That Donald Trump will fail or betray his conservative white American supporters is a better bet than its opposite. But as it remains only a probability for now, at the moment I wish to praise him, maybe for the last time, for his under-appreciated destruction of “Barack Obama”—put in quotes here to indicate the failedContinue reading “The Digital Revolution: How it Started, How it’s Going”
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An Offer We Don’t Get to Refuse
There’s a taste in my mouth, as desperation takes hold –Joy Division Trump’s self-image as the consummate deal-maker has its advantages and its disadvantages. His willingness to bargain with Putin to end the war in Ukraine, for instance, promises to break the current administration’s determination to keep the slaughter going–if an act of war partyContinue reading “An Offer We Don’t Get to Refuse”
MAGA is as MAGA Does
Somebody tell me it’s not just that stupid, that Donald Trump, lame duck president, is picking Cuban closet-case and AIPAC favorite Marco Rubio as Secretary of State to reward Hispanics for voting for him, as if Mexican construction workers in LA will be hiring mariachi bands for the grand parties they will throw in celebration.Continue reading “MAGA is as MAGA Does”
Riot on Schedule
A New York Times “analysis” of Telegram activity breathlessly warns of the potential for rightwing violence on election day. More than 4,000 of their posts went further by encouraging members to act by attending local election meetings, joining protest rallies and making financial donations, the analysis found. Posts from other right-wing groups reviewed by TheContinue reading “Riot on Schedule”
Shouting Fire
Someone has set fire to ballot boxes in Portland Oregon and over the Columbia River in Vancouver Washington in recent weeks. Hundreds of ballots were destroyed or damaged in fires set Monday at two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest – and investigators are searching for a person they believe is responsible for both incidents.Continue reading “Shouting Fire”
No Country for Bold Men, Part I
When the State Allied with Anarchists to Outlaw Political Protest in Portland Deeply unpopular Portland District Attorney Mike Schmidt is on the way out after losing an election primary in May; he was defeated by his lead prosecutor, Nathan Vasquez, who ran to the vast right of his radically progressive boss. The win has been hailedContinue reading “No Country for Bold Men, Part I”
Noticing and Nothingness
Steve Sailer’s Lifetime Achievement Award I come to bury Sailer, and to praise him If you’re reading this you probably know who Steve Sailer is, but if you don’t he’s a former marketing executive whose interest in genuine racial diversity (as opposed to the “Diversity” of “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion”) led him into journalism inContinue reading “Noticing and Nothingness”
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