Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who wants to be president, is a stuntman. He used taxpayer money to round up 48 Venezuelan asylum-seekers in the country legally and ship them from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard. That stunt won points with immigration-obsessed Republican voters. He created a special stat[...]
Archive for October, 2022
Steve Bannon isn’t in jail yet
Hooray for rule of law! It’s what stands between us and the jungle. But the wheels of justice grind slowly, and Steve Bannon — domestic abuser, thief, and seditionist — has yet to answer for a criminal career that began 26 years ago. Bannon was charged in 1996 with domestic violenc[...]
Politicians shouldn’t make medical decisions
In this article, I will explain why you should trust your doctor, not a politician, for Covid-19 vaccination advice. Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis is a smart guy; he graduated from Yale and Harvard Law School. But he has more ambition than character. These days he’s slamming Covid-19 vaccines[...]
October 20th, 2022 - 9:15 pm § in Misc.
Who was the “Hang On Sloopy” girl?
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October 20th, 2022 - 6:45 pm § in Environment
PHOTOGRAPHY: Owls
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Tulsi Gabbard’s delusions
Tulsi Gabbard’s recent public comments are so friendly to Russia you wonder if she’s on Putin’s payroll (I can’t prove she is). Just two years after running for the Democratic presidential nomination, the former Hawaii congresswoman is quitting the Democratic Party. This will[...]
October 20th, 2022 - 3:57 pm § in Politics
Sawant’s poo problem
Seattle City Council member Kshwana Sawant, a socialist activist, has plenty of detractors. The late Dr. Steve Schwartz, founder of this blog, was one of them. I’m not a fan either. But she’s won four elections, and after a recall attempt failed last year, her enemies are reduced to flin[...]
October 20th, 2022 - 3:17 pm § in Russia
War in socks and shorts
Reports from behind the front indicate Putin’s conscripts have to buy military gear on the civilian market, where prices are soaring, and pay for it themselves. They’re complaining to wives and families back home that “the army has nothing” to issue them. “What little g[...]
October 20th, 2022 - 12:06 pm § in Politics
Georgia fake ballot stunt backfires
In Georgia, where early voting has begun, state election officials are investigating a fake ballot recovered from a polling place in a heavily-Republican area near Atlanta. The elaborately-created counterfeit ballot was found “in a box where ballots drop after they are scanned into a scanner a[...]
Do GOP lawsuits against student debt relief have a chance?
“A Wisconsin taxpayers group has asked the Supreme Court to step in on an emergency basis and temporarily block the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program from taking effect,” CNN reported on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Taxpayers usually don’t have standing t[...]