The Mess in Israel
If you are a Republican voter think about this: Only six GOP senators out of 50 wanted to know what happened at our capitol on Jan 6 and who was responsible. What happened to the other 44? Mitch McConnell stopped the commission
Author: The Urban Curmudgeon
Bits & Pieces # 154
As shocking as it may seem, the pipeline company that was attacked last week by criminal hackers and then reportedly shelled out $5 million in ransom did almost nothing to deal with this hacker threat when it shut down the pipeline for
Our Medical Mess
I just read an article in Reader Supported News entitled, “Why Cable News Hates Medicare For All.” It’s brief and concise and it illustrates most of the arguments I have been making for Single Payer for a number of years, but it
The GOP Jive
For four years this country watched Donald Trump lie every time he opened his mouth. That was pretty stunning for someone like me who had lived through many bad presidents but had never seen anything like this level of dishonesty come
Whither the GOP?
This week’s job report has everyone’s hair on fire. The GOP was busy declaring the unemployment bonus was responsible for giving the unemployed motivation to stay home with the Democrats panicking about how to get those same workers to get off their
Is the Left Losing Its Cool?
It would seem that the big drug companies have done a splendid job of turning out the vaccine that has been needed in the United States to combat the Coronavirus. But if you paid attention you would have realized that
Bits & Pieces #152
So we have finally decided to leave Afghanistan. It’s about time we made a good move in foreign policy. The best result of this move seems to be China’s interest in replacing us. They have already gotten deeply involved in the business
Making Manchin Function
What the hell does Joe Manchin think he’s doing? He raves against messing with the filibuster, he babbles against using the reconciliation process and he whines about wanting a bi-partisan process to achieve all legislation. It may sound great to him
Common Sense
The greatest crisis this country faces at this moment is a monumental lack of common sense. I say this with full understanding that there are whole rafts of problems we are currently facing which seem to be completely beyond comprehension let alone
Some Pretty Dumb Legislation
Asa Hutchinson is the Republican Governor of a very backward Republican state and I rarely agree with him on anything, but on Monday of last week he vetoed a ban on “gender affirming medical care,” calling it a “vast government