Monthly Archives: January 2020

I was wrong about Bernie Sanders, and mostly wrong about Elizabeth Warren.

Posted on January 30, 2020 by a1skeptic

Longtime readers of the blog know that in the 2016 Democratic primary, I voted for Bernie Sanders because it “tickled me pink to be able to vote for a septuagenarian socialist Jew as a serious candidate for President of the … Continue reading →

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Irony is Dead (or at least on life-support)

Posted on January 29, 2020 by a1skeptic

When you see Ken Starr getting up in front of the Senate and the American public, and lamenting that we’ve arrived at an “age of impeachment,” then you know that irony is dead. Or at least on life support. Ken … Continue reading →

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I never thought I would see the day where I would be in support of John Bolton

Posted on January 28, 2020 by a1skeptic

Boy, I never thought I would see the day where I would be in support of John Bolton. He is a neocon’s neocon. He and I aren’t likely to agree on just about anything. And yet, here we are. Bolton … Continue reading →

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President’s Team still claiming there was no Quid Pro Quo.

Posted on January 24, 2020 by a1skeptic

It’s interesting that the President’s team is still claiming that there was no quid pro quo because that’s what the President told Ambassador Sondland on their September 9 phone call. Just to review the time-line: July 25, Trump makes his … Continue reading →

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Day 1 of the Impeachment Trial

Posted on January 22, 2020 by a1skeptic

One of the interesting things about the first day of yesterday’s impeachment trial is that the President’s attorneys kept making the point that the President didn’t respond to the subpoenas issued by the House because the House did not begin … Continue reading →

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Seven Fallacies about Impeachment to keep in mind

Posted on January 22, 2020 by a1skeptic

As the impeachment trial of Donald Trump finally gets rolling, this might be a good time to review some of the legalities of impeachment. It turns out that the gold standard for books about impeachment is Charles Black’s Impeachment (A … Continue reading →

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Our Hypocrisy is not like theirs, part 23

Posted on January 21, 2020 by a1skeptic

As the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins this morning, there has been a bit of focus on the oath that Senators have to swear in order to be jurors in the impeachment trial. That oath says: Do you … Continue reading →

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Trump manages to unite Iran and Iraq

Posted on January 6, 2020 by a1skeptic

Well, as everyone knows, we have a very stable genius in the White House. He decided, in his infinite wisdom, to assassinate Gen. Qassem Soleimani of Iran three days into 2020, getting the New Year off to a rocking start. … Continue reading →

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Is Trump wagging the dog with his assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani?

Posted on January 4, 2020 by a1skeptic

Like most of you, I had never heard of Gen. Qassem Soleimani before yesterday. I read in the media that he was a bad guy. Maybe he was. Maybe he was just an Iranian patriot. (You know, one man’s terrorist … Continue reading →

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