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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
With huge news breaking on the national and world stages at a great pace these days, here is a little small news for those with ties back to the legacy site just to mark the occasion... Six days ago my account at that legacy site was terminated...permanently cancelled. No real surprise here, it had been …
In one magic instant just over 24 hours from now, the American Republic once again will have a proud executive…as the blueprint requires. Of course, the greater system as it exists today abhors such a thing…especially after four years of maximum playtime under the polar opposite. No doubt – as I have said many times over …
Continue reading Enter the Era of 47 – Leadership, Resistance, and the Changes Along the Way
As posted at the legacy site last night... That he was always going to be a pathetically bad president was never in doubt. A real President was giving us clues way back in 1987. By 2020 it was clear to all willing to see that it was going to be worse than that. Still, there were times …
Continue reading Parting Shots at 46 – American History’s Greatest Buffoon
As posted on the legacy site a few moments ago: Dear philo, Yes, I know you were banished from this bandwidth long ago, but just in case, a quick note from way back here in January 2025, just hours before Trump 2.0 takes off and… believe it or not, things are exactly the same as they …
Continue reading A Brief Note to my Future Self (Do Not Open Until January 2029)
I will admit that, in my earlier ramblings on the subject (even when I said things like “complex products relying on sound engineering and science that pose any kind of potential safety issue in your life will become suspect in the not-so-distant future” and “it will become more obvious piece by piece in specific tragic …
As posted over at the legacy site a few minutes ago... Just for New Year’s Day entertainment value, I decided to follow up on my comment from a couple of days ago where I noted that someday I would like to get a peek at the Never Trump Ouija Board that instills so much cocksurety into all …
Continue reading Highlight Reel – (Some of) The Best of the Never Trump Ouija Board
As posted over at the legacy site back on December 10: Have I mentioned that Second-Term Trump is going to be a whole lot of fun? Not being a lawyer, and the fact that I have not really bothered to read the whole thing, I openly admit that there may be a whole lot in this …
(As posted over at the legacy site earlier this evening. Apologies, several of the links may not be accessible to non-members over there. Most of the material is here too...I just haven't taken the time to redirect the links.) To those who were paying attention throughout the four-year ordeal, the first pass at a succinct …
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