The Urban Curmudgeon
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Bill Maher sat for an interview with Jonathan Karl last week. Maher talked about the major comedy award that he received, about how disappointed he is with the Democratic field, and about the fact that even if you hate where they’re coming
The rise of AI has led to a sweeping panic over its potential as a job killer. Relax! Sure, it is going to lead to the replacement of a few jobs, the kind of jobs that require a skill level way below
Would you believe it, Tucker Carlson wants us to attack Donald Trump for what everybody has known and admitted for decades, that he is just a lying piece of shit. Yeah, Tucker, the big phony wants us to pity him because he’s
A war or not a war. That is the question. Shakespeare couldn’t answer it, so why do we expect Donald Trump to? That really isn’t what’s important, anyway. What is important is that since we’re in it, we must end the military
On Sunday, February 23, Martha Raddatz did a special piece on the children of Ukraine and how they have been viciously ravaged by Putin’s war. It’s a devastating piece despite the fact that it doesn’t even get into how Putin’s war is
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution tells us that Americans are safe from illegal search and seizure. It tells us that law enforcement cannot invade our homes without a judicial warrant. It’s just one of the legal restraints that make America a
What’s the point of Donald Trump’s crazy carrying on over Greenland? The fat fool in the White House babbles about security, but that’s nonsense. We have all the security we need right now. We’ve had it since WWII, when the air base
So, Trump finally did it. Yes, he did the dirty deed. He actually invaded Venezuela. Of course, he didn’t call it an invasion, he does see himself as a peacemaker, after all, so he called it a police action to apprehend a
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
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