What can Hillary Clinton say that is worth $28.64 per word, $4,583.33 per...
The average public speaker clocks in between 140-160 words per minute.So, that means that HRC collected between $32.73 and $28.64 per minute if she spoke for an hour and was paid $275,000 for for her...
View ArticleThis is why we can't have nice things, reason #1.3 trillion
From Aviation Week, via Popular Mechanics:Aviation Week has published a 48-page report from Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, which casts serious doubts on...
View ArticleAn indignant letter from "Punxsutawney Phil"
This posting was sent to me for publication by the groundhog referred to in the press as “Punxsutawney Phil”, who has asked me to post it here since he has no internet access (“Don’t believe any of the...
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EpiPen CEO received "improper" degree from WVU
Bogged down for more than five months by a controversy surrounding a master’s degree improperly awarded to the governor’s daughter, the president of West Virginia University announced Friday that he...
View ArticleJohn Doe files ordered destroyed by Wisconsin Supreme Court leaked to press
From The Guardian:In July 2015 the state’s supreme court halted the investigation, saying the prosecutors had misunderstood campaign finance law and as a result had picked on people and groups “wholly...
View ArticleMormon Elders getting secret briefing, including possible classified...
This is quite disturbing and comes to us via The Friendly Atheist, a fairly reliable source in my experience, and shows:Earlier today, someone leaked a series of videos documenting...
View ArticleApparently, Wall Street is happy with Trump
U.S. markets just down slightly.Why am I surprised?
View ArticleThe Civil War is coming, to the Dems...
There was a lot of talk about a GOP civil war brought about by the schism caused by Trump’s candidacy.That war appears to have been cancelled.Instead it looks as though the civil war will happen in the...
View ArticleHow screwed are we? Let me explain. No, there is too much, let me sum up.
I explained it to a co-worker thusly:Imagine you have been in a serious accident, and are barely clinging to life. Your only hope is delicate neurosurgery where the slightest mistake will mean painful,...
View ArticleTrump could confess to killing JonBenét Ramsey
with a signed confession and an explicit snuff video. He could then brag that he planned on killing a child a week while President and he would post the video on Twitter, and the media, his supporters,...
View ArticleIf the situation were reversed, the Red States would be burning
Imagine what would be going on right now if Trump had lost the electoral vote, but was leading by almost 3 million votes in the actual count.The media would be running stories 24x7 about the GOP’s...
View ArticleThis looks more like a coup every day: Commanding General of DC Guard being...
From the Washington Post:The head of the D.C. National Guard, Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, said Friday that he has been ordered removed from his command effective Jan. 20, 12:01 p.m., just as Donald...
View ArticleEsquire: The Trump Administration May Evict the Press from the White House
www.esquire.com/…According to three senior officials on the transition team, a plan to evict the press corps from the White House is under serious consideration by the incoming Trump Administration. If...
View ArticleDC National Guard Leader Asked to Stay Through Inauguration
www.nbcwashington.com/…The departing head of the District of Columbia National Guard said he was asked to stay in his job a bit longer after reports that he would leave in the middle of Inauguration...
View ArticleThe Great Looting begins
Sorry, I have ZERO faith in the future at this point. Comrade Trump (R-Kremlin) is now in control of all branches of government and the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, and what that means is that...
View ArticleIs Trump now threatening Chicago with Martial Law?
xIf Chicago doesn't fix the horrible "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 25, 2017...
View ArticleDear Dems: Voting for Trump Cabinet picks doesn't make you fair-minded, it...
Enough already with this bi-partisan fetish. This is war and people are going to die because of your choices! The entire Trump administration is recasting the country as Germany circa 1938, and you are...
View ArticleChina now talking about war with U.S.
As the Orange Throne purges all who defy him, China is making ominous noiseswww.independent.co.uk/…War with the US under Donald Trump is “not just a slogan” and becoming a “practical reality”, a senior...
View ArticleAn indignant letter from "Punxsutawney Phil"
(Repost, because Jeebus we need something to laugh at these days).This message was sent to me for publication by the groundhog referred to in the press as “Punxsutawney Phil”, who has asked me to post...
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Falling auto sales, looking from a different angle: EV sales
Interesting thing about auto sales number, they are down for gasoline cars, but WAY up for EVs and hybrids.In the first 4 months of 2016, 40,992 EV/PHEVs were sold. In 2017 that number jumped to...
View ArticleA question for insurance companies, hospital conglomerates and pharmaceutical...
After Medicaid is burned to the ground, Medicare is gutted and no one but the 0.1% can afford insurance, who will buy your products and services?
View ArticleSo, what next? FBI director Erik Prince and Special Prosecutor Giuliani?
I mean that is all it will take to make this overthrow of democracy complete.I have pretty much given up hope at this point. The GOP now embraces treason. And while 1/3 of the populace may be outraged,...
View ArticleTrump wants to sell off half the strategic oil reserve
From Bloomberg:The White House plan to trim the national debt includes selling off half of the nation’s emergency oil stockpile and the entire backup gasoline supply, part of a broad series of changes...
View ArticleAnd here it is, Trump's excuse to shut it all down
With this attack Trump get’s to change the subject and start crushing critics. First with his bellicosity, later with more direct and open disregard for the law and civil rights. Dems will scurry into...
View ArticleNo matter what, Trump will not be impeached
Too many people high up in business and the GOP are now in danger of indictment, and staying out of jail means that keeping Trump in power is essential. It doesn’t matter what Trump does, the House GOP...
View ArticleSeriously, they are still fighting about light bulbs?
According to Bloomberg:Congressional Republicans renewed their effort to save the traditional light bulb, passing a measure to block federal energy standards that have come to symbolize government...
View ArticleAs of 8/12/17, if you still support Trump...
you are a Nazi.Or worse yet, you aid and abet Nazis.Pick a side, history is watching.
View ArticleSo, when anyone tells you that the Civil War wasn't about slavery, ask them...
If I had a dime for every time some conservative lectured me that slavery was not the cause of the Civil War, I would have some Trump money to toss around (though procured honestly). Next time someone...
View ArticleLet me translate the GOP's impeachment threat
A lot of noise was made last night on The Rachel Maddow Show about the “impeachment threat” by GOP operative Billie Piper. There seems to be some confusion about the nature of threat, so let me...
View ArticleIt is time for Feinstein to go
Feinstein surprises SF crowd by expressing hope for TrumpSan Francisco ChronicleFeinstein received a standing ovation from the 850 people at the sold-out Herbst Theater when she walked onto the stage...
View ArticleTrump wants 700% increase in nuclear weapons
InvestigationsTrump Wanted Tenfold Increase in Nuclear Arsenal, Surprising MilitaryNBC NewsPresident Donald Trump said he wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal...
View ArticleUnless this is a Photoshop, Al Franken's political career is over.
Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There’s Nothing Funny About It<br> KABC.comWhen I saw the script, Franken had written a moment when his character comes at me for a...
View ArticleDuring the Trump State of the Union, Dems should walk out.
Seriously, either walk out on the Racist-in-Chief, or turn their backs on him the whole time he is talking. If there is ANYTHING that would push Trump over the edge into a Category Ten mental...
View ArticleWhat if the shutdown lasts until the election?
And before anyone says “impossible”, I would point out that Trump being elected was also impossible, as was practically everything that happened this year with him in power.Yes, elections are mostly...
View ArticleAm I the only one beginning to suspect that Trump/Trump advisors are shorting...
I mean, can you think of a better way to make money than to short the stock in a company you know Trump is going to attack? Perhaps you are one of the people egging Trump on about the company. I would...
View ArticleIf Melania Trump really wore this jacket, she is gaslighting the country.
UPDATE: Fixed stupid, stupid typo in headline. My apologies.The narrative is:Press: Did she wear a jacket that said, “I really don’t care. Do u?” on the back.Trump Spox: There was no hidden message on...
View ArticleThe UN missed an opportunity. They should have laughed, booed and jeered
Trump’s fragile ego would have imploded. He would have lost it completely and threatened the world with annihilation. He would have demonstrated unequivocally his deranged state of mind.
View ArticleA thought experiment for Election Day 2018
What happens on election day when Trump takes to Twitter, and with the prompting of Fox News and the usual suspects, begins screaming to his followers that “bus loads of illegals” are headed to the...
View ArticleBomb threats and bombs are a preview of election day
Democracy is a fragile thing. It works when all agree to at least some rules of civility and honesty. Once one side starts egging on the mob against the other, once the demonization of a group of...
View ArticleWho is Trump's Handler?
Let’s drop all the pretense that there is a doubt about Trump being a Kremlin asset. For whatever reason, money, ego, or kompromat so horrible that even Trump is ashamed of it, Individual Number 1 is...
View ArticleDear Media, please identify former Republicans correctly in the future.
Replace the “R” with a “T”, as the GOP has been merged into the “Trump Victory Party”.
View ArticleReally Japan, what is wrong with you?
The Japanese Supreme Court has ruled that transgendered people must be sterilized if they wish to update their documentation.The Japanese supreme court has ruled in favor of a law that requires...
View ArticleBarr now assembling team to investigate Trump's enemies
(Bloomberg) -- Attorney General William Barr has assembled a team to review controversial counterintelligence decisions made by Justice Department and FBI officials, including actions taken during the...
View ArticleA line crossed, recrossed, and...I'm sorry, was there a line there?
I have been reading the same words and phrases for three years now:“Unprecedented”“Crosses a red line”“Last straw”“Beginning of the end”“Will not stand”Etc.And yet, here we are.In six month’s time, I...
View ArticleWant to know how Trump is going to rig the election? Pay attention to this...
Donald Trump is massively unpopular with all but about a fifth of the total population. Everyone knows this, including Trump. There’s no path to re-election if there is any honest count of votes in...
View ArticleWill we be ALLOWED to expand the court by the court?
I am surprised this question has not arisen before, but I confess it may have and I missed it. Will we be permitted to “expand” the Supreme Court?Sure congress has that power in THEORY these days, but...
View ArticleDon't count on a 1/6 Commission accomplishing anything substantial
I have read a number of diaries that are hopeful to optimistic about Speaker Pelosi’s announcement about forming an independent “January 6 Commission” modeled after the “9/11 Commission” to get to the...
View ArticleWhy hasn't Bedminster been searched? (Updated)
We have video evidence of Trump goons loading up boxes of documents taken from MAL heading that way.Update: I didn’t mean to suggest they should search Ivana’s grave (And yes, I did use that picture,...
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