Monthly Archives: July 2018

John ‘Bomb Iran’ Bolton may yet get his wish


I spoke to the president over the last several days, and President Trump told me that if Iran does anything at all to the negative, they will pay a price like few countries have ever paid before. — National security … Continue reading

Posted in apocalypse, history, humor, mainstream media | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

When will Trump’s minions stop applauding?


Last week Swamp Rabbit and I watched House Republicans grill FBI agent Peter Strzok and wondered if they really believed Strzok was part of of an FBI conspiracy to link Donald Trump to Russian interference with the 2016 election, even … Continue reading

Posted in Congress, history, humor, mainstream media, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

A white haven for the blues


So I was upstate again last weekend, speeding home from a sales job, when a road sign on the highway caught my eye: WHITE HAVEN 4 MILES. “Perfect,” I said to Swamp Rabbit, my sales partner. “White Haven is a … Continue reading

Posted in arts, history, humor, mainstream media, Politics, pop music | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fourth of July in Pennsyltucky


I’m still tired from working July 4th with Swamp Rabbit at a folk fest in upstate PA. Not a good event for sales, too rural and rightwing, and way too hot. I pitched a lot of German Americans with pot … Continue reading

Posted in environmentalism, humor | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Update — Justice Kennedy, worse than a hypocrite


Jeffrey Toobin is a lawyer who writes for the New Yorker and appears on cable news shows, portraying a legal expert of sorts. Which is why I was surprised to see this in a recent column of his: So there … Continue reading

Posted in mainstream media, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment