Looks like stories are dropping today following the news about McCabe. Here’s an excerpt of a piece NBC News just published: WASHINGTON — The day after President Donald Trump fired James Comey, he became so furious watching television footage of the ousted FBI director boarding a government-funded plane from Los Angeles back to Washington, D.C. …
Willie Horton Reboot
Here’s an ooga-booga campaign ad that dropped today from Florida Speaker of the House Richard Corcoran, who is widely expected to announce a run for governor: The ad warns that “any family, anywhere” could be targeted by “illegal” immigrants. It exploits the killing of a young woman in San Francisco (for which the accused was …
Noisy Desperation
Yesterday, The Times* published a story that purports to reveal the central outrage against Trump that inspired his stooge Devin Nunes to write the classified memo currently figuring so prominently in wingnut fever-swamp conspiracy theories. If the reporting is accurate, the intolerable anti-Trump bias the memo reveals is that Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein requested a …
Saturday Night Open Thread
Heard this old song on the radio a couple of days ago, and it keeps replaying in my mind: I like the song, so I don’t mind the earworm. One time I got “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” stuck in my head. That I DID mind — nearly drove me mad. I’ve you’re …
TGIF Open Thread
Check out this gorgeous bird: As valued commenter Baud said of my miraculous white squirrel, now that’s a critter Trump would let into the country! Got any big plans for the weekend? It’s Gasparilla Pirate Fest time in the Tampa Bay area, which, now that I’m An Old, means I will not be going into …
Squirrel-Proof Feeder (Open Thread)
[Hums “Mission Impossible” theme] It’s just showing off now: I love our miraculous white squirrel and hope it is never eaten by a cat, dog or hawk. Margaret Atwood wrote a lovely tribute to Ursula Le Guin in The Post. Here’s an excerpt: We lost Ursula Le Guin when we needed her most When I …
Of Prats and Gits
Bloomberg published a piece this morning about the strained relationship between Trump and PM Theresa May, which appears to be strained almost entirely because Trump is an arrogant, blustering, boorish asshole. I don’t follow UK politics closely at all, but from what I’ve gathered, May is no day at the beach either and has run …