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- It’s time to start the website tracking which one lasts longer: Mike Johnson or a head of lettuce. Funding the government with the help of Democrats makes him the latest modern GOP Judas, and Marge already wants his head.
- The DOJ report on Uvalde tears apart the legend of the heroic Texas lawman being the Good Guy with a Gun and defeating the villain. The Texas officials were feckless and weak. It took a federal Border Patrol SWAT team to make the decisive call. You don’t need a good guy with a gun to stop it after it starts; you need brave, competent people before, during and after to prevent–or at least minimize–the losses and damage.
- I don’t care what side of the political aisle you’re on: swatting is stupid and dangerous. It jeopardizes lives and wastes resources that may be needed elsewhere. I hope federal law enforcement catches the assholes and charges them with terrorism.
- Markets hitting record highs. Consumer confidence up. Inflation ebbing. Wages increasing. Job growth steady. No wonder far-right Republicans want to cause a government shutdown and cause an economic panic. They don’t want Biden to get a win, just like the GOP killed a 2014 immigration bill to stifle Obama. It’s not about values; it’s about power.
- Iowa is just the start. Trump will win 55-65% in the next couple rounds of primaries. Haley will surge after South Carolina, though never win a primary; she’ll linger in the 30s. The Party will never coalesce around Trump again. Trump will still have packed rallies–the Cult will not die–but the political power will not be unified. Haley’s backers largely won’t definitely won’t vote for Biden, but they won’t be enthused to vote for Trump. The GOP fissure is real and it’s deep.
- In 2024, the US is facing the same crisis of GOP chaos mongers it faced in 2014, when a radical Republican wing in the House demanded then-Speaker Boehner kill a popular bipartisan immigration bill to stomp their feet and deny President Obama a “political win.” From then to now, Republicans never had any intent to govern.
- Bibi:Middle East war :: Republicans:{P1=gun violence, P2=deficit spending, P3=migration reform, … Pn} ∈ people not really interested in solving the problems they complain about.
- The DeSantis dismemberment is going to be mercifully fast. If he fails to reach double digits in New Hampshire and South Carolina, he’s toast. After a two-year build-up, we see Ron DeSantis was too big for his heels.
- When you lose Joe Tacopina and you’re stuck with Alina Habba, you went from a AA middle reliever to the kid who shags fly balls in a Florida rookie league.
- Media hype over possible Supreme Court ruling that could dismiss “obstruction of a federal proceeding” charges against January 6th domestic terrorists and Donald Trump. I think the charges should stand, but for the sake of argument, fine: if that specific charge gets dismissed, the ruling still won’t nullify plea deals (defendants voluntarily admit to those as lesser charges to get the benefit of a lesser sentence), nor does it negate the various other charges against those defendants. And while those defendants may slip by on this one charge, Congress will certainly craft a law explicitly outlining the offense for future attempts.
- Trump made such a big deal about allegedly donating his presidential salary back to federal programs, bragging that he didn’t need the money. Funny how he hasn’t done the same with his presidential pension, huh?
- Condiments at restaurants used to be simple: salt and pepper. Then someone added ketchup, and later mustard. Now hot sauce is common. Really good restaurants don’t put any condiments on the table at all. They can be offered on the side, if requested. And always try your food before asking for any. You should assume the chef or cook knows what they’re doing.
- If Presidents are immune from charges for acts done in office, why did Jerry Ford believe he needed to pardon Richard Nixon for acts done (literally) in the Oval Office, why did Nixon believe he needed to accept it, and why did Republicans at the time laud the move? More importantly, if the President was immune, why didn’t Nixon fight the entire premise?
- While it cannot be said of all family-owned restaurants, if you find a local barbeque spot in an old building with a sign saying something along the lines of “Serving the best BBQ since…” you know it’ll be good. If the place has been around for decades, it’s good. Neighborhoods don’t tolerate bad barbeque. Italian food, sure. Sandwich shops, definitely. But not barbeque.
- Congrats to the Japanese for being the latest nation to make a controlled landing on the Moon. I don’t care if others have done it before: landing manmade equipment on a spinning body more than 230,000 miles away, traveling at 2,300 m.p.h. orbiting a planet that itself is orbiting the Sun at 67,000 m.p.h. (plus myriad additional various acceleration vectors) without turning the whole thing into a “rapidly disassembled” Erector set in a lunar crater is still a feat.
- Still somewhat amazed that most people don’t know you’re supposed to steep black teas for five minutes. You really think a few dunks of a bag are enough to impart rich, silky flavor?
- There is nothing more tranquil than 1 a.m. on the night of a heavy snowfall. If you’re lucky, it’s like you can hear the snowflakes crunch as they pile up.
