"The Sudden Fall of Rahm Emanuel".....
The full title of the New Yorker piece is The Sudden but Well Deserved Fall of Rahm Emanuel.The New Yorker piece is instructive because it backs up what I and many people here have been writing...
View ArticleWho is the Bigger Tax Scofflaw - Cliven Bundy or U.S. Tech Companies?
I don’t support the efforts or way of thinking of Mr. Bundy, his sons, or any of his pathetic supporters.But perspective, folks, perspective.Yes, the Bundy’s can be called moochers. Mr. Bundy has not...
View Article538: Des Moines Register Endorsement "not a Game Changer".
Nate Silver points out the recent endorsement of Hillary and Marco Rubio by the Des Moines Register doesn’t mean all that much.And we all know what happened when the Register endorsed Hillary in...
View ArticleMaureen Dowd Nails It: Hillary's Establishment Problem
Hillary’s dancing around her authenticity problem and her nonsensical claim regarding taking big donations from big cretinous companies like Goldman Sachs is getting funnier and funnier. and this is...
View ArticleFord to Create 3,800 New Jobs - In Mexico. Thanks NAFTA!
Here’s what Ford via NAFTA does for U.S. workers in the auto industry: Engines for the popular Ford F-150 Truck (selling like hotcakes again) and other vehicles are manufactured in Mexico using cheap,...
View ArticleRep. John Lewis "There's no Free Lunch" (Except for Corporations).
In a rather bizarre and desperate turn of events, revered civil rights leader John Lewis is using GOP talking points like “There’s no free stuff!! to criticize Bernie Sanders’ advocacy of free college...
View ArticlePROBLEM: Obama's Nominee to Head the FDA
With all of the hysteria over Trumpf, Bernie, and Hillary this past week, many people “forgot” the Senate was doing business as usual, with Bernie providing one of the few voices of protest.It is hard...
View ArticleKumbaya Kasich: WHAT is he Selling?
Kasich’s “Let’s just help our neighbors and give them hugs and stuff like good Christian folks” is fine, but it’s got little to nothing to do with effectively running the U.S. government for the...
View ArticleWHAT Senate Races are Democrats Going to Win?
Oh yeah— those down ticket races that are barely discussed here.According to The Hill these are the ten GOP seats “likely” to flip to the democrats running. Here’s one:1. Illinois Kirk easily emerged...
View Article"In Theory, Everyone Could Become a Yuppie". Thomas Frank's New Book:...
Mr. Frank who brought us the incredible _What’s the Matter with Kansas?_ and _The Wrecking Crew_ has now finally turned his learned, capable lens on the Democratic Party. I’ve been waiting for this for...
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