Here’s my Christmas nativity. The figures come from many places and times in my life. No jackals, though, so peace on earth and good will to all the jackals here.
The President Attacks The FBI
This is worth a thread, so that we can celebrate Christmas cheer on Betty’s thread below. Donald Trump is attacking James Baker, the top lawyer at the FBI and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. McCabe has announced he is retiring. Some responses: The president can obstruct justice by firing senior law enforcement officials and impeachment is …
Sally Q. Yates On Who We Are As A Country
Sally Yates is, of course, the person who warned that Michael Flynn was compromised and then was removed as Acting Attorney General of the United States. At some point, we are going to have to decide to live together in this country. Looking back to the Constitution is not a bad way to do that. …
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Flying Saucers Are Back!
It turns out that the government had a secret program on Unidentified Flying Objects, and the New York Times just found out about it. It seems to have ended in 2012, but you never know about that black money! There are a couple of videos in the article. This one is embeddable, the other one …
Ignorance Is Strength
Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were told today not to use seven words in official documents they prepare for next year’s budget. The words are vulnerable entitlement diversity transgender fetus science-based evidence-based Instead of “science-based” or “evidence-based,” the suggested phrase is “CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with …
Early Morning Open Thread
I see Anne is having technical problems and Betty is otherwise occupied, so here goes. I cannot reach their level of snark, so you need to be happy this is a morning open thread. .@realDonaldTrump stands next to a stack of papers after announcing “We will get rid of the redundancy and duplication that wastes …
‘Tis The Season
For another war, because why not? The ones the last Republican President started are going so well. Earlier this week, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that he was ready to start talks with North Korea without precondition. “We’ll talk about the weather if you like,” he said. He omitted the part about their having …