MLK Day Visit
Trump Changes Plans on MLK Day Visit To African American History Smithsonian Museum Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to…… Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldT[...]
January 16th, 2017 - 1:08 am § in Misc.
Weimar Republic: The Nazi Voter
“The Nazi Party. The reasons for its wide popular appeal have been debated at enormous length, most notably in a recent comprehensive study by Thomas Childers, The Nazi Voter. What is clear is that the mass support which Hitler was able to mobilise was a major factor in his rise to power, and [...]
January 15th, 2017 - 2:46 pm § in Politics
Repeal and replace
How the Sacramento Bee’s editorial cartoonist views it: [...]
January 15th, 2017 - 11:08 am § in Politics
GOP chief threatens ethics watchdog
Reince Preibus, chair of the Republican National Committee and soon to become White House Chief of Staff, doesn’t like Walter Schaub, director of the Office of Government Ethics, calling for President-Elect Trump to divest his far-flung business interests before assuming office. Priebus compla[...]