Hammer Of The Blogs

"Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind."
-- George Orwell, Politics and the English Language

Friday, August 31, 2018

Death of a Salesman

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Touching back briefly on the week-long Saint John McCain media production:   I happened to catch a few choice minutes of the coverage this ...

Who Is America?

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Slow holiday weekend, and I fully plan on indulging myself by doing as little as possible -- finishing up a couple of books, playing guitar...

Ex Type Thing

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It normally wouldn't be worth the time to read, much less repost, gossip-column bullshit from the third ex-wife of that vile fuckhead ...
Sunday, August 26, 2018

Verbum Dei

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One of the more tedious ongoing narratives in the current mediasphere is the supposed rending of garments in the Catholic church over (sur...
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Saturday, August 25, 2018

Company Man

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Well, it's the end of the line for the Straight Talk Express, and as we all brace ourselves for a weeklong onslaught of corporate media...
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Friday, August 24, 2018

You Can't Be Neutral On a Moving Train

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I think Steve is on to something here , that the one thing that could make Clownstick's base start to turn on him is if they felt like ...
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Cruz Control

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This GQ article is a fine rundown of the Texas Senate race. Just read it, and soak in all the Rafael Cruz-y goodness. He's sticking wit...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

They Ask Questions

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Not to single any particular person out, but this seems to sum up what a lot of people are supposing right about now: Perfectly reason...

Last Chance for Democracy?

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With about seventy-five days and counting until midterms, it's important that voters -- well, let's be honest, Democratic voters -...

Ladies' Night

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Look, no one is ever going to mistake me for Brad Pitt, and I'm sure this will annoy many of my politically correct fellow travelers, b...

Hate Rally Arena Capacity Update

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The Charleston Civic Center has a maximum capacity of 13,600. It is not clear how full the arena was for the rally, but since this inbred-...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

Mouse

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The Universe, God -- a celestial cat with infinite paws       and infinite claws             an infinite number of mice to play with a ...
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Don't Do Something, Just Stand There!

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The good folks at LGM have been all over what would be a Big Story, if we had a remotely competent corporate media. But since they're t...
Sunday, August 12, 2018

Synecdoche

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Virtually every policy and personnel decision/indecision made by this human centipede of an administration turns out to be a reflection, wr...

Failsons of Minarchy

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There should be a caption/fanfic contest for this pic: We'll throw in a few easy ones to get the party started: So that 's w...
Saturday, August 11, 2018

A Feature, Not a Bug

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Since the day this downtrodden nation of ours was inflicted with the venomous scowl and unearned sense of self-regard that makes up the ent...

Fight Club

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Recently attorney Michael Avenatti has been rumbling about running for president in 2020 , and there have been some responses at various b...
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They Ask Questions, Slight Return

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Speaking of mediots and accountability, someone's eventually going to need to step forward and explain why Megan McArdle is allowed to ...

They Ask Questions

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Anne Applebaum spends several hundred words and some column inches asking what most people can answer with, say, six words:  Laws only app...
Monday, August 06, 2018

I'd Rather Be an American Than a Republican

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