Monthly Archives: October 2022

Karoline Leavitt is as cute as a button, and a complete wacko.

Karoline Leavitt is cute as a button. She really is. The (barely) 25 year old running for New Hampshire’s 1st district Congressional seat against Democrat Chris Pappas is a full-fledged wacko, a Trump acolyte, an election-denier, and barely has any … Continue reading

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Russia is no longer pretending that it’s trying to win the war

It was reported in the news that the Russians have been hitting Kyiv with “Kamikaze” drones made in Iran. Made in Iran? By now, it’s pretty clear that the Russians are no longer trying to conquer Ukraine. At this point … Continue reading

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Not that much new from the January 6th Committee

Having watched all of the January 6th Committee hearings, I must say that there hasn’t been  much that surprised me. There were a few things that surprised at previous hearings, like finding out that Trump almost got into a fistfight … Continue reading

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Nikolas Cruz’ life is already over, for all practical purposes.

Today, the jury in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., decided that the shooter be sentenced to life imprison without the possibility of parole, instead of the death penalty. To be honest, I would have been … Continue reading

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Alex Jones gets tagged with a verdict for almost $1 billion

Well, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. Alex Jones was walloped today with almost $1 billion in damages. Jones — who got on the stand and told the court that he’s “done apologizing” — has now been hit … Continue reading

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Trump wanting to “make a deal” with the National Archives must be the most on brand story ever

I read a story yesterday in my hometown newspaper, the Boston Globe about how Trump tried to make a deal with the National Archives to exchange the boxes he had taken to Mar-a-Lago for documents related to his claims that … Continue reading

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Don’t fall for these ads relative to members’ voting records

We’re starting to get a LOT of political ads here in the Boston area with the upcoming midterms in November. We get a lot of ads designed for the southern New Hampshire audience, because many of the voters in southern … Continue reading

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A “Silver Lining” story out of Florida with respect to Hurricane Ian

Here there is, for once, a “silver lining” story out of Florida relative to a community that survived Hurricane Ian remarkably well. The place is Babcock Ranch, an innovative community about an hour north-east of Fort Myers, which took the … Continue reading

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Herschel Walker is a word salad that makes Donald Trump look articulate

Back in 2020 when both Jon Ossof and Raphael Warnock squeezed out Democratic victories in Georgia — thereby assuring that there would be a 50-50 Senate — a lot of us figured that situation probably would not last long. Warnock’s … Continue reading

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All they have left is the culture wars, all of the time

One of the useful things about Twitter is that it occasionally makes me aware of controversies that I was unaware of. Like Lizzo playing James Madison’s flute at the Library of Congress. Huh? First of all, I don’t even know … Continue reading

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