Desk of Rosewood age Empty chair and fading thoughts Idle now I flee … [Read more...] about Ode To Retirement (in Haiku Variant)
The Genie in the White House
There’s a genie in the White House that inhabits Donald Trump’s body instead of an oil lamp. Few Americans know about it (a transgender genie). And you don’t have to rub Donald Trump the wrong way for the genie to pop out with explosive words and actions. The genie decided to visit Trump’s corpus and remain because of Trump’s love for oil and fossil fuels which mirror’s the … [Read more...] about The Genie in the White House
It’s treason not to applaud Trump. Join AmeriClaps and avoid execution
By DANA MILBANK "I got a standing ovation. In fact, they said it was the biggest standing ovation since Peyton Manning had won the Super Bowl, and they said it was equal. I got a standing ovation. It lasted for a long period of time." -- President Trump "I live for the applause, applause, applause "I live for the applause-plause, live for the applause-plause" -- … [Read more...] about It’s treason not to applaud Trump. Join AmeriClaps and avoid execution
A Treasonous Cartoon
It’s ironic that the symbol for the Republican Party is an elephant. An elephant is known for having a great memory, as in an elephant never forgets. Republicans, especially Donald Trump, have the worst memories. They forget that illegal immigration decreased yearly during Obama’s presidency. They forget that unemployment, even black unemployment, was dropping for the past … [Read more...] about A Treasonous Cartoon
Take a Memo, Devin Nunes
by Michael Winship Watching the saga of the Nunes Memo and the constant Republican attempts to protect and cover for Donald Trump and his minions, no matter how great the purported crime, I keep thinking back to a 2004 movie that didn’t get the attention it deserved. “Millions,” directed by Danny Boyle (“Trainspotting,” “Slumdog Millionaire”) and written by Frank … [Read more...] about Take a Memo, Devin Nunes
5 Companies Racing to Build the First Autonomous Car
Autonomous cars have been in the news off and on for the last five years, for both positive and negative reasons. One thing remains the same, no matter the connotation of the story — it seems like everyone is racing to be the first company to build a marketable autonomous car. How have automotive manufacturing technologies changed in recent years to allow for the creation of … [Read more...] about 5 Companies Racing to Build the First Autonomous Car
Reality is catching up with Trump — everywhere
By DANA MILBANK WASHINGTON -- President Trump, in his State of the Union address last week, boasted to the nation about stock market gains: "The stock market has smashed one record after another, gaining $8 trillion and more in value in just this short period of time." He has boasted about the booming market in tweets no fewer than 54 times since taking office. Including … [Read more...] about Reality is catching up with Trump — everywhere
If football is so deadly, why did 103 million people watch the Super Bowl?
By John Affleck, Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Pennsylvania State University. A hit from Malcom Jenkins sidelined the Patriots' Brandin Cooks for the night. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez During the second quarter of Super Bowl LII, the party stopped, if just for a second. Tom Brady found Patriots wide receiver Brandin Cooks downfield with a… … [Read more...] about If football is so deadly, why did 103 million people watch the Super Bowl?
Russia Scandal Blockbuster: Trump To Kind Of Sort Of Plead The 5th Amendment
In a telling and extremely important Russia scandal development, Donald Trump's criminal lawyers have decided that he should refuse to talk to Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller under any circumstances. Let's be very clear about why they have reached that conclusion since it is established law that a president cannot plead the 5th Amendment. It is because they know Trump is … [Read more...] about Russia Scandal Blockbuster: Trump To Kind Of Sort Of Plead The 5th Amendment
Memo proves how far GOP has plunged into madness
WASHINGTON -- For the sake of argument, let's take President Trump and his Fox News cheerleaders at their word that they really believe that the memo Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., released Friday reveals a serious assault on our freedoms by the FBI and the Justice Department. Nah. Just kidding. It's simply not possible, on any level, to take seriously the histrionics from … [Read more...] about Memo proves how far GOP has plunged into madness
Cartoon: Fox News
Leading ivory trade investigator murdered in Kenya
A world-renowned ivory investigator whose detailed reports contributed to the fight against elephant poaching and the illegal wildlife trade, was killed at his home in Kenya, police said Monday. Esmond Bradley Martin, a 76-year-old American geographer who had lived in Kenya for decades, died after being stabbed in the neck at his house in the Nairobi… … [Read more...] about Leading ivory trade investigator murdered in Kenya
Color My Memo (Column and Cartoon)
According to Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, the key to destroying the Trump campaign was through….Carter Page. Yeah, OK then. The Republican talking point is that the FBI had it out for Trump and was trying to elect Hillary Clinton. That ignores the fact the FBI made a huge statement about reopening the investigation into Clinton (mere days before the … [Read more...] about Color My Memo (Column and Cartoon)
History as seen through memos
WASHINGTON -- Wouldn't it be great to be Devin Nunes? Not only does the California Republican get to be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, but he simultaneously gets to serve President Trump by making public tidbits of classified information given to him by the White House. He is recused from the Russia investigation but still gets to use committee staff to … [Read more...] about History as seen through memos
The Obligatory post-Super Bowl post
The Super Bowl is in the news: Eagles' 1st Super Bowl Win Draws 103.4M Viewers, Smallest Audience In Nine Years - Update Dominic Patten / Deadline: UPDATE, 1:13 PM: As late as it went and as rowdy as it got, the City of Brotherly Love made pretty swift progress this morning picking up the debris of last night's victory celebrations for the Philadelphia Eagles' first Super … [Read more...] about The Obligatory post-Super Bowl post
HE SAID, HE SAID
Irrespective of the merits of the released Nunes memo, or of its rebuttal in the yet unreleased Schiff memo, the end results are the same. These have to be good times for the enemies of America for collusion or no collusion, obstruction of justice or not, does it really matter? The end results are the same. Americans pitched against Americans, State fighting with its … [Read more...] about HE SAID, HE SAID
The Future: Autonomous Vehicles
The average American uses his or her car less than 6% of the time, yet spends over 17% of his or her income on that vehicle. Most of the time it is sitting in the garage or parking lot at work. Autonomous cars, and by that, I mean vehicles that do not need a driver and do not have a steering wheel or peddles, are on the way, and like the cell phone before it and the computer … [Read more...] about The Future: Autonomous Vehicles
Donald Trump Says Democrats Not Clapping At State Of The Union Were ‘Treasonous’
Lest you're one of those who've pooh-poohed the idea that President Donald Trump has (as some prominent historians and psychologists point out) authoritarian and downright anti-democratic tendencies, Trump, in one of his blistering campaign-style speeches, has just accused Democrats who didn't applaud at his State of the Union address as being "treasonous." President … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Says Democrats Not Clapping At State Of The Union Were ‘Treasonous’
Dow Jones plunges 1,500 points
As President Trump talked up the benefits of the tax cuts at a Cincinnati factory Monday, the cable news networks all cut away to cover a 1,000-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow tumbled 1,175 points at closing to 24,345, the biggest correction to the stock market since Mr. Trump took office. Analysts… … [Read more...] about Dow Jones plunges 1,500 points
Earth To News Media: The Russia Scandal Constitutional Crisis Already Has Arrived
There are really only three things you need to know about that partisan hit job in the form of the classified House Intelligence Committee memo released last Friday to breathless anticipation in general and right-wing Republican hysteria in particular: Fox News and the similarly paleolithic Washington Examiner got copies hours before the rest of the media, which speaks volumes, … [Read more...] about Earth To News Media: The Russia Scandal Constitutional Crisis Already Has Arrived