Month: December 2017

The Return of Pete Hoekstra to Holland

Martin you beat me to it. Of course his appointment was announced many months ago. His alt-right extremist statements were scrutinized at the time. ○ Dutch Wary of Trump’s Ambassador, Who Imagines “No-Go...

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Friday Foto Flogging 2.12

Happy Holidays to all! Please note that this is a reboot of a series that went to seed a few years ago. I know that there are some photo hobbyists like me who post here already. Hoping to incite a bit more “community...

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A Novel Excuse for Lying

If a lie is egregious enough it has the potential to spawn its own meme and that was certainly the case with former Arizona Senator Jon Kyl’s epic performance in 2011. That year, Senator Kyl made a speech on the Senate...

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The Left Has No Answer to Wingnut Welfare

In the summer and fall of 2004, I was busy organizing Delaware and Montgomery counties in the Philadelphia suburbs. My employer was Project Vote through a partnership with ACORN, and yes a lot of the funding came from George...

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