First GOP presidential primary debate of 2016. Fox Business Network. “Undercard” debate with Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and the now-demoted Carly Fiorina begins at 6pm Eastern, 5pm Central. Rand Paul didn’t like being demoted, so he won’t be attending. Moderators … Continue reading
Recorded here for posterity. "For the sake of our national security, we must give diplomacy a chance to succeed." —President Obama on Iran, #SOTU Address, 1/28/14 — CO2 Producer (@CO2Producer) January 12, 2016 "We have a chance to negotiate…agreement that…secures America…avoiding … Continue reading
This is it. Our first State of the Union open thread, and the last time–hopefully–that Americans have to see and hear this man speak from the U.S. House Chamber podium. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Paul Ryan will … Continue reading
Cars. That’s what Obama wanted to talk about this week in his address to the nation. He needed to take credit for something new as a little preview of what we can expect to hear him say in his final … Continue reading
The words that might have appeared here aren’t here. Instead there are these words. But there will be more words to come. Oh by the way, the shocking news of the morning is that the iconic musician David Bowie has … Continue reading
WARNING! SPOILERS DEAD AHEAD! I provide this post for those who have seen the new Star Wars movie and have been dying to discuss it with each other. If you haven’t seen it yet and don’t want details of the … Continue reading
Obama wept. Media collectively orgasms. North Korea made something big go boom. There’s some wet weather in California thanks to El Little Boy, and brutal Arctic temperatures will blanket much of the country by this weekend. The Taliban have killed … Continue reading
“All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.” —W. H. Auden Do you ever think about sin? It doesn’t have to be in the biblical sense, just in the sense of things that are … Continue reading
On December 17th, U.S. House Rep. Donald Beyer (D-VA) introduced the following resolution to the Judiciary Committee on behalf of 82 co-sponsors, all Democrats–it should be reproduced and read in its entirety: 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 569 Condemning … Continue reading
As each year comes to an end, I like to take a few moments to reflect on events of the year–the good times and the bad–things in my personal life and in politics. I also often re-watch movies that were … Continue reading
