After spending eight years peddling a conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was born in Kenya and ineligible to be president, we are now awash in exhortations from Republicans to join together in unity behind their super-hero of the age, Donald Trump. Trying to predict the future of this new regime … Continue reading
Since the hara-kiri of the American electorate on November 8, 2016, we have had a few scattered tip-offs about the mentality that will soon be holding the Executive Branch of the government. Election recounts are commonplace in cases where the results were close, and sometimes it is automatic. But when … Continue reading
Many times it has been pointed out that the great irony of the internet revolution has been the proliferation of egregious stupidity and mean-spirited neurosis that has followed in its wake. Imagine what intellectuals of centuries past would have thought if you had described for them the basics of … Continue reading
Have you seen the engineering specs for Trump’s Wall? — No? Neither has anybody else. There’s plenty of time between now and Election Day for Trump’s campaign to draw them up and make them public, just so the American people can verify they aren’t buying a pig in a poke. … Continue reading
I seriously thought that Donald Trump would be gone from the political stage after the collapse of the whole “birther” deal that he was pushing so hard at one time. But we haven’t heard a word about that particular saga in ages. Now, Trump is a “strong leader” – apparently … Continue reading
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