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About a1skeptic

A disturbed citizen and skeptic. I should stop reading the newspaper. Or watching TV. I should turn off NPR and disconnect from the Internet. We’d all be better off.

Kevin McCarthy is now being punished for his spinelessness

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

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It’s even worse than we thought it would be

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

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It’s going to be a Republican clown show, starting today.

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

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Tiptoeing into 2023

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

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If I were a cancelled passenger, I don’t think I would ever fly Southwest again.

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

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How did this guy ever get elected?

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

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Greg Abbott couldn’t even give it a rest on Christmas Eve

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

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The War on Christmas is in abeyance

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

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The January 6th Committee gave us an early Christmas present.

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

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We should thank our luck stars that Joe Biden is president

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

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