Monthly Archive: February 2016
Trump is the Mythological Reagan
Republicans have crafted a caricature of Ronald Reagan that has now been given form in Donald Trump.
Trump, The Problems of Living Memory, and the Limits of Free Trade
The Limits of Free Trade and the rise of Trump
How America Made Donald Trump Unstoppable | Rolling Stone
The first thing you notice at Donald Trump’s rallies is the confidence. Amateur psychologists have wishfully diagnosed him from afar as insecure, but in person the notion seems absurd. Donald Trump, insecure? We should...
Melissa Harris-Perry Walks Off Her MSNBC Show After Pre-Emptions – The New York Times
“I will not be used as a tool for their purposes,” she wrote. “I am not a token, mammy or little brown bobble head. I am not owned by Lack, Griffin or MSNBC. I...
Brent Budowsky: Did Christie just spark ‘draft Romney’ move? – TheHill
Fasten your seat belts and stay tuned. The next week will be one of the most dramatic weeks in the modern history of presidential politics. Either Rubio will have a very big day next...
July 8, 1958: Casey Stengel Testifies Before Congress
Well, I will tell you, I got a little concerned yesterday in the first three innings when I say the three players I had gotten rid of and I said when I lost nine what am I going to do and when I had a couple of my players. I thought so great of that did not do so good up to the sixth inning I was more confused but I finally had to go and call on a young man in Baltimore that we don’t own and the Yankees don’t own him, and he is going pretty good, and I would actually have to tell you that I think we are more the Greta Garbo type now from success.
Casey Stengel Testimony : July 8, 1958 Senate Anti-Trust and Monopoly Subcommittee Hearing, Baseball Almanac
What does Trump’s dominance tell us about Massachusetts Republicans? – The Boston Globe
Yet a poll from Emerson College, released last weekend, shows Trump dominating in Massachusetts, with 50 percent of the vote in a five-person field. His nearest competitor, Senator Marco Rubio, was 34 points behind,...
‘Black and white twins’ born from the same egg for first time in the UK | Metro News
Amelia and Jasmine, both one year old, are thought to be the first twins in the UK with different skin colours, despite coming from the same egg. Before they were born their mum, 37-year-old...
South Carolina, Democratic Bellwether | Dissent
Nonetheless, the South Carolina primary has the potential to serve as a referendum on African-American support for the Democratic Party. Republicans of course long ago gave up on even trying to pursue African-American voters,...
Maine Governor LePage endorses Donald Trump for president
I was Donald Trump before Donald Trump became popular, so I think I should support him since we’re one of the same cloth.
LePage, Christie endorse Donald Trump for president, Bangor Daily News
Jeff Greenfield: Stopping Trump: The Nuclear Option – Politico
Today, the response would have to be at a whole other order of magnitude—an unprecedented shock to the system that would force those all but most Trump’s impassioned supporters to rethink the consequences of...
Future Horrible Practices
Mike Dwyer considers what things we take for granted today that will horrify our kids someday.
Sow They Say – Final Debate Before the Deluge OT OT and Tweet-List
As we approach the last Republican Debate before Super Tuesday, it’s “reap just what you sow” day from the Left across the Center and all points beyond the movement conservative right.