Joanne got home from the theater (she's a volunteer usher) around 10:30 and we caught Lawrence O'Donnell's MSNBC show. He had Lawrence Tribe, Harvard Law prof, who really trashed Turley's notion (which I reported earlier tonight) that the impeachment Dems ought to slow down and deepen their investigation into Trumpsky ( Read more... )

Just as he's made the Fourth of July on the National Mall about himself, the Asshole-in-Chief tonight moved to make the 2020 U.S. Census about his, DJT's, ludicrous vision of a country ruled by his own ridiculous SELF ( Read more... )

So, yeah, I'm watching a little TV, here in central eastern FL -- and Rachel Maddow is on, saying that the main newspaper of Orlando (80 miles from here), the Sentinal, has gone on record NOT endorsing Donald J.Trumpsky in 2020 ( Read more... )

Whoa! Today was kinda horrible, and the worst part is that I watched the whole pathetic Barr event live on TV. Mind you, I DIDN'T intend to -- but Joanne at 10 o'clock turned on the coverage of his wretched Senate testimony, and I just got caught up in it ( Read more... )

I just read a pair of articles in today's Wall St.Journal, both regarding efforrs to get more affordable housing in urban areas. I've heard about crazy trends in rentals in places like San Francisco -- for which Berlin stands in quite nicely. And I've presumed there MUST be places where housing pressures aren't so insane -- and, surprise! Tokyo is ( Read more... )

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So, Friday the 22nd: the fateful day for Special Counsel Mueller to deliver results of his 2-year look at Trumpsky's collusion with Putin and Russia. Alas, by the Justice Department's arcane rules governing such investigations, only AG Barr has the actual report for now ( Read more... )

So The Donald decided today to congratulate his buddy Putin by phone on his (fraudulent!) re-election. But the Washington Post tonight reports that, in fact, his national-security staff had briefed him on the planned call, telling him "NOT TO CONGRATULATE" [sic -- reportedly all caps in the briefing memo] him because of Russian bad behavior ( Read more... )

Today, Wednesday Dec 20, was a horrid day in the ongoing horror that is the Trump presidency. Two aspects are equally sordid and disgusting ( Read more... )

Last week, I read with interest the new book by Sen. Jeff Flake (he of the truly unfortunate family-name!), "Conscience of a Conservative." It is far better written and more thoughtful than any screed by a Republican in my experience ( Read more... )