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Brief Introduction - Back in early 2018 I finished reading an autobiography by Victor Serge titled Memoirs of a Revolutionary and, in my usual style, typed up twenty-two pages of notes on/from it. (If you don't know Serge, I highly recommend this and The Case of Comrade Tulayev, for starters.) Many times over the years …
Continue reading Notes on Two Revolutionaries, Volume 1 – Character and Setting
Much has been documented in the period between the very proud Donald J. Trump Administrations about the obvious lack of a prideful executive in these United States of America. A brief summary as noted here leading up to and just after the 2024 election (as pulled from the links at the end of this post): …
Continue reading Exploitation – The Natural Consequence of the Prideless Executive
Does the term "Emperors Club VIP" mean anything to anyone anymore? For those with short memories or just too young to know, that seems to have been a rather notable high-end escort agency popular among some unknown contingent of our ruling class (or similar) a couple of decades ago. I say high-end because it seems …
On a couple of occasions lately I have put much jovial (and blind) hope into the following passage: For those reasons, this Court agrees with the government that term-of-office provisions do not themselves limit the removal power. My overreliance on the simple reading has lead me to assume this regarding employees of the Executive Branch …
Continue reading The (Probable) Disappointment Just Around the Corner
The next Ukranian President to enter the oval office (assuming that happens before January 20, 2029) will be wearing a suit and tie (or be otherwise appropriately dressed). Ripped from the early afternoon headlines: Zelensky Attempts Oval Office Grandstanding; Finds Out Trump and Vance Don't Play That Game Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky showed up to …
Just a catch-up post for a couple of things that have lingered on my desktop for several days... The first via Instapundit: The Never Trump Grift Goes On, but It Has a Shelf Life Now The low-T doyens of the Never Trump movement who've been turning vitriolic obsession into cash since 2016 are still cashing …
Continue reading Losing & Lying – Never Trump ‘Principles’ on Parade
Recent times seem to have me posting quite often on the blended topics of our Soft Center Right and the big-tent-ism that grew out of the embarrassing "compassionate conservative" marketing gimmick of the equally embarrassing GWB campaign. (Yes, I was a supporter back then...but then (yada, yada,) and finally TARP. But I digress.) To bring …
Continue reading True Colors – Fairly Common Among TDS Sufferers of all Stripes
Back in December I posted the following about today's news and what I'm sure the reaction will be all day tomorrow: Progressives from sea to shining sea will, of course, lose what is left of their minds in late January February if Mr. Trump goes on a firing spree. And then there will be the …
I'm not really prepared to go that far but - as with much in the Trump era and even more so now that he is not playing the game all by himself - I will give a thrilled applause to Secretary Rubio on this one: Marco Rubio Leaves CBS News' Margaret Brennan Speechless After She …
Continue reading Is the Sun Setting on the Un-Serious Era in America? (UPDATED)
Much has happened in Trump World (and piled up on my desk) over the last eighteen or so days while I have been preoccupied with more important things. It would be very hard to summarize completely here but I do want to note some things to document this point in the process. In posts now …
Continue reading Corruption Big and Small (HINT: It’s all Big) – UPDATED AGAIN
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