Month: September 2018

Is Ted Cruz in Real Peril or Not?

It may seem counterintuitive, but I believe that the Republicans’ big upset victory yesterday in a special election to fill a seat in the Texas Senate is bad news for Ted Cruz. The Democrats lost the supposedly safe San...

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Day of reckoning approaches

We’re now moving into the Brexit negotiation end-zone with EU leaders trying to give Theresa May as much cover as they can ahead of the Conservative and Labour Party conferences from September 23rd to October 3rd....

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Brett Kavanaugh’s Awful Character Witness

It’s very unfortunate for Brett Kavanaugh that the only person in the world besides himself and Christine Blasey Ford who might know with certainty what happened in that Montgomery County, Maryland bedroom 36 years ago is...

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Chuck Grassley is Bullying Christine Blasey Ford

It’s instructive to see how different people are responding to the allegation of attempted rape that has been leveled against Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court. Yesterday, Nancy noted that the spectacle...

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Fucking Israelis Stirring Up Big Trouble

Follow-up diary to – Syrian Civil War – Endgame In Idlib? Israelis have been left out of the loop by the Americans in the war effort in Syria. The diplomatic effort is now in the hands of three major players Turkey,...

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