Not your garden variety blog
Here are a couple of headlines from the front page of February 27’s Washington Post, which I just bothered to look at today: “DOJ probing if Epstein tranche hid Trump claims” In a related story, the fox has started an… Read moreHeadlines! This is a post entitled “Headlines!” (I’m so meta.)
Somehow, I missed Trump’s State of the Union address. I don’t know what led to that omission. Could it have been that Trump said it was going to be long? Could it have been a reluctance to endure what I… Read moreThe State of Union Speech
Today, at his arraignment in Federal court in New York, Venezuelan President (or ex-President?) Maduro proclaimed his innocence. He said, “I’m innocent. I’m not guilty. I am a decent man.” He also described himself as having been “kidnapped.” Mr. Maduro,… Read moreMaduro Plainly Doesn’t Understand the Process
In his 18-minute, speed-read address tonight, Trump said that he has worked to “slash prices on drugs and pharmaceuticals” — drugs and pharmaceuticals! — “by as much as 400, 500, and even 600%.” As any number of smarty-pants cognitively unimpaired… Read moreWorried about insurance premiums? Take drugs. Lots of drugs.
CNN is reporting that “Attorney General Pam Bondi denounced federal judges in Alexandria, Virginia, on Monday, saying that they had launched an ‘unconscionable campaign of bias and hostility’ against Lindsey Halligan, who was recently stripped of her US attorney title.”… Read morePoor Lindsey and Pam