NFL week 15 open thread
Jazz: I'm kicking off the NFL thread this week having barely squeaked out a win, going 6-1 in another satisfying round and bringing me to 60-38 on the season. Of course, Ed is still banging out good...
View ArticleWill any other anti-impeachment Dems join Jeff Van Drew in switching to the...
I'm guessing no, as Van Drew is something of a special case. Not only was he out early in opposing impeachment, voting against authorizing the Ukraine inquiry and doing Fox News segments to argue...
View ArticleBooker leads whining about debate qualifications
The last round of Democratic presidential debates is scheduled for next week and Senator Cory Booker isn't happy about it. More specifically, he's upset that he won't be invited to attend under the...
View ArticleGreta Thunberg apologizes, blames "Swenglish" for threatening violence
Well, that didn't take very long. The blowback must have been so strong against climate alarmist guru Greta Thunberg's remarks in Turin, Italy that she has apologized. As far as I know, this is the...
View ArticleBloomberg Philanthropies' cronyism problem
One of the biggest banes of politics is cronyism, aka leaders granting favors to those who supported their rise to power or, in exchange for future support. It's far from a new phenomenon, despite the...
View ArticleSchiff, Nadler might disagree on impeachment conviction
There appears to be a difference in opinion between California Congressman Adam Schiff and New York Congressman Jerry Nadler on whether Democrats would politically lose if they don't secure a Senate...
View ArticleComey: Let me tell you all the ways that Horowitz actually vindicated me
The James Comey Vindication Tour hit a speedbump yesterday morning on Fox News Sunday, but that didn't keep the former FBI director from flogging it. After host Chris Wallace played Michael Horowitz'...
View ArticleHallmark Channel does immediate about face on gay wedding ad
It seems like only yesterday that we were talking about how the Hallmark Channel was throwing themselves into a social media firestorm by first accepting and then rejecting an advertisement from...
View ArticleWeinstein: I've done so much for women in Hollywood
Hopefully, Harvey Weinstein's ankle monitor was working when he decided to do an interview with the NY Post. Either way, he left the editorial board at the Postrather slackjawed with some of his...
View ArticleJezebel squawks: Conservative Squad is "a clan of four white women"
Four conservative women have stepped forward and banded together as an alternative to AOC and her squad of freshman members of the House of Representatives. All four are candidates running for office -...
View ArticleOf course: Freshman Dem Elissa Slotkin decides she's going to impeach Trump...
There wasn't a shadow of a doubt which way she would go, as I said last week, but she certainly did pull out all the stops to make it seem like there was. She told numerous reporters last week that she...
View ArticleHouse Dem freshmen: Help us, Obi-Wan Amashi, you're our only hope
Now that impeachment is all but assured, the question facing House Democrats is who gets to pursue a conviction in the Senate trial. The role of impeachment manager can make a career for the Democrats...
View ArticlePorch pirates vs. fart-spray-glitter-bomb 2.0
Porch pirates continue to steal millions of packages every year, especially around the holidays. For the most part, they get away with it because the police don't have time to track down the thieves...
View ArticleLoughlin: Prosecutors are covering up evidence of our innocence
Well, why not? It's not as if the FBI hasn't cooked a case or two in the recent past. Perhaps sensing an opening, or at least a clever PR movement, actor Lori Loughlin and husband Mossimo Giannulli...
View ArticleWill the debate be canceled over a union strike?
Look for, the union label... but possibly not at the Thursday night debate. As of this weekend, all seven of the candidates who qualified for the debate have stated that they will not show up if they...
View ArticleWill Sanders and Warren team up to take on Joe Biden (or will they go to war)?
The battle for control of the Democratic party continues where it left off in 2016. In place of the relatively moderate Hillary Clinton, this year we have moderate front runner Joe Biden. And in place...
View ArticleWow: Two Dems from solid red districts say they'll vote to impeach as Collin...
Elissa Slotkin's decision to support impeachment wasn't a surprise. Her district is red but not deep red, and she'd already signaled strong support for the Ukraine impeachment inquiry. She was...
View ArticleNo, my swastika art isn't racist. Why would you say that?
Out in Des Moines, Iowa, William Stark lives a quiet life in a small home adjacent to the local elementary school. Mr. Stark is apparently something of an artist, displaying some of his rather unusual...
View ArticleSome on the far left blame Corbyn's loss on the pro-Israel lobby
In an opinion piece at Haaretz, Daniella Peled predicts that rather than becoming introspective in the wake of the party's historic loss last week, Labour stalwarts will instead blame Jews who opposed...
View ArticleVideo: This morning's Elissa Slotkin town hall on impeachment sure was ......
I knew it would be "zesty."I did not expect this much zest.I'll give her credit for staying on message and even-keeled, though. Not easy to do in a room this hostile. Watch the two clips (both posted...
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