Poison pill? What poison pill? Maybe I’m cynical. As I read that, if this were to become law, all an opposition party would have to do to cut funding for a “program, […]
Today in the Not News: Senate shutdown-ending bill
Frank Balsinger
Lifelong student with interests a mile wide and an inch deep. Autodidact. Pedant, hopefully of the slightly more pleasant sort. Sharer of things learned along the way. Lately of a creative bent.
When in Facebook, don’t do as Facebook does
Today’s lesson in caveat emptor Update 1/13/2019 AM: I’ve heard back from the authentic company. They reviewed the information I provided here. They noticed that the Shopify account with the fraudulent offering […]
“Fact checking”: of lies, distortions, and omissions, intentional or otherwise
See also: our s@*t doesn’t stink Hi! It’s your friendly neighborhood gadfly, back to swing from your nose hairs for a moment. Common Dreams has a 90% excellent article up at the […]
An immigration reform and border security proposal
Just to show that I don’t only grouse and that sometimes I have a proposals for solutions that I think would work and might even appease most parties in a compromise, here’s […]
Happy SchadenFriday: How did that GoFundMe for the wall do, anyway? [hint: it’s now past tense]
The perfect metaphor for fiscal conservatism Update: January 11, 2019 CBS reports: GoFundMe “Trump Wall” campaign to refund all donors after falling short of $1 billion goal The refund announcement came a […]
Pay-go Vichyism: you want Trump in 2020?
Because this is how you get Trump in 2020. The Intercept just gave us a fabulous gift, by which I mean a gift filled with unreality and myth, that illustrates what our […]
This Christmas, what wall would Jesus build?
At the moment, I’m thinking more along the lines of Jonah or Jeremiah I’ve got a friend who is an affected government employee. The expectation at the moment is that the last […]
Dr. Tyson, please sue Amet for libel
And have done with it for the sake of justice By now, Dear Reader may have heard that Fox and Cosmos are investigating Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson over multiple allegations of sexual […]
George HW Bush and the Deep State
Let history be our guide One of the few things I agree with the whackadoodle Right about (a very specific subset of the right more generally speaking) is this whole idea of […]
How tolerant am I? How tolerant are you? [Trigger warning]
This article contains inappropriate language regarding race and rape. Actually, the language isn’t suitable for anyone who wishes to be deemed human. This started as a response to a friend, but I […]
