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- Madden, Reid, White, Tutu: leaders in their fields, and role models for generations. The world is better for their presence, and worse off from their loss.
- Let’s call Ghislaine Maxwell what she actually is: a pimp selling child sex slaves.
- For a Christmas and New Year’s that conservatives claim Dr. Fauci canceled, there sure seems to have been a lot of revelry, much more than last year.
- With the start of the New Year, people in 81 state and local jurisdictions will see pay raises thanks to increases in the minimum wages. More than 3,000 counties, 50 states and the federal government would have seen a path to a $15 minimum wage if Manchin and Sinema would’ve signed off on the original Build Back Better plan. Instead, Arizonans will see minimum wage increase just 15¢ to $12.15, and West Virginia will maintain a $8.75 wage (and just $2.63 if you work for tips).
- Was it just me, or did every night this week seem like a Sunday night?
- Can we retire references to Dick Clark on New Year’s Eve? He’s been dead for nearly a decade, and I don’t think he’s rockin’ anymore.
- Biden’s 2021 economic numbers are going to blow away anything that Trump put up–and even those of Obama’s. Obviously, coming in the aftermath of Trump’s disastrous 2020, the improvements were more dramatic, but the consistency of the gains underscores a strong foundation for growth going forward.
- While Ted Cruz and Ron DeSantis will be touted as early frontrunners in the pack in the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, their campaigns will be doomed when their fleeing their duties in times of crisis comes up. And you know it will come up in the primaries.
- It’ll be fun watching the GOP primary debates, as the field (which will have about 20 candidates) telling Republican voters why they should get the nomination because they supported overturning the election, and then saying the J6 attack was wrong when they have to attract voters in the general.
- I’d lay even money on the trifecta that Gaetz, Greene and Boebert all form the obligatory exploratory committees for presidential runs. It’s how they’ll line their pockets, through none of them will actually run in 2024.
- The schmuck who insinuated President Biden go fuck himself (in the most cowardly way) on a call to celebrate Christmas demonstrates MAGAts are cowards at heart, and they really don’t care about the sanctity of Christmas. How cowardly? He lied about his political preferences until he realized he could gain fame in conservative media if he simply embraced his obnoxiousness.
- He’s going to run for office, too. Likely for Congress. He’s another Republican, like Mehmet Oz, who thinks one aspect of fame–however infamous–will translate to political success. Such is the career path of a GOP candidate: say obnoxious things, don’t have credentials, run for office.
- I find Fox’s graphics touting Biden’s successes–including outlining all the benefits of the Build Back Better and Infrastructure deals–gratifying. They simply don’t know how to deal with good news.
- Best songs about DJs: “Around the Dial” by the Kinks. “The Spirit of the Radio” by Rush. “Hey Mr DJ Turn The Music Up” by Rhianna. “W.O.L.D.” by Harry Chapin. “Hey Mr. DJ” by Zhane. “FM” by Steely Dan. “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life” by Indeep. Special recognition to the theme song from “WKRP in Cincinnati.”
- RTF is 50. It doesn’t feel a day over 18. Although its back and knees are continually sore. And it really wants a sports car.
- New Year’s, like St. Patrick’s Day, are training camps for alcoholics. The pros don’t need a holiday. (Stay safe on the roads, folks.)
- Happy New Year, Zeroes. May 2022 be a damn sight better than 2021, and may you get what you want, but not what you deserve.
