Monthly Archives: February 2016

This is the kind of thing that drives Bernie Sanders voters to the polls

Posted on February 29, 2016 by a1skeptic

The Boston Globe recently had a story about a San Francisco area landlord who was evicting a 97 year old lady, notwithstanding that she had lived in her apartment for 66 years, and that she has cancer. Really? The guy … Continue reading →

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Christie’s Endorsement of Trump should come as a Surprise to Know One

Posted on February 27, 2016 by a1skeptic

A number of you will have heard the news that Chris Christie endorsed Donald Trump yesterday. One asshole endorsing another. All that’s missing now is for Carly Fiorina to get involved and endorse Chris Christie’s endorsement of Donald Trump. Then … Continue reading →

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One can’t talk about debate “highlights,” there are only lowlights

Posted on February 26, 2016 by a1skeptic

Well, the Republicans had another debate last night, and one can’t really talk about debate highlights. There are really only lowlights. At least Marco Rubio finally figured out that there is so much to attack the Donald on with respect … Continue reading →

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More like Berlusconi? Or maybe Baloneysconi?

Posted on February 24, 2016 by a1skeptic

On Facebook yesterday one of my friends initiated this exchange. He wrote: Trump is not Hitler. He’s not even Mussolini. He’s Berlusconi. To which several of his friends replied (see below): Bunga, bunga. Maybe with a little Joe McCarthy thrown … Continue reading →

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Because he robbed from the 1%, not the 99%

Posted on February 23, 2016 by a1skeptic

I’m not normally a big conspiracy theory guy, but I came across this little item on Facebook and thought, there really is something to this. Of course, it’s not quite as simple as this. Certainly there are members of the … Continue reading →

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From Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas

Posted on February 22, 2016 by a1skeptic

For conservatives who are feeling crazed at the thought of Atonin Scalia being replaced by a liberal justice, or even a moderate justice, or anything other than a rock-ribbed conservative justice, I bring you the story of Thurgood Marshall being … Continue reading →

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It’s been Two Months, and the FBI still can’t break into Syed Farook’s iPhone

Posted on February 19, 2016 by a1skeptic

If you watch the Jason Bourne movies, or movies like Enemy of the State, you’d think that the CIA and FBI are extraordinary in their ability to track us, to find us, to know everything about us. But in reality … Continue reading →

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The Donald doesn’t think that we torture enough

Posted on February 18, 2016 by a1skeptic

Torture. The Donald doesn’t think we have enough of it. Back in December of 2014 when the Senate Intelligence Committee released their report on the CIA’s use of torture, I wrote a four-part series about why we shouldn’t torture. The … Continue reading →

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Don’t be Impressed when a Governor tells you how often he’s “Balanced the Budget”

Posted on February 17, 2016 by a1skeptic

Whenever you hear about how some Governor “balanced the budget eight times as Governor,” you should not be impressed. Why? Because, with a few exceptions, they all have to balance their state budgets. It’s required by their state constitutions. Right … Continue reading →

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Would Hillary and Bernie ever run on a ticket with Each Other?

Posted on February 16, 2016 by a1skeptic

A friend recently asked whether I thought there was any chance that Hillary and Bernie would run together, with one of them as the Vice Presidential nominee and the other as the Presidential nominee. For various reasons, I think the … Continue reading →

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