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What now? Living in the real world while the alien spacecraft makes death rattles
The other day I listened to Joe Biden as he spoke about the transition and other stuff. Then he took questions from reporters. OMG remember when a president sounded like this? Actually, I wasn’t thinking of the Manichean-esque situation we’re … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Fascism, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights
Tagged COVID, GOP, Joe Biden, Mike Pompeo, presidential transition, Stacey Abrams
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A description of Mike Pompeo?
He had a great opinion of his skill in diplomacy, the science of those who lack any other and seem profound because they have nothing in them; a science however which it is useful to possess, since the fact of … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Honore de Balzac, Mike Pompeo
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Trump’s armed boys: malevolence tempered by incompetence. Again and always
Early on, my cousin, Ben Wittes, came up with “malevolence tempered by incompetence,” to describe the Trump administration, and Trump himself. As we view videos and news coverage of overweight masked white men garbed in “uniforms” which apparently have some … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged armed protests, Ben Wittes, Harper's Weekly Review, Mike Pompeo, Special Forces, Subway, Trump, Venezuela
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