Kevin McCarthy Says What He Really Thinks

And it's not all that different from what you'd hear from a lunatic ranting on a street corner or loitering at a bus stop. 

Eight hours worth. 

Have a good weekend. 

Things Fall Apart

What a generation of Reagan claptrap, multiplied by a press corpse [sic] way to willing to be sycophants in exchange for access, gets you. 

Sigh. 

You could tell them Adam Smith titled his book The Wealth of NATIONS...and they'd insist it's communist propaganda...

Media Rule #1: It's Always Good News For John McCain

And to the media, the GOP is still John McCain, even though it's really Paul Gosar, Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell...or Orange Narcissus. 

Funny how you can count on coverage to, wow, what a coincidence, constantly emphasize GOP talking points. 

Makes you wonder who their sources are...

Sure, inflation's up -- to roughly Reagan era levels -- and I remember oil and gas prices rising during the Bush II administration without run-for-your-lives headlines. 

And...while I'm not expecting the media to become a mouthpiece for the Democratic Party, it'd be nice if they weren't marching in lockstep with Fox Noise, which is a propaganda arm of the Republican Party... and while I'm not at all a fan of John McCain, and am sort of doubtful he'd have gone full Liz Cheney, the fact is the GOP wasn't and isn't John McCain. It's Donald Trump, i.e., a toxic blend of hubris and fascism...which the media might want to take notice of, particularly given that fascists don't tend to have much use for an independent press.

And blaming the Biden Administration for not fixing the mess in all of not-quite-ten-months, while the GOP becomes more blatantly and outwardly authoritarian might be, well, a little much even in normal times...these aren't normal times. 

Just saying. 

He's Doing This Because He Wants To

As one of the big blogger's noted many times, Carlson has Fuck You money...

FFS, Put Him In Jail

It's really, really frustrating that a genuine dick like Bannon gets to play this, and it's pretty much the same with all of 'em (Trump himself, the Jan. 6th rioters, etc.).

Sure, don't turn into authoritarians in an effort to prevent authoritarianism, if the public sees defiant assholes versus a perception of weakness in the legal system (forever aided, abetted, and amplified by corporate media), I'm not all that sure which side they'll choose. 

And it also gives the impression that the legal system is, well, hiding something. Hell, I'm starting to wonder, given that it really shouldn't be that difficult. Bannon, et al, broke the fucking law...

How difficult is that to understand?