The outcome of Impeachapalooza 2 is old news by now, I know, but in light of the spectacle of Donald Trump headlining CPAC - which is packed with his minions parroting his election fraud conspiracy theories - I thought I might as well post some thoughts.

1. In regards to Trump’s acquittal, I mean, sure - we knew more or less how this would end. The ( Read more... )

It’s a tradition of mine where I write a review of an outgoing US President to assess his accomplishments, failures and overall legacy.

Now it’s Trump’s turn and I’m like, “Man, why bother?”

I mean, seriously. Why bother to assess the legacy of a man who not only was easily the worst and most corrupt POTUS in my lifetime, but also was a POTUS who ( Read more... )

Given how hard Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists have been fighting to establish true democracy in Hong Kong, you’d think they’d also be happy at the news that the US has managed to survive Donald Trump’s attempt to destroy democracy there, and that Trump has been denied a second term.

And you’d be not entirely correct.

Some pro-Democracy ( Read more... )

I do keep up with current events. I just can’t blog about them in real time. Blame it on deadlines, moving house and kidney stones.

Anyway:

1. Trump is now the only POTUS to be impeached twice. Which is braggable.

Is it too little too late? Well, we had that discussion during Impeachapalooza 1, where the argument was (1) there was no point ( Read more... )

One of the strange hallmarks of US elections is that it’s over when the TV news channels say it is - which is not the same as when all the votes have been counted. Officially, at least, Joe Biden hasn’t won just yet. And of course Trump is going to contest this with every lawyer he can throw at it.

But close enough.

I’ll have more to say later once ( Read more... )

If you’ve been following this blog for any time at all, you know that I’ve been predicting a Trump re-election in 2020. Now that we’re down to the wire and Trump is down an average of eight (8) points in the polls below Biden, the obvious question is:

Would I care to change my answer?

Well, if that’s not a blog post, I’d like to know what is.

1. As ( Read more... )

I’m a little behind on political commentary and I know you’re all dying to hear what I think about that debate and the thing about his taxes, etc.

So:

1. I didn’t watch the debate, because (1) I already know which candidate I prefer, (2) I already know that debates never tell me anything I don’t already know about the candidates - it’s all ( Read more... )

So The Donald and The Melania have COVID-19 now.

Which, as October Surprises go, is a humdinger.

It’s also the kind of ironic plot twist that would get most scriptwriters thrown out of the room, but then that’s 2020 for you.

Commentary:

1. Understandably, there is a lot of talk that Trump is faking it to play the patriotism card, or to get out of ( Read more... )

Previously on Senseless Acts of Bloggery:

As for what happens next, that’s a whole other post and it’s going to take me a little time to get that written - and it seems that particular story is fast-moving. So I’m gonna need a little time on that.

So yeah, about that:

1. We already knew what Mitch McConnell was going to say about whether the Senate ( Read more... )

As you may know, the US Postal Service is in big big trouble - thanks largely to the guy who’s running it and the guy who appointed him.

And we all know why.

It’s actually one of several ways that Trump and the GOP are going out of their way to make it as hard to vote as possible - unless you think COVID-19 is a hoax or just another flu, in which ( Read more... )