Oprah-Determination

Bader Ginzburg has done it again....[ read ]

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Reading Hillary's Entrails

For the few who might be interested in what Hillary Clinton might actually try to do as President (as opposed to whatever committee-honed palaver she might serve up to targeted groups as expedience dictates), her May 2013 speech to Banco Itau (Italy) serves as an interesting omen. [ read more ]

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Turnip Threatens Hen

The organized hysteria continues.  On Monday, Donald Trump sought to rally his supporters by invoking the Supreme Court Issue.  This is standard fare for both heads of the hydra (aka “parties”), viz: “if nothing else, the Supreme Court, hangs in the balance... yadda, yadda, yadda.”    Unfortunately, Trump went on to say  [ READ ]
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Monster Chronicles: National Narcissism

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A post making the rounds on social media has noted that all four former presidents and the sitting one were unanimous in their non-support of Trump. The tweet concluded with, “Perhaps America should pay attention to the people who actually know what the job entails.”    [ READ ]

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Two Old Debates

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Chipsters have not written much about the current political season in the United States because the subject — it seems to us — calls more for the artistry of Fellini than any rational analysis. ...  [read]

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The only thing we have to fear....

Is government itself. 

In the wake of the horrendous Nice killings, politicians on both sides of the Atlantic were quick to pounce on the event in order to further their police state agendas . . . [read]

Monsanto's Niebelung

Obama is in the United Kingdom pushing the idea that he is tickled pink by Little Prince George and that Britain’s exit from the European Common Market would be a disaster  ....  [ read ]

Perimeters

".....  law enforcement officers also may conduct random checks of cars and taxis driving toward the airport, a practice already in place at the Los Angeles airport.  ..."   [ read ]

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Doggish

Dogs and English  [ read ]

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Chicken Feed & Hypocrisy

NEW YORK TIMES  DECLARES WAR  ON BERNIE

....and you. [ read ]

Bearclaw meets Pancake

Appearances are a substantial part of politics.  One has to look the part,

 even if... [ read ]

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Bernie Concedes

Allowing Clinton to label herself a "progressive" (because she believed in progress) and conceding that Obama was also a progressive, Bernie undercut his raison d'etre and  all but conceded the nomination  .....  [read]

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