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- I smiled when I saw the initial damages. I chuckled at the amount awarded for emotion distress. And I downright guffawed at the punitive damages. But Rudy was nonplussed because he knows you can’t squeeze blood from a stone. (You can, however, get hair dye from a Giuliani.)
- The Kate Cox plight in Texas has me furious beyond words. A court of supposed legal experts are making medical decisions. We have found the Death Panels the Republicans of 2008 feared.
- Yes, I want Trump to be convicted for his crimes and punished. But I can’t help but want Trump to have a better legal team, one that is more-than-just-competent to handling the legal challenge with sound competent arguments. As horrid as Trump is, these cases are historic. They need to be handled with a seriousness and solemnity Trump himself is incapable of, but Trump’s lawyers must recognize.
- God bless Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. They did their civic duties as poll workers. They stood up to threats and lies. They honor the Constitution more than those who put them in the crosshairs of the MAGA horde, claiming to be the real patriots. This country owes them a debt more than Giuliani is ordered to pay. Their names should be in history books.
- The Seinpeachment about Nothing: We already know the final act. Preacher of the House Mike Johnson must now fix the plot around the outcome.
- Jim Jordan, Rudy Giuliani, Eric Trump and Donald Trump all refuse to take the stand in various investigations, but Hunter Biden vows to testify in an open hearing. Which side apparently has more to hide?
- Stock market hits record high. Wages rising. Inflation dropping. Interest rates dropping. Deficit cut in half since inauguration. Unions getting favorable contracts. The economy is strong, but it’s not showing up in checking accounts yet.
- The way the Supreme Court handled the Dobbs decision demonstrates that the conservative agenda isn’t about the law or the Constitution; it’s about their rule. Oh, and it turns out it was likely a conservative who leaked the opinion to lock in the early support.
- Republicans claim we have a national security crisis at the southern border. Republicans accuse the President of the United States of being criminally corrupt. Republicans also said goodbye to Washington until 2024 as they allow their shouted emergencies to linger.
- Part of the fun of watching Division III football playoffs is the Division III football announcers, who all sound like they have nasal infections for some reason.
- Trump wants the Court to declare anything the President did to be legal. Great, but I don’t think he thought this through. If Trump wins, Joe Biden can then order the immediate lifetime incarceration of Donald Trump and declare him ineligible to run for office in defense of the Constitution. And he’ll be able to do it, too, because of “presidential immunity,” right?
- There are such things as Vanilla Tootsie Rolls and they are an atrocity.
- The man who bankrupted three casinos and an airline–not to mention ballooned the federal debt $8 trillion in four years–says the guy who juiced the economy to 5.2% growth will lead us into a depression. Seems he’s not so good at forecasting financial matters.
- Can’t miss classic holiday cartoons: Boris Karloff as The Grinch takes the cake. Runners-up: A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and Year Without A Santa Claus. Not on the list: Little Drummer Boy, ever.
- The stay in the Special Counsel’s DC federal case isn’t unexpected. Jack Smith’s move to get SCOTUS to grant cert shows that he expected it. The Special Counsel is playing four-dimensional chess; Trump’s lawyers are playing with themselves.
- A Ritz cracker au natural, with no cheese or peanut butter or whatever, is an underrated snack, but rosemary Triscuits are like crack… especially the bits at the bottom of the box. I’m like the Dave Chappelle character, rubbing crumbs on my gums.
- None of the Charlie Brown cartoons would have their “Classic” status if it weren’t for the Vince Guaraldi soundtrack. Yes, the Peanuts strip is pure Americana, but people don’t clamor to 1979’s A Family Circus Christmas, do they? Ya know why they don’t? You can’t dance to the soundtrack.
