Category: News

  • Oh, Bill

    Bill Barr that is. Oh, that poor old guy. He is having a very rough week, and sadly, no one feels bad for him.

    This is the same guy who auditioned for the role of Attorney General by writing an obstruction of justice memo that supported Trump’, and appearing on Fox News. To me that says the guy knew how to get Trump’s attention and what Trump would react positively too.

    And this is the same guy who was in on all the Ukraine things. Not only did John Bolton say he was in the room, but Trump even named the Barr as being a part of the deal on the phone call to the Ukrainian president.

    But somehow with Roger Stone does Barr claimed to be bullied, and have to stand up for himself? Hell man, Jeff Sessions seems to have more backbone and respect for the Justice Department. And that is not saying a whole lot.

    Yeah… So… Do I even need to remind everyone of the false summery of the Mueller Report, or the speech he gave at Notre Dame? This guy knows what he is doing. He sucked up to Trump so he could be in a position so he could push forward his ultra-Conservative agenda.

    The bed you make…

  • Report on the Politicians, and the Reporters Who Follow the Campaigns

    I follow the politics of the country as if it were a form a reality television; It tries to imply that its real, but it’s all fake. And that fake show is reported as reality. Not that I blame the press for it, but I also feel that no one really has been honest about it for a while. Like, even the people on “The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth,” seem more interested in looking cool, or that they know how phony it all is, but they are right in the middle of it. I don’t think anyone has been honest about the whole fake business that politic and the reporting of politics has become sine Hunter Thompson in “Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail “72.”

    I was trying to describe this to my wife the other night as the New Hampshire results were coming in on cable television. And then we switched over to watch “The Circus,” and that’s when the idea hit me; I would like to follow all the campaigns and the reporters, and share with everyone all the crazy shit that happens in the stage craft of campaigning. I’m not a reporter, so I have no idea what the ethics of that job is in those situations.  I would be an outsider peeking in.

    I wonder if I could do this, and get someone else to pick up the tab?

  • As Goes Britain, So Goes America

    If you haven’t noticed, there was an election in the UK. The Conservatives won, and now Brexit will happen. Is that what is best for the UK is anyone’s guess, but what it does mean is that the structures that were put in place after WWII will soon come apart.

    And it means Trump will be re-elected.

    Yes, I said it, and I don’t like it, but it is what will happen.

    I point out that the first Brexit happened, which no one thought would happen. Then trump got elected, and no one, even Trump, thought that would happen.

    The wisdom going into the second Brexit vote was that it would fail, as no one had been able to get a majority to agree to make it happen. What no one counted on is that the English population has been worn out. Johnson clearly knew that as he slogan was “Get Brexit Done,” was easy to understand, and also the exasperated exclamation under everyone’s breath, usually followed with, “for fuck’s sake!”

    American Liberals heed this warning! The end is near, and no amount of health care or wealth tax will assuage the plague that is Trump. Everyone is tired of Trump and has been worn down. Trumps slogan will be along the lines of, “Let Me Finish the Job,” and Americans will say, “Fine, finish the job, and go away… for fuck’s sake.”

  • Troubles All Around

    With all the news today… My head is spinning a little. I am really trying not to write about Trump and Impeachment, as I think there are others out there that do a much better job.

    What I see and feel is the anxiety that all of this creates in the community that I live in.

    Bay Area California is a bit on the liberal side, but there are very conservative people around here as well, so it’s not like everyone here wants him removed. But it does create a wait and seeing mentality. One group is waiting to rejoice, while the other is waiting to despair. Both are edgy.

    Then add all the complexities of family gatherings with this news, and it’s like no one here wants to congregate, as the conversation might go the very wrong way.

    When I talk to friends, no one seems to optimistic about anything really. I think this is the toll of the never ending confrontation of binary choices. It feels like nothing will ever get settled.

    And I even don’t like bringing it up anymore. It is like preaching to a bunch of other preachers here. But bringing it up used to at least have a cathartic feel of expressing one’s concerns. Now… not so much.

    Trying to stay positive, as we will all get through this together. I’m pretty sure of it. I can’t prove it, but I want to believe it.

  • Bad Mood

    There is that whole Impeachment thing.

    I think we all know what will happen; Trump gets impeached in the House and is acquitted in the Senate.

    Then what?

    It’s anyone’s guess, but I think he will win reelection. I don’t like that, but I think that’s what happens.

    Then what after that, is really what I want to know.

    Is there a moment that we get to have when this long national nightmare is over?

    It just feels like everything with the government is a dumpster fire.

    Funny, like 10 or so years ago, I really thought climate change would be the thing that would unite this country. People forget that in 2008, the Republican Party had their own climate change plank in their platform. I liked the debate of how to tackle climate change, but now one side denies that it even exists.

    It is a worry for me. Well, not so much me, but I worry for my kid. It just seems like we are still fighting the old Boomer’s social wars, all the while the rest of us are watching the ship sink.