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Dumb Is as Dumb Does

Posted on December 5, 2025 by The Urban Curmudgeon

AI has arrived. Not coming, it’s already here, and that means we’re already behind in regulating it. Good discussion on that process on Stephanie Ruhle’s show last weekend. It’s the same problem the internet was when it hit the stage. We all

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Posted in New York City, Politics Tagged AI, Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Zohran Mamdani1 Comment on Dumb Is as Dumb Does

Who Will Run NYC?

Posted on November 11, 2025November 11, 2025 by The Urban Curmudgeon

And Other Notes From the Past Couple Weeks Donald Trump is really pitching for that Nobel Peace Prize. This month, he sanctioned Russia’s two top revenue-producing oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil. Both are blocked from doing business with any American company, and

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Posted in Foreign, New York City, Politics Tagged Gaza, John Bolton, Katie Britt, Mamdani, Nobel Prize, Trump, Vance

October Odds & Ends

Posted on October 16, 2025 by The Urban Curmudgeon

So, Donald Trump looked at the calendar last month and panicked. The statute of limitations was running out on one of his least favorite people, James Comey. But the chief prosecutor didn’t want to bring charges because he recognized the case Trump

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Posted in New York City, Politics Tagged Donald Trump, Gaza, Hegseth, Marco Rubio, NYC Real Estate, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, Trump

Trump on Drugs

Posted on September 27, 2025 by The Urban Curmudgeon

The mostly absent George Stephanopoulos finally showed up on “This Week with him,” and watched as a battle ensued between Chris Christie and Reince Priebus over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a functional genius or a terminal asshole. Priebus’s problem is

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Posted in Politics Tagged Antifa, Charlie Kirk, Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, RFK Jr., Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump

Trump, Crime, and the National Guard

Posted on September 2, 2025 by The Urban Curmudgeon

Marco Rubio, the Donald’s Secretary of State, was all over the tube last Sunday trying to logically explain what is happening in the peace talks, but forever frustrated by Trump’s affinity for the big lie. Trump has lied so definitively over his

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Posted in New York City, Politics Tagged Marco Rubio, National Guard, Trump

The Little Dictator

Posted on August 14, 2025 by The Urban Curmudgeon

The deafening noise this week was all about the friendship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein and whether it was based on business, buddy stuff, or Epstein’s ready supply of underage flesh. Mainly because we’ve seen or heard it with our own

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Posted in Politics Tagged Alex Padilla, Donald J. Trump, Epstein, Netanyahu, Trump

Regime Change?

Posted on July 26, 2025 by The Urban Curmudgeon

Lindsey Graham was recently on Meet the Press lauding the president for his possibly successful attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. He worked so hard, I began to wonder how far he’d really go for a couple of hours of free greens fees.

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Posted in Foreign, New York City, Politics Tagged Donald Trump, Iran, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Trump, Zohran Mamdani

Just a Friendly Bombing

Posted on July 5, 2025 by The Urban Curmudgeon

Lindsey Graham was recently on Meet the Press, lauding the president for his possibly successful attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. He worked so hard, I began to wonder how far he’d really go for a couple of hours of free greens fees.

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Posted in Foreign, New York City, Politics Tagged Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, Iran, Mamdani, Marco Rubio, Rubio, Trump1 Comment on Just a Friendly Bombing

DOGE the Detestable

Posted on June 14, 2025 by The Urban Curmudgeon

It’s fascinating that in a time when our country is led by a man completely without character, General Stanley McChrystal, the man who led our special forces in the Afghan war, has written a book specifically about character. Even more interesting is

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Posted in Politics, Social Commentary Tagged doge, Donald J. Trump, McChrystal, Stanley McChrystal, Trump, USIP1 Comment on DOGE the Detestable

Trump & Trade

Posted on May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 by The Urban Curmudgeon

The media has been swamped lately with the news that Trump has reached his 100th day in office, and if you care to listen, you will find that Trump tells us we’re in the middle of an economic revolution, so we must

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Posted in Politics Tagged Bessent, Donald J. Trump, Hegseth, Kevin Hassett, Larry Summers, Pete Hegseth, Scott Bessent, Tariffs, Trade, Trump1 Comment on Trump & Trade

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