Harsh Your Mellow Monday: ‘Tis The Season to be Harshing
HYMM has business w/Sidney Powell & associated wackadoos, the NLRB doesn’t find it funny, Moors/Moops, & Biden rounds up the usual comms team
Category: Politics
Voting for Nothing For the Last Time
We get from the Democrats a not-so-polite “no,” with a hint of self-righteous anger and condescension, when we dare demand better from them.
Georgia, Everybody Loves You Now
Wherein I praise today as a stalwart beacon of that which is right and just what I yesterday condemned as backward and reactionary.
Linky Friday: Hangovers, Black Friday, and Better Days Edition
Linky Friday, Ordinary Times’ tradition of bringing you stories to read, share, and discuss from all across the interwebs is here to help you navigate Black Friday
President Trump Pardons Michael Flynn
The president may have thrown his lawyer, Sidney Powell, under the bus but Michael Flynn himself has his long-rumored presidential pardon:
A Mostly Peaceful Transition of Power
Many will be disappointed, but history tells us exactly what President Trump will do from here on out. And it doesn’t end in a bang.
Turkeys of the Year and Golden Drumsticks For 2020
Turkeys of the Year for those who exemplify silliness & stupidity and Golden Drumsticks for those who exemplify the best traits in our public sphere.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: What Did You Expect? Edition
On this Monday before Thanksgiving, which is in the opposite spirit of Harsh Your Mellow Monday, let us pause and reflect…
How Roy Cooper Became America’s Worst Governor
When Cooper’s singular focus has been a new Democratic majority, it’s hard to see his tenure as anything less than a catastrophic failure.
A Not-So-Minor Issue of Distinguishing Rain From Territorial Urine Markings
The “massive election fraud” case has been heard, both in court and by the American people, and been found wanting. Laughably wanting.
Can My Evangelist Keynote Your Summit?
Cybersecurity conferences were a huge racket. I am not implying anything nefarious or illegal: it was just a very profitable business model.
The Unsung Hero of The Election Is Shyamala Gopalan Harris
With that kind of empowerment and love at home, the Vice President-Elect was almost guaranteed a life of success and confidence.
Rudy’s Got A Case…Of the Monday’s
The return of Rudy Giuliani to the courtroom for the first time since the Bush administration-the George HW Bush administration-did not go well
Brad Raffensperger Serves Up The Peaches of Consternation
Brad Raffensperger and others of character are not going to let MAGA burn Atlanta’s electoral integrity just for the YOLO of a lost cause.
On History and Being Doomed to Repeat It
We cannot and should not, ever allow “history is repeating itself” to mess with our heads. History cannot repeat itself in the strictest sense of the word.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Post-election Intramurals Edition
It’s Intramurals for Harsh Your Mellow Monday; Team Blue’s AOC v. Joe Manchin, Team Red’s Crenshaw v. Green, Fox News v. MAGA in media, plus much more.
But My Group Wants to Parler All The Time, Parler All The Time
Is the latest Twexit to Parler really the changing of the social media guard, or is something else going on here?
Let’s Just Let This Play Out
I gave the benefit of the doubt to Gore, Kerry, and Gregoire with far less reason to believe people were out to get them than Trump has.
Book Notes: “Enemies of the Enlightenment” by Darrin M McMahon
We are children of the Enlightenment. Alas, according to this study, we are also shaped by the attacks that shaped the Enlightenment.
