Posts by jason330

When you read this CNN headline, who do you imagine the "Senator" mentioned is?

Senator reveals how bipartisan group reached gun legislation proposal

If you guessed Coons, you are right. If you want to listen to Coons wax eloquent for 8 minutes about the greatness of glorious bipartisanship, go for it. I tapped out at the 6 minute mark. In the meantime, I have my doubts about anything coming from this.  Apparently I'm not the only one with doubts:

@ChrisMurphyCT

10/ Drafting this law and passing it through both chambers will not be easy. We have a long way before this gets to the President’s desk. But with your help and activism, we can get this done. This time, failure cannot be an option.

Wait, what?  "...your help and activism" ?   Clap harder ya'll.  The glorious bipartisan compromise, like tinker bell, needs you. Outside activism is required for the glorious bipartisan compromise among 20 senators to become fully agreed text and pass the senate.  

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Lazy prosecutors always seem to rely on their tea leaf reading skills when they don't indict because conviction seems improbable. Robert Kuttner Writing at The American prospect makes the case…

I feel like it is time for me to propose my DNC rules change again. When picking a VP, whoever comes in SECOND at the Democratic National convention should have the right of first refusal for the VP spot.  Since 1984 this would have given us tickets like:

Whatever happens, we can all agree that all of the failures of the Democrats can be laid at the feet of the all powerful liberal faction that ultimately controls everything.  …

Just listen to this Highlands Bunker: E180 - Kids Who Die (w/Traci Murphy) DCAGV Executive Director Traci Murphy joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the recent slate of…

There is just so much evidence that Trump organized and executed an attempted coup to unlawfully remain in power.  The shame of this continuing attempt to end our constitutional democracy touches every person in America who still calls themself a Republican.

Last time we looked at the Governors of yore and I'm glad I started there because we can dispense with who we'd like to be Governor and discuss who will probably be the 75th Gov of Smellaware.  There is no need for a drum roll. Based on the fact that 60% of recent Govs had previously served as Lt Gov and the probability matrix that fact establishes, the next Governor is going to be...

A coup against the people and government of the United States failed. That should be seriously and publicly unpacked. Arrests and convictions must made or we'll invite bigger and more effective coup attempts. And yet, we all know that the "objective" media coverage is going to be a nauseating "both sides" bullshit fest where the mid-term horserace is the central narrative and the FACT THAT REPUBLICANS TRIED TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT is brushed aside.

Carney, at best, is a cardboard cutout of a man.  In fact a cardboard cut out of a man has a little utility, so calling him that is an un-merited…

Imagining that teams of teenage boys are transitioning to win the girl's softball state championship is a "problem" that only exists in the fever dreams of MAGAT nation. No matter,…

I'm an office person.  I like the dividing line between work and not work.  I also like being around people.  In my experience, being part of an effective team requires occasional bullshitting ..or let's call it "non-work" interactions.   But I can also see that I'm not like some people who are way more productive without the commute and office bullshit. Either way, showing up in an office because some middle manager is justifying their job by taking attendance is probably going away.

At its heart, the battle over remote work is a test of corporate America’s definition of an ideal worker. For decades or even longer, that has been a person who prioritizes their job above all else and has no outside commitments.

It’s “an incredibly powerful story,” said Brigid Schulte, the director of the Better Life Lab program at the think tank New America. “It’s part of our culture. It’s part of our DNA.”

It’s probably not shocking that people who are lower on the org chart tend to be less enthusiastic about returning to the office than the senior leaders and executives who thrived in the in-person Before Times.

“For many C.E.O.s and managers, that’s how they worked. That’s how they succeeded and that’s the only way they know,” Ms. Schulte said. “All of this was completely false; it was totally a fake story we’ve been telling ourselves.”

 

Even though I practically am one (born early in 1965), I've got nothing but contempt for the "Baby Boom" generation (people born between 1946 and 1964).  They wrecked the vibrant…

I'm cooked. These days I cannot even skim the news, let alone come up with some kind of trenchant comment on it.   That's why it is almost 2:30 and I'm…