“But now I ask myself, why? Why did I think, for even a second, that this was something to express?” Tramontin said in a statement, the Advocate notes. “I have to be honest that I was caught up in the deep political divide and the toxic rhetoric that this country has been living in for the past several years. My…

On the other hand, Trump’s base isn’t into that respectful stuff, they LIKE that Trump is insane. Pence can behave himself in public, but he has all the charisma of a potted plant, and I think a lot of Trump’s fans would lose interest if Pence took Trump’s place on the ballot. Some conflicted Republicans might return…

Donald Trump is a human first. A husband. A father. An uncle. An American.

I know, I feel the same way, but the 3rd degree/manslaughter charges are probably the most likely to stick. For first degree you’d have to prove premeditation, for second degree you’d have to prove intent, both of which can be difficult. Third degree includes unintentional death, so even if he claims and establishes…

“By an 8-point margin, more voters picked Trump (44 percent) as a better leader during the crisis than Biden (36 percent), though voters were split evenly in the survey when asked whom they would trust to handle the issue.”

Because, of course, we all know that Dear Leader ALWAYS tells the truth!

I’ve always thought he has been out of his depth ever since they let him out of the cellar at C-SPAN.

In some areas, yes. Oddly enough, I’m in software engineering and while you’d think this would be a perfect setup for work-from-home, I’ve ended up in gigs like my current one where there just isn’t a work-from-home policy. There are a LOT of unimaginative administrative folks still running our offices.

That’s the truth, economics have changed and there aren’t nearly as many places with live music policies, at least not for dancing to actual fully-staffed bands with vocalists, real rhythm sections, and horns. Sad, I remember Chicago as being a great place for live music.

I started as a free-lance professional sideman; for 15 years I generally had the whole day to myself to practice (of course), but also to listen, to read books, to go to the grocery store, do my laundry, ride my bike, and so on. At night (or when recordings were scheduled) I’d set up, play, socialize, network, and…

Unfortunately, I did grow up knowing who Don Imus was. I’m having trouble understanding the veiled hagiographies of the fellow bemoaning the end of an era; I always considered him to be abhorrent. (RE Howie Kurtz, he probably deserves almost anything you might say about his journalism...EXCEPT for what dead asshole…

I’ve enjoyed Eastwood’s acting and production for a long time, but when he showed up at the Republican convention and lectured an unoccupied chair he lost me entirely. I know he has always been “conservative” but he has produced some fine work, so I decided to try to live by the saying “trust the art, not the artist”.…

Can you imagine what it would be like to actually sleep next to that guy? Not that I admire her much but I sure can’t blame her for sleeping in the guest room.

“When Sarah Huckabee Sanders left her position as White House press secretary six months ago, Donald Trump gave her a glowing review, saying she was ‘a very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job.’”

While we’re bitching about sources of funding for various Democrats, the Republicans are laughing and collecting their cash from wherever, so: laughter in Hell. The system sucks, but we have to win a few elections in order to be able to change it. Donations from Big Money are part of the way it happens these days, and…

As a New Yorker I say: don’t let the door hit you etc. etc., also be aware that we have an extradition agreement with Florida, so no getting out of those felony indictments coming up from SDNY. See you in that orange jump suit soon!

Funny you should write this. I was around chronologically for the original but never really watched it despite a serious interest in supernatural literature, TV, and movies. I really don’t know why. Recently I had a procedure done to my shoulder that made it impossible for me to practice for several weeks (I’m a…

Nate Silver’s post was the most baffling of them all, for some reason I would never have expected him to write something so...I can’t even think of the right word. It’s not a nice one, whatever I finally decide.

Probation is apparently the new jail sentence for rape, just as for Daniel Pantaleo being fired is the new jail sentence for murder.

Sorry, I just don’t agree. I read the article by Jane Mayer, and it seemed to echo my reactions during the affair as it originally unfolded. To me is all stank of a setup by right-wingers to take down a rising star among the Democrats: Franken was probably the most effective voice in the Senate against the Trump/GOP…