Monthly Archives: January 2017

Donald Trump is not “crazy like a fox.” He’s just plain crazy.

There are a lot of people who think that Donald Trump is crazy like a fox. That he is much cleverer than he appears to be, and that one should never underestimate the man. Don’t count me among this group. … Continue reading

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Why the Donald will never be my President, regardless of what he says today

I don’t hate Donald Trump. I just hate the fact that he’s about to become our next President. I never really thought much about Donald Trump until he declared. I mean, I knew who he was, but he always seemed … Continue reading

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The Fire Hose Theory of Information: too much information to follow at once.

There is something known as the firehose theory of information, the idea that you can’t drink from a firehose, and when too much information is coming at you, you can’t really grasp any of it. That is the same theory … Continue reading

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Calling a blowhard out by name: John Abrahamsen

Yesterday, I wrote an expletive-filled rant calling out Representative Tom Emmer by name after he went on National Public Radio and just flat-out lied with respect to the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Filling my rant with expletives probably … Continue reading

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Calling a liar out by name: Rep. Tom Emmer

Some people are just flat out liars and it’s time to call them out by name. One of those people is Tom Emmer, the Republican Representative for Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District. This morning, this asshole was on Weekend Edition Sunday … Continue reading

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We should be treating Right Wing voters as if they were Adults

I’ve been thinking about how we should really begin to treat the Right Wing as if they were adults. So far we’ve been infantilizing them as if they were children. Recently I came across this post by someone calling themselves … Continue reading

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Golden Showers. And you thought Pussy Grabber was bad.

Golden Showers. Oh boy. Try explaining this one to your kids. I mean “pussy grabber” was bad enough, but now this. Christopher Steele, the former MI6 agent who allegedly compiled “the dossier” had to go underground yesterday because he already … Continue reading

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The difference between Fake News and Unverified News

As some of you know, the Donald, Herr Obergropenführer, President-elect Kumquat, was attacked the other day through Buzzfeed, which published an article claiming that “a dossier, compiled by a person who has claimed to be a former British intelligence official, … Continue reading

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This is why we’re adamantly opposed to President Kumquat (aka the Obergropenführer)

There was a meme that was making the rounds of progressive websites that speaks for a lot of us in explaining why we are so opposed to the Obergropenführer[1] as President. It originally made the rounds as “author unknown,” but … Continue reading

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This is your President Elect (Part 2)

Last Friday, your incoming President elect – President Kumquat, as I like to call him – received the same classified briefing from the intelligence community that our outgoing President – let’s call him President Obama – had received a day … Continue reading

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