Posts by El Somnambulo

"You Say 'Potato', I Say 'Origin Story'"--A felicitous one-night stand between a tomato and the oft-maligned Etuberosum: And yet the domesticated potato and all of its wild relatives have long…

A Collective Sigh Of Relief--No Title Changes At Alaska Armageddon: After meeting for nearly three hours, Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin left Alaska without announcing any deal or any specific…

Trump's obsession with changing the subject from Everything Epstein to Anything But renders today's meeting with Putin particularly fraught with danger.  Anchorage Armageddon, if you will.  Michael Wolff's take: President…

Trump Creates Emergency That Doesn't Exist: The impact of Trump’s federal actions came into view Tuesday night, with National Guard troops on the ground and agents from numerous federal agencies…

Well.  Sounds like I was better off at the concert than observing what appears to have been a political viper pit in the House last night.  All I know is…

Quick Note:  Depending on how long today's Special Session runs (I'm thinkin' real long), I might miss a lot of it while I'm enmeshed in the blues-rock stylings of Joanne…

They Kill Journalists, Don't They?  By 'they', I mean the genocidal government of Israel and, yes, the journalists were targeted: A prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had previously been threatened…

Fearful Flier? Captain Ron To The Rescue: Captain Ron (real name Ron Nielsen) is a 78-year-old former commercial pilot who teaches a free class for nervous fliers roughly once a…

ICE Barbie Slow-Walks FEMA Aid To North Carolina.  Let's cut through the bullshit--it's because the state has a Democratic governor: The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than…

Fascism ON THE MARCH!  Both the 'Justice' Department And the FBI have now been weaponized into Fascist institutions.  As in: FBI To Go After Texas Legislators.  First thing to know…

Trump Tariffs Kick In For 90 Countries.  Guess he fell about 90 short of those 100 deals: President Trump’s punishing new tariffs on more than 90 countries snapped into place…