When a Tweet of Mine About the Affordable Care Act Goes Viral
I've never had a Tweet go viral like this before. My small contribution to the tweets of those angry about the GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act has been retweeted a…
President Elect Donald Trump Has Conflicts of Interest In At Least 20 Countries. How Dangerous Can That Be?
Donald Trump’s global business interests, which he refuses to abandon or place in a legitimate blind trust, not only raise the possibility of influence peddling and graft unseen in past…
I Understand You
Hey, you. White dude with the red cap. You with the gun rack in your pickup's rear window. You who live in a white rural town where people are real and eat…
Requiem
"There are times when I'm ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion." --Colonel Dax Paths of Glory I am in a state of…
Watching The Shining In the Time of Trump
This evening, thanks to TCM and Lincoln Square Cinemas, I caught The Shining on the big screen for the first time. Though I've seen the picture dozens of times over the…
If Davis Moves To Vegas My New Team Will Be…
The Green Bay Packers. The sleaze surrounding the Las Vegas Stadium is too much for me. If the Raiders are in it, I'm out. I'll always be a fan of…
What You’d Have to Believe To Believe Trump’s Newest Conspiracy Theory
I've written about conspiracy theories on this site before, mainly with a view toward sussing out the difference between genuine conspiracy and fantastical nonsense (Climate change denial, Kurt Cobain was…
Is This Raiders-To-Vegas Sleazefest Going To Kill My Fandom?
It seems almost cosmically unfair. The Raiders might, with a little luck, break the 8-8 barrier for the first time since they lost the Super Bowl in 2002, yet I…
The Alt-Right’s Self-Image vs. Reality In Two Tweets
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This Sketch Knows The Meansing of Cleansing
Ah, Gemma Arrowsmith, you do silly people so well... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeaANk_QWKs&w=560&h=315]