The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
Governor DeSantis of Florida has completely lost his mind. This week he sent storm troopers to raid apartment houses in Florida, arresting anyone who didn’t have finalized work papers or green cards. This is ridiculous. These were all working people who were
Watched the important part of the Brit Coronation on Spectrum and it all gave me a very strange feeling. Here we sat on this day in 2023, drowning in modern technology, watching a ceremony that’s thousands of miles away; a ceremony that
Another Trump would-be bimbo/terrorist, showed up in the news last week. Her name is Miki Larson-Olson, and she was convicted of defying police orders on the capital grounds on 1/6. Of course, when Trump found out he embraced her for the cameras.
When the discussion turns to abortion, the big thing on the GOP side is whether it’s a state or a federal issue. That’s what they’re all fighting about, now. But that’s a ridiculous argument. The Democrats, knowing it’s ridiculous, are rooting for
This kid who seems to have broken down our entire security system so he can impress a bunch of gamers is exactly what’s wrong with our younger generation. Yes, I’m old, I wouldn’t be writing this if I wasn’t. He didn’t, do
The difference between the legislatures we want and the legislatures we have was blatantly illustrated this week by the State of Tennessee as a majority of aging GOP legislators, whose existence is dependent on the serious application of gerrymandering, kicked out two
One of Trump’s prepaid lawyers, Joe Tacopina made the exact same speech on Sunday that I would have made if I wanted to prove exactly the opposite point about all the Trump nonsense. The biggest point being avoided by Mr. Tacopina is
John Kasich was a guest on Velshi this week. He talks a good game and is probably my favorite Republican, but he doesn’t follow through as a candidate. He’s a little too civilized for today’s kill or be killed political scene. The
Mike Pence was interviewed last Sunday and as usual, he crashed and burned when asked the simplest questions. He babbled about American’s right to protest peacefully and of course, Jonathan Karl pointed out that Trump’s last reaction to a protest lead to
This week, Biden gave a budget speech that wasn’t a budget speech and the Democrats loved it. Most of his proposals, received with glee by most citizens, will never pass the GOP led House. So, knowing that, why did he bother to