Turkeys and Drumsticks 2019
I take advantage of the Thanksgiving Holiday to give out my awards for Turkeys of the Year and Golden Drumsticks
Tagged: politics
Lonely Election Geeks With Clipboards
There was a municipal election that I was in charge of last Tuesday, and here is how my day went:
Twitter to Ban Political Advertisements
Twitter announces it will ban all paid political advertisements.
Analyze This: 2004 Video of Donald Trump and Jesse Ventura
If you had told me 10 years ago that one day a member of the WWE Hall of Fame would be president, I would have responded, “Yeah, Jesse Ventura.”
Sports and Politics: 1869 and 2019
“Keep politics out of sports!” “Just report what happens on the field!” This isn’t how it works.
Nancy Pelosi Makes “Official Impeachment Inquiry” Announcement
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made a statement about starting an “Official Impeachment Inquiry”
New Study Shows How Sleep Deprivation Decreases Voter Turnout
Sleep deprivation isn’t a psychological operation or a campaign to erode our democracy. At least, not directly.
Making A Conversation Out of Talking Points
Eventually narratives come into conflict with each other resulting in an unbearably shrill feedback loop.
What Is the Purpose of Primaries
So, what’s the purpose of primaries anyway? Are they a process by which a political party selects its nominees, or is a function of the overall US election system?
CNN Climate Emergency Town Hall: Never Let A Crisis Go to Waste
In a seven-hour long candidate-by-candidate marathon on CNN, the Democratic candidates for President shared their policy proposals.
Dirty Politics
If Maroney is proven guilty, his ouster is not inappropriate, though I am of the opinion that such ouster should occur at the voting booth.
Joe Biden’s ’68 Throwback Special
Joe Biden talked about these formative events to a generation. The problem is that was not only a generation ago, but nearly two generations ago.
Manifest Trumpestiny
Really the Danes should consider the offer. After all, this may be their one chance to sell the island to a President who doesn’t understand the Mercator Projection.
If I Ran Facebook
We DON’T need to get the government involved.They just need to put ME in charge. Seriously, I know exactly what needs to be done to make Facebook a better experience for all of us.
Choose Your Own Political Narrative: Iowa State Fair Edition
Over the weekend, most of the Democratic hopefuls took their turn on the “soap box” at the Iowa State fair, which brought “pulse of the people” interviews.
Bless the Food, And the Hands That Provided It
Realizing that since all humans must eat, food can be the most unifying things
We Don’t Really Care Why
I don’t know the answer. I just know we will never find it because we can’t leave our corners.
On Changing The Subject
A place where you can go to get news about sports, sports, sports and not Trump, Trump, Trump.
