I’m in the mood for a little dissection, aren’t you? First, let me be clear that I agree with everything in this meme. I’m something of a proceduralist. It’s only gotten worse […]
You’ve got my vote, now Good Luck with That
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.
Only I can save us from climate change
When I’m tyrant, the first order of business will be prioritizing a sufficient response to climate change. Sharing priority will be damage control and mitigating the effects going forward through the implementation […]
Dems: take the deal…with conditions
Here’s this gadfly’s prescription for bipartisan compromise Take the deal, with conditions. 1) Bipartisan oversight of the bidding process, including bipartisan vetting of bidders and whatever the usual public notice for comment […]
In defense of Karen Pence
With commentary On the one hand, I’m with Mrs. Pence on this. She took a job at a private school. A lot of people find the type of school and Mrs. Pence […]
Long-form blogging in a tl;dr world
Short version: Hi! Things R awesome. Wish U were here. Mwah! Hi! It’s your friendly neighborhood contrarian and purple prose addict here, and I just want to take a short moment of […]
Today in the Not News: Senate shutdown-ending bill
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, […]
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 […]
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