Tucker Carlson’s racist writer has been fired and the “Three’s Company Defense”
Why don’t Republicans know what American values, history and culture are?
Looking back at historic events and people involved, putting it in context and attempting to evaluate those people and events with modern understanding is history. That is literally what history is and what historians do. Statues aren’t history. The story of why those statues are there, what they meant for the people who put them… Continue reading Why don’t Republicans know what American values, history and culture are?
Louie Gohmert invoked The Air Bud Rule
While the House Judiciary Committee was conducting official business the Republican Party objected to on entirely political grounds, meaning that the investigation would uncover republican criminality and corruption they wish to leave covered, one representative, Louie Gohmert decided that he would disrupt the hearing by making noise. When confronted about this, he stated “Then there’s… Continue reading Louie Gohmert invoked The Air Bud Rule
Some people only know one amendment and they don’t understand consequences.
I think everyone knows that guy. The one says he needs all those guns because he must defend liberty. And while I support an individual right to bare arms, I never actually think that liberty is the reason why that guy wants those guns. I’ve been to gun shows. I’ve fired long guns. I can… Continue reading Some people only know one amendment and they don’t understand consequences.
Thrilling Tales of Chickenshit Conservatism: BLM Edition
When someone claims to support the policing reforms being won by the BLM protests but insists they can not support BLM because they prefer ‘all lives matter’ they are engaging in a disingenuous tactic I call Chickenshit Conservatism, taking a cue from the Dead Kennedy’s song Chickenshit Conformist. I consider Chickenshit Conservatism to be a… Continue reading Thrilling Tales of Chickenshit Conservatism: BLM Edition
TrumpGate: Trump pardoned the man who unmasked Valerie Plame because he doesn’t actually care about national security.
Libby, Cheney’s former chief of staff, was convicted in 2007 of lying to investigators and obstruction of justice following the 2003 leak of the covert identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame, though no one was ever charged for the leak. President George W. Bush later commuted Libby’s 30-month prison sentence but didn’t issue a pardon… Continue reading TrumpGate: Trump pardoned the man who unmasked Valerie Plame because he doesn’t actually care about national security.
COVID-9-11
Think of what we were asked to do to prevent another 9/11 and how little we are being asked to do to prevent the deaths of our families and friends now.
This post is a puzzle, can you figure it out? The Case Against the Democrats
This article is a trick but you consider it a puzzle. Read it carefully and see if you figure out what is odd about it. “However remarkable its catalogue of successes in the past—and the party has thrived on factionalism and controversy (with notable exceptions, such as the quarrel over slavery)—it is apparent… Continue reading This post is a puzzle, can you figure it out? The Case Against the Democrats
Trump always puts Trump first, not America, and this will never change.
Trump saying he should not talk to them if they don’t “treat you right. Anyone who has been following Trump the past few years might still be shocked by this but I am not. To quote Adam Serwer in the Atlantic: There are not many Trump scandals. There is one Trump scandal. Singular: the corruption of the… Continue reading Trump always puts Trump first, not America, and this will never change.
They never thought it would effect their lives. So Foxlandia dismissed as a hoax. Now that it may effect them, they call it a crisis.
“Fox News personalities such as Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham accused the news media of whipping up “mass hysteria” and being “panic pushers.” Fox Business host Trish Regan called the alleged media-Democratic alliance “yet another attempt to impeach the president.” But that was then. With Trump’s declaration on Friday that the virus constitutes a national… Continue reading They never thought it would effect their lives. So Foxlandia dismissed as a hoax. Now that it may effect them, they call it a crisis.