The top management of ultimate Inside the Beltway insider pub Politico basically split in half, as the Washington Post’s Erik Wemple explains in some detail. How bad is it? So bad that Politico hasn’t got the nerve to cover it. I guess it’s hard to analyze your own death.
David Bowie versus Hopalong Cassidy—Who was cooler?
I’m in a bit of a rut here, aren’t I? Well, when you’ve got a meme that works, you stick with it. I must admit that I’m more than tardy in paying my respects to Mr. Bowie, but I had more important things to do, like making fun of David Brooks, who just never seems…
The President of the United States is not our commander in chief
The president is commander in chief of the armed forces, not commander in chief of the country. It was Ronald Reagan, with his deep love of military pageantry, who introduced the modern cult of the “c-in-c,” and George H. W. Bush, who, unlike Reagan, had actually been in combat, continued the tradition. Son George W….
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. “Reindeer power, motherfucker! Reindeer power!” “Wait’ll you see what we’ve got planned for the after party!” “You don’t understand. He likes pulling the sleigh! Get it? I mean, get it?” “It just came to me—“Jolly old St. Nick, move over, and let jolly young Rudolph take over! It was that easy!” “Animal…
Are We Germany Yet?
In 1932, the two top presidential vote getters in Germany were Adolph Hitler (Nazi) and Ernst Thälmann (Communist). Well, Donald Trump is no nazi, and Bernie Sanders no communist, but it says a lot about the state of America that the Donald and the Bern are the two hottest acts in America these days. Incomes…
Joshua White Quintet—“Think of One”
Michael Dessen, trombone, Gavin Templeton. alto sax, Joshua White, piano, Hamilton Price, bass, Dan Schnelle, drums. At “98 Bottles”, San Diego, June 22, 2012 Posted by Joshua White
NR against Trump: He isn’t racist enough!
Unkind, I know, but scarcely inaccurate. Here are the National Review’s editors, dumping on Trump re immigration: “As for illegal immigration, Trump pledges to deport the 11 million illegals here in the United States, a herculean administrative and logistical task beyond the capacity of the federal government. Trump piles on the absurdity by saying he…
Charles Krauthammer truly surprises me, for a full ten column inches
Yes, he does. For ten column inches (maybe twelve!) the K-Man coolly and calmly rebuts every single criticism Republicans have made over the recent U.S./Iran prisoner swap. It’s too good to last, of course. Charlie quickly goes off an extended rant about the lifting of long-standing sanctions on Iran consequent to the nuclear deal and…
No, not that Avishai Cohen! This Avishai Cohen!
Two Avishai Cohens! One plays bass, the other one (this one) plays trumpet! Avishai is shown here with Yoni Zelnik, bass, and Jeff Ballard, drums, at the 2015 Tbilisi Jazz Festival. Catch up with this Avishai here!
Real reason why Jeb Bush is losing: George Bush
Over at Politico, Anna Palmer and Eli Stokols have a long piece quoting nearly two dozen anonymous Jebusite bigwigs and soreheads to the effect that Mike Murphy, the “sharp-witted, Twitter-obsessed veteran GOP ad man who runs Right to Rise” (the super PAC set up to make Bush III come to be), is responsible for flabby…