As illustrated in the brief discussion below, it’s always easy to pick something that’s going wrong in the world, and blame a politician you don’t like for it. I don’t fault Trump for being unable to keep Kim Jong-un from …
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The Latest Marjorie Taylor Greene Scandal Is…..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The most interesting thing about the limits on outrageous behavior from Republican congresspeople is that there are none. Sure, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comparison of mask regulations to the Holocaust has resulted in a few more voices calling for her ouster …
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George Will: “I Would Like To See January 6th Burned Into the American Mind as Firmly as 9/11”
Appearing on ABC News’ “This Week,” ultraconservative columnist George Will told the roundtable participants that the bipartisan commission to investigate the causes of the deadly riot was controversial among Republicans for one reason: “We have something new in American history. …
The Concept of the Stolen Election Is Supremely Stupid
The point being made here is solid. Let’s all hope that this “stolen election” narrative goes down in history as the single stupidest event in U.S. history, and that it’s not superseded by something even worse. Another way of looking …
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Antifa Stormed the Capitol on January 6th?
The concept expressed at left here reminds me of an embarrassing admission I’d like to to make. When a conservative acquaintance who had actually been at the Capitol on January 6th to protest the “stolen election” told me that the …
Bernie’s One of a Kind
As suggested here, Bernie Sanders is a wonder. How does a man with such unshakable integrity succeed in American politics? Hell, he would have been president if the DNC hadn’t cheated him out of the nomination in 2016. Even my …
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Americans Have Liberal Values That Are Frustrated By Big Money
This is Andrew Breitbart, the founder of far-right Breitbart News. And he’s correct here: even though there are right extremist news sources (like his own, and a few cable “news” channels) the left does control the narrative. But this isn’t …
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Correct and Incorrect Ways To Display the Nazi Flag
Good point here. My dad brought nothing home from the war. His brother John, by contrast, got a Nazi uniform with full regalia, and a ****load of mortar shells, which I found by accident in a large box shoved in …
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A Christmas Gift in the Making
It’s easy to be frustrated with the feeble pace by which the United States is putting its house back into order in the months following the ouster of the Trump administration. Yet we all need to keep in mind how …
There Was Something Distinctive About the U.S. Capitol Tourists, But It’s Hard To Nail Down
My experience with tourism is limited to visits to 21 other countries, mostly on business, lots of family vacations through the years, and meeting the considerable flood of tourists who come here (Santa Barbara County), largely to taste wine. Yet …
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