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- Had he done one thing Tuesday night, Joe Biden would have won the internet: turn to Speaker pro tem Kevin McCarthy while the nihilists of the GOP shrieked at the SOTU and said, “Kevin, can’t you control your caucus?”
- Biden owned McCarthy and Republicans at the State of the Union. I do not recall a SOTU when a President got the opposing Party to commit to a political promise he proposed during the speech.
- Ron DeSantis has made Florida a real-time experiment in the validity of the adage, “Those who forget history are bound to repeat it.” One difference: Florida students can’t forget history they were never taught.
- Biden doesn’t order the shootdown of the balloon until after it gets to the East Coast; conservative bitch. Biden orders one shot down just after it reaches US airspace, conservatives bitch. I see a pattern.
- When will Republicans figure out those cameras they love having pointed at them as they make outrageous statements to fuel the hatred of the Party’s fringes actually record their words which will come back to haunt them?
- More than 13% of Floridians live below the poverty line, but only 8% of households have gas stoves. DeSantis showing GOP prioritizes upvotes over lives.
- Democratic House freshmen class demonstrated the kind of maturity and understanding of politics, government and leadership missing from the vast majority of first-time Republican electees from the last six years. Their performances during Jim Jordan’s disastrous “weaponization” inquisition will give Jordan pause to have them televised in the future.
- I’m not a fan of Mitt Romney’s politics, but he’s about as close to a person who lives an honorable life as the GOP has left in Congress. The Party needs to follow his lead when it comes to shunning George Santos.
- Defense wins championships because a strong defense makes the opponent’s offense move out of its comfort zone. A strong defense gets turnovers that prevent opponents from scoring points. The Eagles have that kind of defense. Two turnovers will guarantee a championship.
- I don’t think running negative ads against someone like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar or Matt Gaetz works. Their constituents like their personae. I think the best way would be to run a two-year campaign embarrassing them. Billboards that read: “America’s Stupidest District: Georgia 9th” or “America needs smart representation. Florida’s 1st Congressional District isn’t helping.” Remind them, every day, that they’re failures and they’re represented by clowns. Shame the voters for supporting them.
- Lost in the Chinese balloon story is the fact that the US intel agencies told NORAD about earlier incursions apparently recently, meaning the folks at the intel agency must’ve been like, “Oh, the balloon? Oh, yeah, sure, NORAD’s gotta have eyes on that thing, right?”
- Children raised with foam mattresses don’t understand the true glee of jumping on a bed.
- The Pussy Ass Bitch awarding Rush Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a SOTU will go down as the lowest moment in SOTU history. It was an aberration from protocol that was an embarrassment to the nation and the occasion’s Constitutional duty.
- Bill Barr immediately and unilaterally granted John Durham prosecutorial powers after learning the PAB was involved in Italian financial malfeasance, likely hoping Durham could present a headline indictment to overshadow the anticipated public revelation of the PAB’s foreign crimes. This is the same Bill Barr who refused to grant Robert Mueller the same power because he knew Mueller would indict the PAB and many of the cabal. That is the politicization of the Justice Department.
- The low television ratings for the State of the Union is not due just to the splintering of entertainment options. It’s a sign that people understand Biden is a steady captain at the helm. The default nature of Americans is to not care about politics and government, and while I would’ve liked people to hear Biden’s accomplishments, a return to normalcy is appreciated.
- We had a new double gate installed in our fence and it’s unreasonably satisfying to swing a perfectly-hung gate that moves so easily the breeze can shut it, complete with latch locking.
- Ukrainian soldiers are going to be honored at the Super Bowl. I hope the broadcast includes it in the course of the game, not halftime when conservatives will shut off the television.
- Top Valentine’s Day gifts for couples together more than five years: Quiet. Sleep. Chocolate. Nice dinner. The only necessary thing: a card. For any other holiday–even birthdays–you give a good gift, no card is needed. But Valentine’s Day requires a card.
- You can take my books when you pry them from my cold, dead hands. Seriously, take ‘em. Give them to someone else who will read them. I’ll be dead. They won’t do me any good.
