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Blogs I Follow
Category Archives: mainstream media
D.C. is a cesspool, not a swamp
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
Posted in environmentalism, humor, mainstream media, Politics
Tagged Boeing, Donald Trump, drain the swamp, lobbyists, Max 747s, the swamp, Washington D.C.
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Bribery can get you into top schools. (This is news?)
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
Re Murdoch and Trump: Who’s zoomin’ who?
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
Posted in humor, mainstream media, movies
Tagged Charles Foster Kane, Donald Trump, Fox News, Jane Mayer, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, useful idiot
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The ‘national emergency’ is Trump
From The Hill: President Trump said on Friday that he “didn’t need to” declare a national emergency but did it to speed up construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. “I want to do it faster. I could do the wall … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, humor, immigration, mainstream media, Politics
Tagged Bob Mueller, border crisis, border wall, Donald Trump, national emergency
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Trump to Democrats: Stop digging, or else
From Donald Trump’s State of the Union address: An economic miracle is taking place in the United States — and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics or ridiculous partisan investigation… If there is going to … Continue reading
Blowin’ smoke on Super Sunday
I was sitting on the porch with Swamp Rabbit, trying to nail down the silliest Super Bowl moment. Was it Budweiser’s “Blowin’ In the Wind” commercial or the halftime performance by Maroon 5? “Ain’t nothin’ silly about ‘Blowin’ In the … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, humor, mainstream media, pop music, sports
Tagged ALEC, Anheuser-Busch, Blowin' In the Wind, Budweiser, Colin Kaepernick, Maroon 5, Super Bowl, wind power
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Weathering the reign of a fool
Be careful and try staying in your house. Large parts of the Country are suffering from tremendous amounts of snow and near record setting cold. Amazing how big this system is. Wouldn’t be bad to have a little of that … Continue reading
