The most important, and the ugliest, thing to happen in 2016 was the decision of 46 percent of the American electorate to vote for the worst major party presidential candidate in American history. The second most important was the decision of 48 percent to vote for Hillary Clinton. So why did Hillary “lose”? It is…
Author: Alan Vanneman
Shelf life of Trump Bump: 1 day
Well, that was fun, wasn’t it? One whole day of “Papa Trump” before that nasty “Russian Connection” began to rear its ugly head once more, its rancid scent rising to the point that even FBI Director James Comey—“No Nose Jim”, as I like to call him—might be moved to say, “Now, what the heck is…
TheSynchroNerds—Art Blakey’s 1957 solo for “Well, You Needn’t”
TheSynchroNerds, identified at the end of the clip, recreate Art Blakey’s solo on “Well, You Needn’t”, from the 1957 Riverside album “Monk’s Music”. Posted by TheSynchroNerds Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers—“A Night in Tunisia” The man himself, in 1958, with trumpeter Lee Morgan, sax Benny Golson, pianist Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. Posted…
When Republicans collide: Trump versus Congress
Remember back during the primaries when we Democrats felt all we needed to do was stand back and watch while the Republican Party destroyed itself? That didn’t work out so well, did it? Now we’re at Round 2. President Trump’s “budget”, such that it is—a 9.2% increase in defense coupled with a 9.2% cut for…
Rich Bitch Betsy DeVos just can’t stop stepping on her own vagina
Hey, Literature R Us is nothing if not gender appropriate. In case you hadn’t heard, new Sec of Ed Betsy DeVos just couldn’t help making a White House meeting with the presidents of HistorIcally Black Colleges and Universities all about her by “explaining” that these institutions, created in response to southern racism, were all about…
Honest John Boehner, A “Good Republican”—that is to say, a coward and a fraud
John Boehner, speaker of the House of Representatives from 2009 to 2015, engaged in one of the prerogatives of those who have relinquished power—speaking the truth. Among other things, Boehner claimed that all that Republican talk about repealing and replacing ObamaCare is just talk: “They’ll fix Obamacare, and I shouldn’t have called it repeal and…
Omigod! That wasn’t a bowling ball bouncing down stairs! It was Noel Kahn’s head!
Yes, Noel is the latest in the cast of Pretty Little Liars to buy the farm. In the first season Noel threw a girl downstairs and now in the seventh someone threw him downstairs, or at least “a piece of him”, as Horatio might say. I started watching PLL after my girlfriend started watching it,…
Pseudo New Yorker
“Okay, babe! Last man on earth, looking right at you!” “Hell, yeah, I’m satisfied. Are you satisfied?” “Some day, Helen, you’re going to go too far with this telekinesis thing.” “So I suppose Mother won’t be coming for a visit after all.” “All this fuss over a little blonde. Really, Helen, you surprise me.” “Must…
Nikki Ekstein, not always knowledgeable
Nikki Ekstein writes features for Bloomberg, including this one on the Waldorf Astoria hotel, letting us in on a number of secrets, including the fact that there is a secret, presidents only train station under the hotel. “There’s no way to detect it from above ground, but right below the Waldorf is a little-known extension…
Arlene McDaniel—“Well, You Needn’t”
Arlene McDaniel, solo piano. Hillsdale College. Sept. 12, 2015