Author Archives: oddmanout215

Biggest loser’s fan base remains rock-solid

Posted on May 10, 2019 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit and his parole office, Victor C, were digesting the news that businessman Donald Trump, in what most people assumed were his most successful years, had actually lost more money than almost any other American taxpayer: The numbers show … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse 2020!

Posted on May 3, 2019 by oddmanout215

The cable news header for the next presidential election should be “Apocalypse 2020.” So says Swamp Rabbit’s parole officer Victor C, who dropped by my shack today to make sure the rabbit was abstaining from the hard stuff. “The army … Continue reading →

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WAY worse than Watergate

Posted on April 29, 2019 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was trying to read the news to me but I was on the porch feeding the swamp cats and blasting Eric Dolphy’s Out To Lunch through my JBL speaker. “I can’t hear you,” I shouted through the window. … Continue reading →

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‘The fix is in’ — a cliche, but how true

Posted on April 19, 2019 by oddmanout215

No collusion… No collusion… No collusion. I could hear Donald Trump’s mantra through the window yesterday as I was hanging clothes on the porch at my shack. But it wasn’t Trump speaking; it was William Barr, the attorney general, who … Continue reading →

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Even Nielsen wasn’t creepy enough for the chief

Posted on April 9, 2019 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit and I pored over Rick Wilson’s 2018 book Everything Trump Touches Dies and wondered about the accuracy of the title. “Interesting thesis,” I said. “The author is assuming Trump’s flunkies aren’t dead to begin with.” Swamp Rabbit quibbled. … Continue reading →

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We got Barr’s report. Where’s Mueller’s?

Posted on March 25, 2019 by oddmanout215

I remember telling Swamp Rabbit’s parole officer last month that the Senate confirmation of William Barr for attorney general did not bode well for those of us who were hoping Robert Mueller’s report would be Trump’s undoing. “Barr is Trump’s … Continue reading →

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The right to become a one-man army

Posted on March 25, 2019 by oddmanout215

From The New York Times: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand on Thursday announced a national ban on all military-style semiautomatic weapons, all high-capacity ammunition magazines and all parts that allow weapons to be modified into the kinds of … Continue reading →

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D.C. is a cesspool, not a swamp

Posted on March 19, 2019 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was reading from a newspaper column by a guy who dissed the Trump administration for hesitating to ground all of Boeing’s 737 Max airliners, even though two airplanes of this type have crashed and burned in the past … Continue reading →

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Bribery can get you into top schools. (This is news?)

Posted on March 15, 2019 by oddmanout215

The mainstream media is obsessed this week with parents who got their under-qualified kids into prestigious colleges by using a fixer who funneled bribes to “certain college officials,” as Alia Wong of The Atlantic put it before stating the obvious: … Continue reading →

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Re Murdoch and Trump: Who’s zoomin’ who?

Posted on March 12, 2019 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was replacing a plank on the front porch of my shack while I read aloud from Jane Mayer’s comprehensive takedown of Fox News: …As the President has been beset by scandals, congressional hearings, and even talk of impeachment, … Continue reading →

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