With the U.S. presidential election just 11 days away, America finally got to hear the opposing candidates debate thanks to moderator Kristen Welker, who managed to keep the proceedings civil enough for prospective voters to actually listen to the president’s lies in real time. In stark contrast to the first debate in which Donald Trump […]
I remember growing up and saying something like, “I HATE turnips,” and my mother would pipe up and say, “Hate is such an ugly word, you should just say, ‘I don’t like turnips,’ or ‘I really wish you wouldn’t give me turnips anymore.’ ” Well screw that! I’m an adult now, with enough years (and […]
Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Sen. Kamala Harris held their much-anticipated debate Wednesday night, and while Harris managed to stick to the truth and to the debate rules, Pence was so noxious that he even attracted a fly. Literally. Since shortly after Harris was named to be Joe Biden’s running mate in the […]
As I sit pondering just how low I can go with news that the Marmalade Messiah and a goodly number of his retinue have tested positive for coronavirus, the internet is rife with rumor that the whole thing could be another Trump Trick, a Republican Hoax, an Escape Plan. And that’s it, my friends, a […]
I loved me some Ruth Bader Ginsburg, even have a little action figure of her dressed in judicial robes and wielding a gavel. But even a flaming liberal like me knows the United States of America will never be ruled by a dying wish, even one from so august a personage as The Notorious RBG. […]
I have a friend of long standing who, last week, gave me some great advice. I had lamented to her in an e-mail that I was feeling overwhelmed by the news. What news? It had just been revealed that President Donald Trump had intentionally misled the American people about the severity of COVID-19. Fires fueled […]
Night One of the Republican National Convention, I fully intended to watch. As an ex-journalist and creator of The Shinbone Star, I felt reporting on the event was my duty, kinda like the guy tasked with emptying the port-o-cans the morning after the city’s Fourth of July picnic and fireworks extravaganza. In the end I […]
We interrupt this program to bring you the important news that Trump whisperer Steven K. Bannon has been arrested and charged with two counts of fraud for his role in collecting more than $25 million from deluded MAGATs who thought they were helping to “Build a Wall” between the United States and Mexico. Bannon, sort […]
Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden just named his choice for Vice President, and it’s Sen. Kamala Harris, (D-Cal.). She carved up Donald Trump’s personal attorney (otherwise known as the U.S. attorney general) like a Christmas turkey at his confirmation hearing, and likely will do the same for Vice President Mike Pence, who undoubtedly just […]
Every newspaper I worked for had at least one guy who led a charmed life, who somehow managed to keep his job even though everything he touched turned to shit. Did he have dirty pictures of the publisher? Did he have a rich daddy who was a stockholder in the company? Was he dating the […]
Sometimes you get advice you know is good but just can’t follow because you’re a special kind of asshole. That would describe me, and it’s the reason why I can’t just look the other way when I see stupid people doing evil, stupid things. No doubt my life would be easier if I loved my […]
Whether you’re planning to vote by mail or have decided to brave the COVID breath of your fellow Americans by voting in person, many Democrats (and some enlightened Republicans) have circled Nov. 3 on their calendars as the day we can finally end Donald Trump. Nov. 3, for those of you who have been living […]
The path to hope is fraught with peril, a path I’ve already advised we dare not tread. Hope is the antithesis of my personal credo: expect the worst and you’ll never be disappointed. And yet, against better judgment, I cannot keep from hearing the people who talk about the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Joe Biden, […]
Why would a trip for a gallon of milk and some stew beef have me humming an old Hank Williams Jr. tune? I live back in the woods you see My woman and the kids and the dogs and me I got a shotgun, a rifle and a four-wheel drive And a country boy can […]
Our sister paper, The Failing New York Times, reported late yesterday that President Donald Trump was briefed back in February that Russian President Vladimir Putin had placed a cash bounty on as many American service members as Taliban forces in Afghanistan could kill. Smart money says that three United States Marines were killed as part […]
People of conscience can remember exactly how they felt in the evening hours of Tuesday, Nov. 8. 2016. It was Election Day, and we were sickened as we watched that big map on our TV screens turn slowly red. But can you remember how you were feeling on Nov. 7, 2016? The challenge is a […]
Strike up the band! Supreme Court rules Donnie and his band of Nazis can’t end DACA program So much . . . losing! After the Supreme Court handed the Führer a defeat earlier this week by ruling that gay and transgender Americans are protected in the workplace by a 1960s civil rights law, the Supremes […]
Ever since moving back south of the Mason-Dixon Line after 25 years in New Jersey, I’ve felt a growing discomfort with the stench of the Confederacy. Not that New Jersey has anything to crow about. There are plenty of galoots up there who wave the rebel flag with even less justification than their fellow galoots […]
I have it on good authority that my last two posts on this site were a little over the top. Both were laced with profanity and both were met with stony silence from my immediate family, most of whom contend that it’s okay to disagree with Trumpers as long as you do it with unconditional […]
