Author Archives: a1skeptic

Today is, of course, the two-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection. That it coincides with the 4th day of the chaotic fight over the Speakership is, perhaps, no small irony. On the day after the January 6th insurrection, Kevin … Continue reading →

The chaos previously predicted with respect to the election of a new House Speaker has turned out to be crazier and more divisive than had even been predicted. Oh boy! As is by now well known, McCarthy could not afford … Continue reading →

As is pretty well known by now, Kevin McCarthy is desperate to become Speaker of the House. To do that he needs to win the votes of at least 218 of the 435 members, and given that he only has … Continue reading →

As we get ready for 2023, I don’t think anybody out there is saying, yeah, let’s do it, let’s get going! I think just about everybody is tiptoeing into 2023, after the last couple of years, just worrying about how … Continue reading →

I used to enjoy flying Southwest airlines. They seemed to be kind of a cool, relatively relaxed, relatively friendly airline. That was until the holiday meltdown over the course of the last week. Now, let me explain that I wasn’t … Continue reading →

I don’t understand how this guy got elected. I’m talking about George Santos, the 34 year old fraudster who just got elected to represent New York’s 3rd Congressional District, which covers part of northern Long Island and Queens. Didn’t anyone … Continue reading →

There really is something seriously wrong with Greg Abott, the Governor of Texas. Abbott, along with John Silber before him, proving again that you can be disabled and a huge prick at the same time. This time around Abott sent … Continue reading →

By now I think it’s pretty well known that Christmas, as a holiday, was really grafted onto winter solstice, and Saturnalia, and the old Germanic Yule celebrations. In fact, the only people who ever banned Christmas in America was the … Continue reading →

On Thursday the January 6th Committee gave us an early Christmas present by releasing its 845 page final report. Unlike the preliminary report they had released on Monday, this one has a detailed six page index, as well as 152 … Continue reading →

When it comes to the war in Ukraine, we should really all be thanking our lucky stars that Joe Biden is our President, and not for example (checks notes) Donald Trump! We’re now 300 days into the war against Ukraine, … Continue reading →