February 10, 2018 – 7:16 am
The other day, we learned that U.S. Olympic contender Shani Davis pretty much stated that losing a coin toss for the right to lead the U.S. delegation in the Olympics opening ceremonies. What happened during the opening ceremonies? (via Twitchy) Speedskater Shani Davis boycotts the opening ceremony of the winter Olympics over flag bearer controversy. […]
February 8, 2018 – 5:23 pm
See, what happened here is (AP) Hamlin and Davis were among eight nominees for the flagbearer role, and athletes from each of the eight winter sports federations — bobsled and skeleton, ski and snowboarding, figure skating, curling, biathlon, hockey, speedskating and luge — represented those nominees in a balloting that took place Wednesday night. Eventually, the […]
February 5, 2018 – 11:27 am
Scorching (via Twitchy) https://twitter.com/DanielJCamacho/status/960349280711135235 Beaten by a, get this, white QB. Both teams have majority Black players. Eh, why bother, some people are just wankers. BTW, as a Giants fan, I despise the Eagles. But, damned if they didn’t put on one hell of a game. That TD before halftime? Heck of a gutsy call. […]
February 1, 2018 – 8:25 am
I ran across a post at Sad And Useless yesterday about Modern Journalism. Go ahead and click the link first…..OK, now you have an idea of the over-the-top, unhinged, make everything beyond rationality journalism of today. Moving forward, we get this bit of insanity by Norman Eisen, Caroline Fredrickson, and Noah Bookbinder at Politico Trump’s […]
January 31, 2018 – 7:57 am
I did not see the State of the Union address, as I got home very late from working with a client. I do see that he called for bipartisanship President Trump appealed for unity in his first State of the Union speech, declaring a “new American moment” even as many glum Democrats in the audience […]
January 26, 2018 – 6:45 am
Because they really, really care about the middle and lower classes, which make up 99.9% of those who work as servers https://twitter.com/PoliticalShort/status/956612420201414656 From the link Ian Calderon wants restaurateurs to think long and hard before giving you a straw. Calderon, the Democratic majority leader in California’s lower house, has introduced a bill to stop sit-down restaurants from […]
January 18, 2018 – 2:57 pm
Twenty years ago yesterday, the Drudge report stated that Newsweek was sitting on the Monica Lewinsky story. Today, Newsweek has no problem with ruminating on a subject they really have no facts on (via John Sexton) TRUMP HEALTH EXAM: PRESIDENT STILL TAKING HAIR LOSS DRUG EVEN AFTER RESEARCH REVEALED LINK TO ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND DEPRESSION […]
January 15, 2018 – 10:56 am
Bernie Sanders never worked in a high salary position since graduating from college. He’s been in politics in fashion or another since the early 1970’s. He was mayor of Burlington, Vermont, from 1980-1989. He was in the House of Representatives from 1990-2007, when he took one of Vermont’s Senate seats, and has been there ever […]
January 14, 2018 – 8:46 am
In case you missed it, there was a missile alert sent out in what we are told is a complete comedy of errors that there was a ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. CNN’s article forgot to mention Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: “Our leaders have failed us. Donald Trump is taking too long. He's not […]
January 12, 2018 – 7:18 am
This is the Media Freakout Of The Day, which will probably last at least through the weekend Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they discussed protecting immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of […]
