Seriously? Why does anyone listen to that guy? Trump was so desperate to distract us from his Russian connections, he accused former President Obama of using the powers of the government to cheat on the election. Look, the power arrangement is simple: if you make an accusation, it’s you job to prove it. The stronger the accusation you make, the more critical that your proof...
Did Trump Violate the Corrupt Foreign Practices Act? The New Yorker has been publishing really groundbreaking reports on Trump’s business dealings with Russian oligarchs. Rachael Maddow featured the recent Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War in a recent episode, and for what it’s worth after that, I recommend it, too. I’m writing about a more recent New Yorker article: Donald Trump’s Worst Deal. It’s...
Home of the brave I still get confused about what it means to be a Republican. I’ve been looking for the Republican Party’s core beliefs, but they’re hard to find. I tried the 60-page Republican Platform 2016 first, but it was unreadable. Vague platitudes and a string of contradictory positions followed, both physically and intellectually, by justifications. I found this summary on a UK site,...
Is Trump, on balance, a good choice? Trump Republicans have objected to the idea that voting for Trump meant they agreed with all his positions. Many complained they didn’t condone, say, Trump’s sexual predation, or his clear racism. They voted tor Trump because they felt he was a change agent, and they held their noses for his bad traits. It’s just politics. OK, I can...
Rachel Maddow: my new hero. Ms Maddow is on MSNBC five days a week. I recommend her show, and her blog: MaddowBlog. She’s been following the money for a while now, tracing the hidden channels that the Russian oligarchs (presumably with Putin’s knowledge) have been using to funnel money into Trump’s failing businesses. After around Trump’s seventh bankruptcy, when he once more bailed, leaving...
Look over there! Shiny!! Many, many ages ago in Trump years — might be four weeks — I wrote an article Today’s Distraction , wondering what kind of distraction Trump would throw in front of us to distract us from the Michael Flynn Russian scandal. And as the press uncovers another layer of dirty linen, we get a new helping of Trump Crazy. So after...
Unnecessary Cruelty Like most people, I usually have a mix of reasons for stuff I do. Sometimes they’re all true, and sometimes the reason I hold up is just a front for another, less defensible idea. Watching Trump’s horrible immigration crackdown in action, I can talk about the impossibility of deporting 11 million people, or the terrible cost of each of his comic book ideas....
Damn. I hate changing my mind. The New York Times has an editorial today: The Pope on Panhandling: Give Without Worry. I know I do that judgemental thing. “They’re just scamming me. How do I know they really need the money? What if they spend it on drugs? Why should I get that guy money, and not everyone?” Pope Francis’s answer is easy: don’t worry,...
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