I have a lot of unfortunate experience with dementia among my family members. Trump’s issues are because he’s a narcissist and a major dumb ass. He’s always been like this, unlike Reagan who (whether you agree with his politics or not) was a good at public speaking and lost that ability.

“Don’t marry somebody black and don’t park in front of our house.”

“But Hudson’s Bay is not some retail mastermind looking to bolster its brand with the iconic department store immortalized in “Miracle on 34th Street.” Hudson’s Bay is a shrewd real-estate operator more interested in the big buildings that house the clothes and shoes Macy’s sells than the retail operation itself.”

Honest question. How did the US military or CIA intervene in Australia?

They gave up that high ground when they dealt with the Penn State case.

Beautiful landscape, but the weather is friggin depressing.

What really we should be doing is asking the big stores like Nordstrom to put pressure on Ivanka to insist her father come to every Shabbat dinner she has so that he’s not left alone in the White House with his Twitter account, a pen, and Steve Bannon.

Thomas D’Alesandro, Jr., her father, held a bunch of offices (Maryland House of Delegates, General Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, Baltimore City Council, US Congressman from Maryland, and mayor of Baltimore). He ran unsuccessfully for the Senate, but was defeated. He then ran for Governor, but there was a…

She occasionally shows that she was born and raised in Baltimore, part of a political dynasty.

Remember during the campaign when Trump repeatedly talked about keeping the US out of military actions and people believed him? Fools.

The Reagan years were also the start of a pattern in the EPA where scientists were replaced by policy specialists or managers in positions overseeing or reviewing research. Because why would you want someone with education and experience in a field overseeing/reviewing work in that field when you could have some guy…

A lot of what the GOP (or Bannon for that matter) wants to do can’t actually be done by executive order. Don’t tell them that, though. Let Trump keep signing crap that can be implemented.

I hosted potential grad students, as well. One told me that she wasn’t interested in the university at all and was just spending the semester visiting as many schools as would pay for her travel. The other one that most stands out in my memory ended up having emotional problems. She kept asking me and my housemates…

You have to really really like cucumber to do this.

Do you think she’ll end up as the Ambassador to the Bahamas for this?

Palin. He still has Palin beat.

Interesting Inauguration tidbit. Emails have been going out to Federal employees in several agencies offering them tickets to see the actual swearing it at the Capitol. Usually, it’s just the higher level people who are invited. Seems like they need to fill some seats this time.

“He’s tweeting”

Anthony Brown is a good man. It’s a sin he was beaten out for governor by Hogan, who is a Chris Christie wannabe at best. Brown bounced back, however and now represents MD in the House, replacing Donna Edwards who was thoroughly incompetent.

A guess.