Year: 2022

Will Smith is back in the news because he released an apology video to Chris Rock on YouTube and Instagram, which seems to me like a PR move more than…

Collins has made an entire career out of playing Democrats for suckers. Now she is using the old "Democrats made Republicans angry, so I can't support a bill I wanted…

I had two sons that were pretty good at little league baseball. They both had one big deficit that held them back though - a Dad who didn't give a fuck about little league baseball.   My kids were afflicted with a Dad (Me) who didn't push, berate & bribe them to try get better at little league baseball. They had a Dad who didn't set winning at little league baseball as an important goal. I looked at these other parents who were obsessed with winning and thought, "Well, in the long run we don't stand a chance against these guys, so let's have some fun until we quit." The children of those weirdos may have burned out and ended up hating baseball or they may be captains of industry or play for the New York Yankees now. Who the fuck knows? Crazy parents get shit done. Just ask Brian Wilson or Karen Carpenter. All this to say, I wonder if Democrats will ever win against Republicans who are obsessed with winning to the point that they can lie impunity, and drink in the lies of their comrades like it is mother's milk:

CALLER: Listen, Sean. I just want some people in the conservative party, Republican Party to fight as hard as me and my platoon did in Afghanistan. That's all I'm asking for. ... SEAN HANNITY (HOST): I appreciate, first of all, your service. I'm sorry about your injuries, they sound pretty debilitating. I know many people in your position. It alters your life, and your family's life forever. None of it is fun. And I -- I just -- we owe you a debt of gratitude. And we can't forget our vets either. Listen. I don't like Jon Stewart, but Jon Stewart is right, on him fighting for these vets the way he has. Now, the very specific issues behind the scenes, a lot of people don't know. But anyway, there's a bill. Republicans support the bill, these burn-pit victims. And the only reason it didn't pass this week was because the Democrats, what they put in the bill, they moved $400 billion in discretionary spending to mandatory spending and that $400 billion had nothing to do with veterans. And Democrats want to spend another $400 billion on new spending completely unrelated to veterans.

I've been doing this for 19 years now, and the dumbest thing establishments Democrats have always done and continue to do after 19 years is try to game out how Republicans will react to things, and avoid doing things that they think will make Republicans angry, upset or sad. It is astonishing to me that this is still facet of the Democratic Party's "strategic" planning.  It is so knitted to the Democratic Party's modus operandi that they are constantly asked about it.

“The indictment of a former president, and perhaps a candidate for president, would arguably tear the country apart,” (Lester) Holt said. “Is that your concern as you make your decision down the road here, do you have to think about things like that?”

Garland replied: “We intend to hold everyone, anyone who was criminally responsible for the events surrounding Jan. 6, for any attempt to interfere with the lawful transfer of power from one administration to another, accountable. That’s what we do. We don’t pay any attention to other issues with respect to that.”

  Garland had the right answer, but it is a stupid question.  Nobody ever asks Republicans if trying to overturn an election could tear the country apart.   Nobody asks if taking away longstanding rights to reproductive healthcare will tear the country apart.  Nobody asks if continuing to ignore climate change could tear the country apart. Nobody asks if actively trying to tear the country apart might tear the country apart. There are actual things tearing the country about that never seem to be noticed for some reason.