(Click to embiggen) Looks like we need an open thread. Am I the only one who thinks this kind of stuff is funny as hell? In the same vein, this cover cracks me up. (From Reddit, where else?)
Law-Abiding Hypocrites
Let’s wring our hands, because some Democrats are using the same laws Karl Rove used in 2010 to create their own giant anonymous PAC full of corporate money: The effort is modeled on the one Republicans started last year — with help from the Republican strategist Karl Rove — that attacked Democrats with a barrage of …
Let’s Cut the Crap on Trump
Here’s the nut of Trump’s problem: Trump hasn’t disclosed his financial documents Questions over Trump’s net worth have persisted for years and his refusal to reveal actual figures in the past is one reason some believe he’ll never run for president, since to register as a candidate involves extensive financial disclosures. Trump sought to tamp down …
What’s Up in Massachusetts?
Reader P sent me this link: House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly last night to strip police officers, teachers, and other municipal employees of most of their rights to bargain over health care, saying the change would save millions of dollars for financially strapped cities and towns.[…] “It’s pretty stunning,’’ said Robert J. Haynes, president of the …
While We’re Strolling Down Memory Lane
Remember when a guy who wasn’t born in America was running for President? During the 2008 campaign, questions about John McCain’s birth in the Panama Canal Zone on a U.S. military base prompted some to ask whether McCain was eligible to be president, since the Constitution stipulates that anyone not born in the United States …
No Rhyme or Reason
Amazon is holding states over a barrel, asking them for sales tax exemptions in return for building and staffing distribution hubs in their locales. South Carolina recently voted against an exemption, and Amazon is leaving. I get that, but why is this a Tea Party issue? Most Midlands lawmakers supported the exemption, but opposition fanned …
NIMBY
New Jersey suburbanites are upset about solar panels appearing on utility poles: “I hate them,” Mr. Olsen, 40, said of the row of panels attached to electrical poles across the street. “It’s just an eyesore.” Around the corner lives Tom Trobiano, 61, a liquor salesman, now adapting to the lone solar panel hanging over his …