“Anything that doesn’t flatter me is treason!”

I called it, years ago. Nothing frightens Trump more than the thought of having his tombstone read “President Donald J. Trump*”. He doesn’t want his name to be synonymous in the history books with “Criminal”, “Impeachment” or (much like Nixon) “Failed”.

If we could see through Gulliani’s eyes, it would be like watching “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” - immobile objects dance around the room, random flocks of bats keep attacking his head, people turn into dinosaurs, everyone is trying to kill him, but he’s one step ahead of them all.

“You must believe this” or “You have to believe me” were Trump tells way back during the campaign.

They won’t do it, but they have to put those calls on record. Getting caught ignoring enough documented constituent calls could take them down a notch or two.

The problem is Trump absolutely believes he’s “The Boss.” He thinks the election was a carnival game he won, not America simply filling an open temp job. The fact is that it’s our job to be his boss, and since he’s a demonstrably difficult employee, it’s our responsibility to be a bigger hardass of a boss he’s ever…

For the most part, people laughed off the “Deep State” accusations, so now Trump introduces The Hoax™

A. Never could get drunk fast enough.

1 cruise (mediterranean on Oceania) and fairly introverted. We chose to load up heavily on the breakfast buffets, and walk it off seeing the locations. That let us enjoy a light lunch (or a larger late lunch) enjoying the local food and then room service on the balcony for the evening meal if we weren’t up to dining…

The problem is that easily replaceable and durable are often direct opposites. The A/C toggle button in my Versa has started to short. The component itself probably costs less than $5. The problem is that the only way to replace it is to replace the entire A/C console unit, which was designed and machine built as a…

I’d love to know where you came up with a stat like that.  I bet there’s a great big asterisk attached to the original source.

Back when the Senate was homogenous, we also had a couple of people almost killed and more than a few riots.

Nice piece. The Ballpark at Arlington is a beautiful building, and supposedly, it will become the home of the new Dallas XFL team (for however long that lasts.) At least, there have been no plans to tear down the facades and other truly beautiful architecture involved. But it was definitely nice while it lasted.

I was hoping for black magic and demons, not stupid robots.

So why would he make two (admittedly minor) stands against Trump’s signature whims on a single day? I still think it may be a message: “Be careful.  If you go down, we’re not going with you.”

The only reason I give Franken more leeway than others (besides the fact that everyone was once young and stupid) is that many of the photos and allegations against him happened as he was trying to make it big as professional comedian in the 1980's. In those days, the fastest way to succeed was being outrageous, and…

They added seven syllables and a hyphen in one step. George Carlin would be proud.

I suspect it’s all McConnell. Read interviews with the guy: he rules the GOP Senators with an iron fist, and he believes in the long game - seating judicial appointments at all levels, controlling presidential appointments, and building a Senate majority that’s too big to bypass (even if it takes stuff like…

An interesting bit: yesterday, the Senate passed a second resolution ending Trump’s declaration of an “emergency” at the southern border. Now all Trump has to do is veto it again, but sending it back to him this week, of all times, sure seems significant.

Wow. McConnell just let his Senate kill Trump’s “National Emergency” declaration over the southern Border again. Trump vetoed this very move before, way back in February, and it’s just been hanging out there since, despite Trump abandoning it and re-directing funds from the military budget for his wall. He’s…