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- Happy Second Anniversary to the Biden Administration. And thank you for returning some degree of normalcy to one branch of the federal government as Republicans look to destroy a different one.
- The same people who tout Donald Trump as a spectacular businessman for leveraging debt are refusing to raise the debt ceiling on the federal budget because they think the government should balance its budget like a household checkbook, demonstrating their knowledge of business and economics is extremely suspect.
- It’s difficult to identify a culprit when you’re prevented from interviewing the most likely suspects under oath (or even the possibility of prosecution for lying to investigators). Supreme Court justices are the most privileged class in the US, holding themselves above the law.
- Republicans: elected county sheriffs can unilaterally decide what laws to enforce. Also Republicans: elected county prosecutors cannot decide to not prosecute under any circumstances (even though they know specifics of the cases and the law) because law and order.
- Oh, dear Christ, our national security information will be passed through Marge’s committee. The white nationalists now have their roadblock positioned in Congress.
- I, for one, welcome our Republican Oversighters. They’ll zealously demonstrate over and over and over again they have no policy. And this election cycle, voters showed them that their performance art won’t fly at the ballot box. But that’s all the firm of Boebert, Taylor-Greene, Gaetz and Gosar have.
- The lingering injury to my hand means I must give up my lifelong dream of becoming a professional Lambchop tribute act. Show biz is a fickle mistress.
- How many Republicans posted Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes on Monday without acknowledging they want to prevent teaching any of his quotes in schools?
- With the Republican ascension in the House, Russia’s battle plan in Ukraine changed: hold ground until the supply of American weapons is drawn down. The Kremlin knows their Republicans won’t authorize more support to defend democracy.
- Professional standing. Self-respect. Your law license. Criminal investigation. A million dollars. This is the price you pay to represent Donald J. Trump in a court of law.
- I’m actually surprised more world leaders like Jacinda Ardern don’t resign from office due to the pressure and shock to the lifestyle. You’ve got to be a little mentally ill and a bit of a narcissist–Trump moreso than the other 43 men who had the job before him– to pursue the job in the first place, and Arden just seemed too normal.
- Not to be callous, but people die on movie sets all the time–typically five or six a year. But they’re not actors; they’re construction crew or stunt performers, so the media don’t care.
- SAG Awards screener season. Looking forward to Everything Everywhere All at Once, Wakanda Forever, and The Fablemans. The only television award I care about: ensemble in a comedy series, which has a crowded field of respectable nominees.
- George Santos is a despicable person. He is, after all, a Republican. (No, not all Republicans are despicable. Most of them are though. The others just refuse to call out them out. If they call them out, they’re booted from the GOP. Despicability is a required trait.)
- Beer, wine, liquor and tea all have one important quality: the taste gets enhanced by the use of the proper glass or cup. All are designed to enhance the aeration and aroma, but proper tea cups are also designed to trap the settled leaves and sendiment in the bottom.
- Something I’ve noticed in the waning COVID era: conference calls are much easier when done via video on Zoom or Google Meets. Seeing people’s cues and demeanor moves things along much faster.
- If I see you put ice in your wine, you’re disowned, out of the will. If you must chill wine, use frozen grapes instead of ice. You won’t dilute the wine, you’ll keep it chilled, and you’ll have a snack after. And learn how to hold a wine glass: Reds by the bowl, to warm them with the palm of your hand. Whites by the stem so you don’t heat the chilled wine.
- My New Year’s resolutions are already broken. The first was to not make New Year’s resolutions. My second was to not talk about them.
- Saturday is National Sweatpants Day, which seems superfluous because, since the pandemic, every day is sweatpants day.
