This is political theater, nothing more. It’s in the category of “believing something makes it true.” For example, “if Republicans believe elections are unfair, that makes them unfair.” The polite term for this is “logical fallacy;” the impolite term starts [...]
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GOPer threatens to deport Democrats
Sure, there’s mudslinging and hyperbole in politics, and you don’t want to go overboard in taking it seriously. But you’re entitled to take people at their word, and sometimes should. That certainly was the case with Hitler’s threats in Mein Kampf to kill the Jews. Rep. Chip [...]
Capitol rioter tells his side of the story (video)
It just so happens he’s lying to the reporter in the video below. That interview was in November 2022. On June 18, 2024, Dale Huttle, 73, of Crown Point, Indiana, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2024. His actions included using a flagpole to jab [...]
June 22nd, 2024 - 8:32 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Free speech for all! (video)
The anti-Trump group has a right to display a billboard comparing Trump to Castro, and the enraged Cuban-American protesters have a right to wave their “Trump 2024” flags and express their outrage. Free speech works the same for everybody! Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Trump can’t do fractions
If you ask me who’s most likely to pull out the debates, I wouldn’t pick Biden. That’s because “Trump is already laying the groundwork to complain that the upcoming presidential debate is rigged against him,” Raw Story reported on June 19, 2024, citing the New York Time[...]
Does Trumpian military strategy make sense?
In a wide-ranging Foreign Affairs op-ed published Tuesday, Trump’s last national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, decried “American weakness” and called for “peace through strength” (read Politico story here). That’s a meaningless political jab coupled with a [...]
June 18th, 2024 - 12:34 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
How Kamala Harris could become Trump’s vice president
Here’s how it could happen in theory. The Hill thinks Florida Sen. Marco Rubio may be Trump’s VP pick (story here). Let’s say Florida’s electoral votes decide a close election. The 12th Amendment would allow its electors to vote for only one person from their state. So if they vote for[...]
America’s dumbest senator strikes again
Nevada’s economy is hospitality, and in a gambit for that state’s electoral votes, Trump floated the idea of exempting tip income from taxes. Now along comes Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), who thinks it’s a tax exemption for people who tip, and called the idea “awesome” [...]
Is it OK for a non-veteran to wear dogtags?
I’m a veteran, and I don’t wear dogtags (anymore). Fox host Maria Bartiromo isn’t a veteran, and she wears dogtags, to honor the veterans in her family. After thinking about it, I’m OK with it; it’s nice that she pays tribute to her father, who served, and uncle, who wa[...]
Politicians without backbone
What does the GOP need that it lacks? Politico figured it out. Here. Its article begins by focusing on a single day of the 2016 campaign in South Carolina. That day was February 18, 2016. Trump wasn’t yet the GOP nominee. On a stage were Marco Rubio, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, and Trey Gowdy. A [[...]