America's Wet Blanket

I can't think of a single more uninspiring individual than Joe Lieberman.

Walking, droning, buzzkill. 

Have a nice weekend, and Happy New Year.

Campaigning Is Hard...

...well, if you can't demonstrate a bare minimum of honesty. 

I mean, jeez, it's not like Haley stands the slightest chance of being nominated, and the odds of getting TFG's nod for VP is roughly equivalent.

But stoopers gonna stoop. 

Twerp

Pointing out that Lindsey Graham is pathetic is, yeah, phoning if not tweeting it in, but it also demonstrates how low we've sunk. 

Graham knows it's all full of shit, the media knows it's all full of shit, but content is content and the beast must be fed. 

Rinse, repeat, descend into fascism, followed by the book and television deals. 

Sigh. 

"Ted Cruz Without The Personality"

I'll admit it's been fun watching the DeSantis campaign implode...

On Tape

You can Google it, and it's news in Michigan, but once again, the elite media can barely be bothered by TFG and his sidekick Ronna making what could be credibly called an attempt to bribe public officials. 

It will disappear in a news cycle or two, as will this. 

Oh, by the way, here's the flip side of fair & balanced

Yes, the headline sums up the story, but you have to read some 20-30 paragraphs to grasp just how ridiculous this non-evidence is, but which is nonetheless being touted by House Repubs as some kind of big deal. 

Pathetic.

Have a good weekend.

The House Looking Like A Rummage Sale

Ghouliani plays the bankruptcy card.

LOL, one of the listed creditors in the filing is...Hunter Biden.

Still, I expect we'll get at least one or two human interest type stories, some mix/match of how sad it all is and how far he's fallen from the days of America's (read that as "America's Elite Media") Mayor. 

Perhaps a few paragraphs about his unsteady gait and memory lapses. 

Well, too goddamn bad. 

For whatever reason, I remembered that a while back America's Creep Mayor claimed he was assaulted. I'd forgotten the details, but have a look.

Think about that -- he was willing to destroy two women on a whim, but whined and cried about non-existent injuries when someone sarcastically gave him a very light slap/tap on the back. 

He belongs in a jail cell. Too bad that'll never happen.

The Working Poor

Well, we already know what sort of person Clarence Thomas is, but the elite media insisting he's got a point about only making a few hundred thousand dollars a year says quite a bit about them as well. 

Christ on a cracker. 

Elections Have Consequences

So does trying to incite a riot to overturn an election. 

Am doubtful this gets upheld when all is said and done, but that it'll get overturned -- and that it took this long to get here -- speaks volumes, and not in a good way. 

Once again I'll argue if the tables were turned...well, the tables would never get turned. A Democratic candidate would never be given a fraction of the leeway TFG is routinely permitted... 

Glutton For Punishment

The headline shouldn't be ...[Moss and Freeman] sue Giuliani again, it should indicate Ghouliani went out of his way to slander both again. 

Why? Who knows? Maybe it'll delay the end result of the first suit, or maybe because the guy's such an egotistical piece of shit that he needs the attention, or both, or perhaps he thinks/hopes it'll help with raising money or whatever.

Ms. Moss and Ms. Freeman had their lives ruined for no good reason. None.

Time to pay for what you did, Rudy. 

What a dirt bag.

Let Him Eat Shit

 

Rudy can fail, and he did. 

There will be endless appeals -- frivolous lawsuits only apply to the unwashed masses -- but it's part of the record now, and goddamn him. 

Asshole doesn't even begin to describe...

Have a good weekend.

Shell Game

James Comer's no Mitch McConnell, but...

As always, every GOoPer accusation is a projection/confession, but what really stands out for me is the degree to which they expect to get away with it...and, for the most part, they do.

Because it's not just Fox, it's the elite media in general. And it's been going on for a generation or more-- for so long, it's hard wired. 

The Yellow Bellies Of Texas

Cruz and Cornyn, two profiles in cowardice. 

But Her Emails

Just a periodic reminder that as special counsel Jack Smith petitions the SCOTUS to rule against TFG's assertion of executive privilege as lifetime absolute immunity (basically just short of l'etat-est-moi, and if he does get elected next year...)

Anyway, it's worth remembering that not quite eight years ago your elite media was almost universal in insisting that Hillary Clinton's email server management was tantamount to imposing tyranny.

Am wondering if actual promises of imposing tyranny might generate some equivalent level of high dudgeon...

Lyin' In Winter

 

"The end of...Giuliani"?

Good riddance. 

Fuck that guy.

Everything's Bigger In Texas

Including the Texasses. 

Also a classic backpfeifengesicht if there ever was one. 

Have a good weekend.  

The Divine Right Of Kings As A Legal Defense

I thought we'd settled this a few centuries ago. 

Yawn

Another contractual obligation media non-event I won't be watching.

Meanwhile, time to bring out the empty box for Austin, San Antonio, and Las Vegas. Pretty sure it's not the first mass shooting in any of these cities. 

 

Perhaps Someone Finally Changed His Diaper

 

Tuberville ends his year-long temper tantrum...sort of. 

Let's Add A Small Trophy To The Empty Thoughts & Prayers Box

A meaningless trinket in honor of a grim milestone. 

Bin Laden Determined To Attack US

Not that my vanity blog matters at all, but I thought, think, and still think Hamas attacking Israel on October 7 was despicable terrorism from the moment they killed the first civilian and from the moment they abducted people to hold as hostages.

It was also stunningly stupid for reasons I'm sure anyone reading this knows. 

But...it's not like Israel wasn't warned, and quite clearly warned.

Which makes the cynic in me think callous disregard might be understating the case. 

Again, not that my opinion really matters, but damn it'd be nice to live in a world where people didn't seem so eager to find excuses to kill other people. 

Have a good weekend.  

The Banality Of Evil

I'd thought about some kind of welcome-to-hell, Henry K, but, that's the easy play, plus I'm short on time (as usual).

And while I don't generally sneer or mock people for being old and decrepit (I'm either getting there or already there, depending on who's judging); anyway, I'll make an exception for the guy pictured above. 

It's hardly the justice Kiss-off-inger deserves, but here's hoping his final years had him feeling, well, as awful as he looked. 

Not the nicest thing to say, but HK wasn't a very nice person. 

The world is better without him. 

Sense Of Entitlement

After going out of his way to make Twitter crash and burn like the Hindenburg/implode like the OceanGate/descend into crude antisemitism (choose your preference or create your own), Musk blames advertisers for not wanting to associate with him.

Oh, and in other news, an old, creepy, evil man died today. 

Maybe I'll post about that tomorrow.

Still A Lickspittle

To reiterate, when Dan Quayle outperforms you on the gravitas meter, that's saying something...

Something like....I'm a lily-livered, spineless lickspittle. 

And Charles Grassley needs to be investigated. 

Fuck him.

Maybe Hold Off On Awarding K-Mac Any Honorary Degree

A little rusty when it comes to U.S. history...

Ted-ium

Happy Thanksgiving, sorry to bring up Cruz, but idiocy never rests. 

If I don't post tomorrow, have a nice weekend. 

What's The Harm In Humoring Him?

Maybe -- at last -- the elite press is realizing the harm. 

Let's hope it isn't too late. 

His Name Is Joe Friday. He Carries A Badge Vape Pen.

Another example of the asymmetry of the political press. Mike Lee promoted an obvious and batshit insane, absurd allegation...and while the elite media covered it, it'll be gone in a news cycle or two, and basically forgotten. 

If a Democratic politician made an equally absurd allegation--or just made a mistake/gaffe/or whatever--it'd be the first line of his or her political if not actual obituary. 

Piss Christ, I Mean, Piss, Christ

TFG sure does protest...a lot. 

Maybe too much?

Twits Gonna Be Twits

Have a good weekend. 

America's Gun

The WaPo reports (paywall removed/gift article) on the kind of damage an AR-15 is capable of. 

The same AR-15 that some want to make the official firearm, and that others have turned into lib-triggering pendants.

Well, Maybe Just A Little Bit Of Collusion

And, of course, America's brainworm-addled Mayor is in the middle of it...which might explain why America's-brainworm-addled Mayor's biggest touts -- the elite media -- basically let TFG, et al, dictate the narrative...

Grand Old Bullies

Kevin McCarthy and Markwayne Mullin demonstrated their pettiness and brattiness today. 

Maybe not quite the spectacle of General Turgidson fighting with Ambassador de Sadesky in the War Room, but it's also real life and not a movie...

A Rigged Election

Yes, it was rigged, but it was TFG who tried to rig it. 

And he did his usual piss poor, shit job.

Oh, he's also a fascist. 

Sure, that's a horrible thing to say, but I hear (basket of) deplorable(s) is officially frowned upon. 

Though for some reason vermin isn't. 

When They Tell You Who They Are, Believe Them

And they're telling you.

Have a good weekend.

GOB-Smacked

Not dictionary definition gobsmacked.

Man-of-La-Manchin announced he's stepping away from the Senate to either spend more time selling GOB (Garbage of Bituminous) or to pollute the political climate. 

Credit where it's due, he helped a watered down version of Biden's domestic agenda pass, though he and his tag-team partner Sinema could always be counted on to be flies in the ointment. 

Bye.

The Irrelevants, Live On Stage This Evening

Another one I won't be watching....tonight's event is filler, second-tier soufflè. 

Mostly good news on the elections yesterday, though the elite media will come up with some way to make it bad news for Democrats generally/Biden specifically (my favorite--Ohio's strong vote in favor of women's reproductive rights "takes the issue off the table" in next year's Senate election...righhhhhhht). 

Anyway, to paraphrase TFG, the gist of the deal...is done. 

TFG owns the GOP, which itself is largely evangelical Christian, truly a match made in hell. He's their avatar, their Dear Maximum Leader, whatever..

Can they win next year? Unfortunately, yes. 

Can they be stopped? Yes, and let's hope that happens.

Chief Justice Captain Obvious

Credit where it's due

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said there was little question that Mr. Rahimi, who has been accused of a string of shootings, posed a threat to public safety.

“You don’t have any doubt that your client is a dangerous person, do you?” the chief justice asked Mr. Rahimi’s lawyer, J. Matthew Wright.

Mr. Wright said he would “want to know what ‘dangerous person’ means.”Chief Justice Roberts supplied a definition. “It means someone who is shooting at people,” he said. “That’s a good start.”

Mr. Wright retreated. “That’s fair,” he said.

Tantrum

A septuagenarian who chooses to present as a spray-tanned, hair-dyed (and woven into whatever that is on the top of his head) toddler acted out/made a scene in open court today. 

So of course the NY Times says "belligerent and brash, unrepentant and verbose." 

Hell, why phone, text, or tweet it in when you can (presumably) let AI generate the story? 

What a fucking rotter. 

Dancing With The Also Rans

The show must go on, pathetic as it is, and Politico tells us how many second-tier-never-will-be-hopefuls can dance on the head of a pin, I mean, qualify for the next media non-event that will nonetheless be covered and reported on...

Here's my compromise--for once, I'm willing to let AI take the work, especially since I won't pay any attention. 

Have a good weekend. 

Now He Will Be Known As Sam Bankman Jailed

Crypto was, is, and always will be a scam. 

Sure, in some ways it mimics standard business and finance, but it's still a sucker's game. 

I have little if any sympathy for those who play it.

Making A List

 

Ghoulwriter Stephen Miller is trying to slither back into relevance. 

Oh, Almost Forgot

Professional lickspittle and human flypaper Mike Pence threw in the towel on his presidential campaign, not that anyone cares. 

Am still amazed and amused that when he needed a Delphic Oracle for advice on counting Electoral Votes and announcing the result, Mike Pence turned to...Dan Quayle.

When Quayle's your font of wisdom...

Very Stable Genius

It's been how many years since person, woman, man, camera, TV? 

The Sequel

Blake Masters, who looks and acts like someone who'd be the absolute worst creepy neighbor ever, will siphon off a bit more fresh blood, um, I mean media attention, this campaign cycle. 

Have a good weekend.

That Time Again

And the suspect is still at-large, necessitating lockdowns and restrictions on movement. 

Because, freedom, whatever that means. 

Back tomorrow. 

Sometimes The Tomato Can Wins One

MAGA Mike gets the ribbon. 

Let's hope we don't get the shaft.

Bum Of The Month Club

Sped up a bit, I guess, for modern times. 

Looks like the GOPee's brought forth yet another non-entity/tomato can for a ritual face planting.

Soup's on. 

Pratt Fall

To repeat, again, it could never happen (the closest equivalent might be Rod "We have this thing and it's a fucking goldmine" Blagojevich) but a Democrat this corrupt would get the full treatment. 

And of course TFG is transactional. 

That's why he kept all the classified documents.

And Then There Were Two

Kenneth "The Mailman" Chesebro decided to cut his losses.

Have a good weekend.