AG slams WH meddling in Stone sentencing “Public statements and tweets made about the department, about people in the department, our men and women here, about cases pending in the department and about judges before whom we have cases make it impossible for me to do my job and to assure the co[...]
Archive for February, 2020
A Republican Asks Whether I Favor Bernie
Chris Vance, former chair of the Washington State Republican Party, is now a strong part of the anti Trump movement. Unfortunately, Chris sees our 2020 election as some sort of Manichean conflict between extreme rightism of Trump and extreme leftism of a faction of the Democrats. Chris asked me[...]
February 12th, 2020 - 2:07 pm § in Misc.
The Sanctification of Donald John Trump
“No one is more conservative than me.” “No one is stronger on the Second Amendment than me.” “No one respects women more than me. No one reads the Bible more than me.” “There’s nobody more pro-Israel than I am.” “There’s nobody that’s done so much for equality as I have.” �[...]
February 11th, 2020 - 9:56 am § in Misc.
Fed Chair Powell warns of a sugar high. Tells Congress that $1 trillion budget deficits are unsustainable
WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell: “Putting the federal budget on a sustainable path when the economy is strong would help ensure that policymakers have the space to use fiscal policy to assist in stabilizing the economy during a downturn.” Of course, this conflicts with t[...]
February 10th, 2020 - 9:33 am § in Misc.
Why Mail-In Ballots Frighten Me!
Mail in ballots open the door to another issue … buying ballots. Here in ohso liberal Seattle, we already have Seattle ballot nights at bars where you can exchange a ballot for a beer. While the ballots may be sealed, it is trivially to use a campaign database to select who is invited to suc[...]
February 9th, 2020 - 8:41 pm § in Donald Trump
Border Art
And there’s nothing Trump can do about it, short of declaring war on Mexico and invading them, because it’s on their side.[...]
No, I am neither Dem nor Rep
I am neither a democrat or a republican. I base my politics on the ideals and ideas of two Americans .. Jefferson and King. They defined .. for me .. America in terms of opportunity. I judge political ideas by whether they promote equal opportunity for Americans but also for all humans. I also u[...]