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October 31st, 2024 - 6:44 pm § in Democrats, Politics, Republicans

Is a woman’s vote any of her husband’s business?

By now you may have heard about the Harris wink-wink campaign ad (watch it below). In the voice-over actress Julia Roberts says, “In the one place in America where women still have a right to choose, you can vote any way you want. And no one will ever know.” The Hill reports here that Republican[...]

October 31st, 2024 - 1:08 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

Trump’s austerity snake oil

It’s a decades-old GOP playbook: Cut taxes for the rich, which explodes deficits, then argue the middle-class has to bear “pain.” Trump surrogate Elon Musk, who will head the 47th president’s efficiency commission, is proposing cutting a third of spending, but won’t say what will[...]

October 30th, 2024 - 2:38 pm § in Politics

On being young, stupid, and full of politics, and baseball rules

There’s an expression to describe young dogs bursting with energy, bounding all over the place, and jumping up on every person they meet: “Full of puppy.” If you’ve ever had a dog, you know what I’m talking about. Just days before the 2024 election, novice political act[...]

October 29th, 2024 - 9:40 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

Harris is saying all the right things

Kamala Harris’s 2020 campaign fell flat, and political observers criticized her campaigning as inept. She apparently learned from her mistakes, because four years later she’s grown as a campaigner. She ate Trump’s lunch in their debate, she’s campaigned on issues that resonat[...]

October 29th, 2024 - 7:43 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics

Can “Trump Media” traders do math?

“There are lies, damned lies, and statistics,” the bromide goes. But statistics don’t have to be manipulated to mislead you; all you have to do is misinterpret them. So it is with Trump Media stock, ticker symbol DJT, which has exploded upwards a week before the 2024 election as (a[...]

October 29th, 2024 - 4:20 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics

Paul Pelosi attacker gets life without parole

David DePape, the deranged freak who broke into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and broke her elderly husband’s skull with a hammer, will never get out of prison. DePape previously was sentenced to 30 years for the federal crime of attacking a federal official or family member. Now he&[...]

October 29th, 2024 - 3:30 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics

Do you recognize this car?

It’s a 2001 to 2004 Volvo S60 sedan, black or dark colored, with dark-colored upholstery. It likely has Oregon or Washington plates, to be inconspicuous. Police and the FBI want to talk with whoever was driving it past ballot drop boxes that went up in flames in the wee hours last weekend. If [...]

October 29th, 2024 - 5:32 am § in Politics, Republicans

Kari Lake is still a weasel (video)

Kari Lake, a former Phoenix newscaster turned wannabe politician, is running for U.S. Senate in 2024 after losing a 2022 race for governor. Lake, a notorious election denier, persisted in contesting the 2022 results in court despite having no evidence; she not only lost at every step, but she and he[...]

October 28th, 2024 - 9:56 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

If Elon Musk were in charge of the federal budget

In the closing days of the 2024 election campaign, Elon Musk is sucking up to Trump, probably hoping to get lucrative government contracts for his businesses. But he also may be angling for a government appointment. Musk styles himself a budget expert. Trump promotes him “as someone who could [...]

October 28th, 2024 - 8:45 am § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

First case of 2024 voting fraud!

A Minnesota woman who died on August 31, 2024, voted for Trump on October 7, 2024, assisted by a daughter who’s also an avid Trump supporter. The ballot was mailed September 20, and by then Rose Marie Javorina was so stiff she couldn’t fill out it herself, so Danielle Miller did it for h[...]