Sick of the woke folk? Well, I sure am, but I’m sick of the unwoke too. This is a bit of an unbalanced rant, going off in several different directions at once, occasioned by three pieces by three ill-assorted unconventional (I guess) conservatives, Ross Douthat’s Where Liberal Power Lies, Rod Dreher’s commentary on Ross’s piece,…
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Yo, Max Boot! Here’s your explanation! Donald Trump is simply the cherry on top of a pre-existing GOP sh*t sundae!
Max Boot is confused. Noting that nothing Donald Trump says or does, not even pissing on those who die for their country, has any effect on the president’s “base”, he wonders Why do Trump supporters even go through the motions of trying to discredit the latest allegations? Their support hasn’t been shaken by all of…
Mike does Stuart: Michael Grunwald holds Stuart Stevens’ turncoat Republican feet to the fire, with interesting results
In a recent—well, “tirade” is probably too strong a word, but “riff” is a bit cute—in a recent post on “conscience Republican” Ross Douthat’s semi-snarky take on Republican with a different conscience Stuart Stevens’ mea culpa It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump, I noted that Stu, unintentionally, I’m sure,…
George F. Will showing some signs of improvement. Emphasis on the “some”
Recently, I’ve slackened off making fun of George F. “the ‘F’ stands for ‘Frabjous’, son” Will, first because George has largely been a good boy, leaving the Republican Party in disgust with its abandonment of free market policies, doubling down on that disgust at the nomination of Donald Trump, and going the extra mile by…
This is why we can’t have nice things: Like peace
Over at the American Conservative, Barbara Boland fills us in on the sad news with her article Senate Hearing Farce: Venezuela Is A ‘Clear And Present Danger’. Yes, bipartisan ninnies agree, Venezuela, one of the saddest, weakest countries in the world, a country seemingly bent on starving itself to death, will bring down the mighty…
One nation under God? More like four! Or more!
Yes, we are many nations, something that is probably true of other countries as well, but I don’t live there, so I can’t comment on them. But I can comment on the U.S. Nation 1: The American Indians The American Indians are the first, smallest (about 1%), and saddest of the nations. They were here…
Shorter Ted Yoho: “Yes! I am a f*cking b*tch! For Christ!
In the clip posted above, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) elegantly rips Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) a new one—which he clearly needs, for the dude is seriously full of it—for his flatulent non-apology apology, after accosting her on the Capitol steps for having dared to say something he didn’t like, calling her “disgusting” and accusing her…
Daniel Drezner, you shall not escape my wrath!
Well, you won’t, Dan. Just because I’m painfully slow and stumbling off the mark, and not much better down the stretch, you thought you could slip a few fast ones by me, but nuh-uh. I’m onto your game, and you’ll pay the price. The first of Dan’s “curve balls” (to vary the metaphor) came a…
Hey! Unimportant people believe in free speech too!
Damn straight we do! Well, some of us, anyway, and some of us, like me, are very, very unimportant! I say this, of course, because there has been considerable blowback to the now notorious letter published in Harper’s magazine, signed by a large number of cultural icons and/or irritants, to the irritation of many who…
Clarence Thomas to Brethren: Why Can’t You Guys Listen to “Reason”?
Why indeed? The Supreme Court recently refused the opportunity to consider a raft of lower court decisions regarding both the Second Amendment and the “qualified immunity” extended to public officials—most “controversially” (that is to say, most inappropriately), as applied to the police— protecting them against law suits for their actions—like blowing someone’s head off for…