Promises, promises…
LA Times headline today: Gov. Jerry Brown tells legislators he will push for a $25-billion cut in California’s budget unless voters OK tax extension Jerry Brown, testifying before the Legislature, says...
View ArticleOh sure, NOW you come back
Apparently – so I have been told – there has been a bit of a too-do in Wisconsin, what with every single State Senator with a “D” after their name fleeing for part unknown for over 3 week because they...
View ArticleFitness update
Either I am the most out-of-shape person on the entire planet, or Ubisoft’s “Your Shape – Fitness Evolved” for the Xbox 360 (Kinect required) is brutal. Also, backwards lunges can fuck right off. I’ll...
View ArticleWisconsin Supreme Court election
Now, to start with I would like to say that I dislike the idea of electing judges (or more specifically having to re-elect them). If anything might give an example as to why, we only need to look at...
View ArticleI have a problem with this
I’m a “Rule of Law” kinda guy… I don’t like drug laws, but I abide by them. I don’t like the Supreme Court’s ruling in Snyder v Phelps, but I recognize it as being the right decision. I dislike it...
View ArticleRoyal Wedding
I did not watch it, but here are things I wish it had contained (I am informed none of them actually did, more’s the pity) - “I, William, take you, Kate to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day...
View ArticleThe world is a dimmer place.
Just this morning, via Popehat, I learned of the passing of Joel Rosenberg. I first got to know Joel – as much as anyone can be said to know someone via internet interaction – back in 2007. While we...
View ArticleSix year-old rescued from drowning because of NFL lockout
From ESPN.com comes the story of Kansas City Chiefs tight end Leonard Pope, who saved a 6-year-old boy from drowning in a swimming pool. The Chiefs’ backup tight end on Saturday saved the son of a...
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Does a picture tell 1,000 lies?
God knows that the intersection of Olympic and Bundy in West LA is a nightmare for drivers during the evening commute. There are lots of reasons to think that maybe a major new hospital complex at...
View ArticleDear Gregg Keller
For officially deciding that GOProud can’t take part in an “official” capacity at CPAC, I would like to say to you the following: Go fuck yourself. A shame. I was actually hoping to attend this year.
View ArticleEverybody Is Going Insane
Many Republicans think Donald Trump should be able to shut down the media: All told, 43 percent of self-identified Republicans said that they believed “the president should have the authority to close...
View ArticleSoldiers And Press As Protectors?
[guest post by Dana] A few days ago, an op-ed writer, University of Notre Dame management professor Joseph Holt defended CNN’s preening Jim Acosta (and by extension, the press at large), who complained...
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Let’s Just Be Grateful The Weekend Is At Hand [Updated]
[guest post by Dana] He’s not kidding:. Blast off! President Donald Trump’s campaign wants to start selling a new Space Force themed line of merchandise, and they are soliciting votes on which design...
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Ben Shapiro And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The Debate That Never Was Going To...
[guest post by Dana] So this happened, and I’m not even sure I really care but it seems to be a thing now. Let me just say, I think that there should be far more public debates happening between...
View ArticleSunday Music: Bach Cantata BWV 84
It is the twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. The title of today’s Bach cantata is “Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke” (I am content with my fortune). Today’s Gospel reading is John 6:35, 41-51. Then...
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White House Reality Show Drama, Episode 415 or Something…
[guest post by Dana] More drama this weekend involving only the best people in the White House. Former Trump-reality-star-turned-former-Trump-White-House-aide, the contentious Omarosa Manigault Newman...
View ArticleWould Trump Survive a Tape Saying He Said the N-Word?
Why not? His survival abilities go beyond “cockroach level” to “Keith Richards level.” Trump will be the guy standing around smirking after Armageddon while Keith Richards lies dying of radiation...
View ArticleMichael Avenatti, Our 46th President
Allahpundit says our next president has announced his policy positions. But the most important one of all: he fights! He’s got terrible judgment, he’s a media whore, and his ethics and honesty seem...
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More Than 300 Catholic Priests Sexually Abused More Than 1,000 Children,...
[guest post by Dana] After a nearly-two year investigation by the Pennsylvania state attorney general, the horrific findings were released in a grand jury report released yesterday. The report includes...
View ArticlePresident Trump Revokes Former CIA Director’s Security Clearance
[guest post by Dana] Last month Paul Ryan brushed off the suggestion that President Trump was considering the revocation of security clearances for certain former intelligence officials, saying that...
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