How to Prove that You're Christian
glen_tomkins• 10 minutes ago No, not how to actually prove that you are an actual true Christian. That involves a strict and rigid adherence to the Golden Rule, and loving thy neighbor as thyself, and...
View ArticleA Contested Republican Convention?
The AP has a story out today about Republican Party officials preparing for a contested convention. If the R establishment is making any sort of preparations for a "contested" convention this cycle...
View ArticleTrump Denialism
I certainly don't claim that the belief that Trump won't win the R nomination is obviously wrong, and therefore should prompt an analysis of what irrational factor must be affecting the denier's...
View ArticleKrugman is wrong?!
This is not something that happens very often. That he should be wrong about health care financing in particular is perhaps less surprising, because he has taken a line for years that follows very...
View ArticleWho Would Jesus Nominate?
There never was much chance that the Rs would let any Obama nominee through this year. Oh, I guess if Obama nominated the sitting president of the Federalist Society, someone clearly worse than JEB or...
View ArticleThe Dog Whistle
The anti-Trump furor on the Right has only two motivating factors.The main impulse comes from the folks who man the Great Right Wing Noise Machine. This machine’s function is not at all to spread...
View ArticleViolence in Our Politics
Trump has had this problem that everyone has foreseen for some time now. While there certainly seem to be enough voters in the R electorate who are sufficiently fearful of the Other to respond to his...
View ArticleHow the Republicans might still win this cycle, Part I
I’m not a betting man, but if someone held a gun to my head and forced me to bet D vs R, even odds, sure, I’ld pick the D for taking the presidency this year. I wouldn’t put a percentage on the odds,...
View ArticleBreaking: Trump Arrested in Mexico City!!
Okay, now I have your attention with an item that reeks of newsiness, even if it fails to be news because of the minor detail that it is untrue. Trump hasn’t actually been arrested in Mexico...
View ArticleYesterday Was About Another Trump gaffe?
Then he blasted Trump for his suggestion that the subject of who would pay for his wall didn't come up.Wait. Our side's response to what Trump did yesterday is that he should have pushed the issue of...
View ArticleMake Some News
I am the last one to defend the news media. Their coverage of this cycle’s campaign has been wall-to-wall awful. They don’t cover the issues, which is perhaps not an entirely bad thing, because when...
View ArticleThe Real Disaster
Of course it would have been better if our side had won. Please don’t mistake my remarks for mindless contrarianism, or for some sort of claim that it’s nice that the contradictions are about to be...
View ArticleSalvation by the Electoral College
Since the election, many people have talked up the idea that the EC electors can and should save us from a Trump presidency when they meet to vote on December 19. Electors can and should, according to...
View ArticleMessaging is the Only Thing
Krugman has an item in his blog yesterday to the effect that the Carrier deal was just a publicity stunt. We had 800 jobs kinda sorta maybe saved, in an economy in which 75,000 jobs per day are lost,...
View ArticleScraps of paper
I wrote two days ago at this site, in reference to that January 3 idea, that I wasn’t against naked power grabs in principle, even if this scheme didn’t seem likely to work because our side would...
View ArticleThe Electoral College Vote
Two points about today’s festivities;For one thing, in at least some states (I don’t know how many) there isn’t any even ceremonial vote by the electors. Here in VA, they are invited to come to...
View ArticleOur Side's Version of Birtherism
True or not, it doesn't matter, but the relentless and constant point our side should make is that Trump won't release his taxes because he's actually in the red, dependent on people giving him cash...
View ArticleThe Politics of Repeal and Replace
We’re waiting for the other shoe to drop on what the new regime, the Trump administration and the Congressional R majorities, will do about the ACA. The latter have already voted 90+ times to repeal....
View ArticleMedicare Advantage for All
No doubt the Rs have painted themselves into a corner on the subject of the ACA. Of course their objection to it, however much they shouted to the skies that it is an existential threat, was always...
View ArticleCanadian Drug Prices are a Red Herring
The fact that they've got us discussing this issue in terms of importing drugs from Canada means that they have succeeded in obscuring the issue.The Canadian health system is able to get significantly...
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