Thursday, August 12, 2021
There have been a couple of really good opinion pieces in the Washington Post recently about Tucker Carlson and his trip to Hungary (or was it Mordor?). For example, Michael Gerson writes under the headline of “Tucker Carlson’s Hungarian adventure gives right-wing populists a new tagline: Disdain America first“. Here’s a little taste: Tucker Carlson […]
According to a few sources, Donald Trump has decided to run for president again in 2024. Is it time to start planning a move to another, more sane country? Of course, this is probably one of Trump’s trial balloons — he sends out rumors that he is going to do something controversial, just to see […]
According to FiveThirtyEight, the popularity of Covid vaccination mandates is now increasing (probably in response to the Delta variant). These mandates can come from the hospitality industry, such as bars and restaurants that allow only vaccinated people to enter, employers who require their employees to be vaccinated, schools or universities, or even from federal or […]
SeditionTracker.com tracks people who are suspected of participating in the January 6 Capitol riot. This includes: 559 suspects, who have been charged with a crime Of those charged, so far 267 have been indicted (48%) Of the indicted, 1 has died, 1 has had their case dismissed, and 26 have been convicted Of the convicted, […]
This comes from J.L. in Los Angeles, via Electoral Vote. Already, people are reporting that it helped convince a friend to get vaccinated.
In this case, SOS stands for Save Our Snopes. I’m sure all my regular readers know who Snopes is. But do you know that Snopes has been under attack? There is a chance that we could lose them, so they are sending out an SOS call. If you want to find out more about this, […]
Comics don’t need to make anything up anymore, because reality is more bizarre than anyone can actually imagine. Trump’s base has absolutely gone off the deep end, and because they can change the result of a Republican primary, they are taking Republican politicians with them. Where do we go from here?
Last week, Newsmax host Rob Schmitt was talking with a Texas A&M professor on the air, and got philosophical: You know, one thing I’ve always thought, and maybe you can guide me on this because, obviously, I’m not a doctor. But I’ve always thought about vaccines, and I always think about just nature and the […]
Was it ever in doubt that as soon as we started getting vaccinated, that people would get complacent and the first holiday weekend that came along would cause a spike in Covid cases? What’s really ironic about this is that the cases are all located in places where people haven’t been getting vaccinated much. You […]
I want to wish a happy 75th wedding anniversary to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. That’s the longest marriage in presidential history. There is a lovely story in the Washington Post about them.
People often talk about the “big lie”, which had its origins with the Nazis. But now we have a new definition, as “big lie” now seems to refer to Trump’s constant assertion that he won the presidential election and is the rightful president of the US.
First, Tucker Carlson claims that the Biden administration is spying on him, in an effort to get him off the air on Fox News. Seriously? You need to spy on Carlson, when he never stops spewing lies and bullshit every day? Second, House minority leader Kevin McCarthy pulls out his chickenshit plausible deniability to spout […]
This is not anything new. Remember Benghazi? How about Pizzagate? Don’t worry, as fast as we debunk one conspiracy theory, they come up with another, more terrifying one. In fact, to them the only thing that isn’t a real threat is the Jan 6 insurrection. Those were just tourists!
I’m back from my vacation in Iceland, where I got up close and personal with a volcano, and spent more time than you can imagine hanging out in hot water. I had a wonderful time. So I come home to the irony that the former occupant actually wanted to use the Justice department to investigate […]