I’m unimpressed when people in public office refuse to accept a salary for the job. I want them to take the paycheck that comes with the job, even if it’s a trifling sum compared to their obscene personal wealth. If only symbolically, a paycheck reminds the recipient who’s boss. Rick Scott, the Medicare fraudster who …
Confronting the Threat
We — and by “we,” I mean the world — have a problem: the global white supremacist movement and its capacity to commit horrific acts of violence. Here’s how the POTUS is handling it today: Bring back @JudgeJeanine Pirro. The Radical Left Democrats, working closely with their beloved partner, the Fake News Media, is using …
Saturday Afternoon Open Thread
Here’s a tricolored heron with its breakfast: I think the luckless critter that was on the menu is a frog; my husband suspects it’s a crawdad. Fun facts about tricolored herons: the male builds a rough frame for the nest, and the female does the trim work, adding smaller sticks, grass, etc. IIRC, the plumage …
Wee Hours Open Thread
I just can’t with the 80s music, so here’s a good-looking woodpecker instead: And here’s a crappy photo of a Sandhill crane on the wing: It was yelling its head off, as they usually do when they fly, at least around here. I wonder if the migratory flocks screech for the entire trip? Human children …
The Shitposter in the White House
Here’s a Reuters article from two years ago: Exclusive: Trump to focus counter-extremism program solely on Islam – sources Julia Edwards Ainsley, Dustin Volz, Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The Trump administration wants to revamp and rename a U.S. government program designed to counter all violent ideologies so that it focuses solely on Islamist …
Brexit: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good, and just as the hideous Trump catastrophuck here in the States has rejuvenated the Democratic Party and spun comedy gold on late night TV, the rolling Brexit disaster has resulted in some damn funny professional commentary, as several jackals have pointed out in comments. Here’s a …
Question for the lady jackals…
Guys, please feel free to weigh in too (like I could stop you!), but I’m primarily interested in hearing from the women in this community on the following question: How would you feel if the Democratic Party’s nominee in 2020 is a man? We all want a qualified candidate. We all want someone who can …