Politocadoes, There was too much news yesterday. Too much to properly process. Let’s see: 2500 pages worth of Don Jr’s senate testimony was released regarding the Trump Tower investigation The Mueller Investigation subpoenaed Roger Stone’s social media advisor. Trump released … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread IN Codename: Crossfire Hurricane
Morning Politocadoes! Well! It certainly has been a wild ride for one Michael ‘Says Who?’ Cohen, longtime lawyer to the President. Details have emerged about Cohen’s ‘consulting’ work with companies eager to learn how to deal with a Dragon Energy … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Crushing It
Morning Politocadoes! We say goodbye to Ty Cobb, no not the AL home run leader and base stealer, but his distant relative, the leader of the President’s legal defense in the Russia affair and victor in the White House Mustache … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Strikes Out
Morning politocadoes! As we well know by now, Michael Cohen is pleading the fifth in the Stormy Daniels lawsuit. .This is not uncommon in civil or criminal litigation. I mean, what sort of stable genius could possibly have an issue … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Pleads the Fifth
Morning Politocadoes! We say goodbye to Speaker Paul D. Ryan. Yes, the House Speaker and erstwhile Randian Policy “Wonk” has decided not to seek a new term. Yet, much like that Planet Fitness membership your significant other got you, it’s … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Totally Plateaus On Its Delts
TRADE WARS Episode I The Phantom Hand of The Market Turmoil has engulfed the United States! The arbitrary imposition of tarriffs of certain goods by President Stable Genius, to Europe and China is in dispute. Hoping to resolve the matter … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Goes To See A Trade War
Shulkin is out! In the latest game of Trump Administration Apprentice, the beleaguered, corrupt VA secretary was tossed out by President Stable Genius using his preferred method, Twitter. His replacement is everyone’s favorite “doctor” (well no, not the one that … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Chooses Personal Chemistry Over Traditional Qualifications
Morning Politocadoes! Here’s to Mark Zuckerberg, Silicon Valley wunderkind, noted grey t-shirt haver, Michael Cera impersonator, and the man who thought he would be President. Remember that, folks? When he was just wandering around the Midwest just because he really … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Will Be Happy To Testify
Sorry for the late post, busy at work. The US Senate has rolled back banking rules set in place after the 2008 financial crisis. Why anyone, particularly a certain subset of Democratic senators voted for this, is beyond me. I … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Makes It 2008 All Over Again
In which truths are revealed that are as bitter as a Beetroot Liqueur. Original air date: 4/15/2004 And here we are at last. It’s funny that the final episode of Black Books is a bottle episode . The series has … Continue reading Black Books Series 3, Episode 6: “Party”
Morning politocadoes! “Infrastructure Week” continues unabated. In fact, I expect “Infrastructure Week” to continue into next week and the week after, as more scandals, firings, and indictments drop. As we all know, it’s completely normal to set up secret back-channels … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Has A Beer In The Seychelles
Wherein Manny and Fran are swept off their feet, and Bernard goes on a hunt Original airdate: 4/8/2004 This was a fairly light episode. I suppose you could call it the last ‘shop shenanigans’ episode before the end. Manny invites … Continue reading Black Books, Series 3 Episode 5: “Travel Writer”
Lordy! Yesterday was utterly bananas for Trumpworld, and there’s really no sign of that stopping. In addition to learning that Jared’s security clearance has been busted down to lower than the White House Calligrapher, we’ve had Hope Hicks depart, renewed … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Has A Higher Security Clearance Than Jared
Wherein Bernard bets the house, and Manny and Fran become rivals. Original Airdate: 4/1/2004 This was interesting. This is the first episode upon watching that I genuinely had no recollection of. Not to say it’s bad or uninteresting, just … Continue reading Black Books Series 3, Episode 4: “A Little Flutter”
And the children shall lead us. A little over a week since the Parkland Shooting and the outrage has not died down. Survivors of the tragedy and protesters blocked the steps of the capitol building in Tallahassee, eloquently brought their … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Needs Empathy Note Cards
Pardon me boy, is this the Chattanooga Choo-Choo? Original air date: 3/25/2004 Ah, The Adult Child-Parent relationship. It’s perhaps the most awkward of relationships. This is particularly true if the child doesn’t feel like they’re quite done “baking” yet. … Continue reading Black Books Series 3, Episode 3: “Moo-Ma and Moo-Pa”
As the US must once again mourn the loss of young life in the face of our tragic embrace of firearms, its hard to keep a sense of where our country is going. There’s so much going wrong that its … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Has Not Received A Permanent Security Clearance
Wherein a tale is woven, and dark truths are revealed. Original Airdate: 3/18/2004 The Bet is a classic sitcom trope. Be it Barney Miller or be it Seinfeld, there will always be an episode where the action hinges upon a … Continue reading Black Books: Series 3, Episode 2 “Elephants and Hens”
As our country drunkenly staggers toward authoritarianism under the unsteady gaze of o a witless Russian asset acting as President, it’s important to remember one of the key aspects of living in an autocracy: the crass pageantry. Yes, DonDon has … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Doesn’t Want A Military Parade
Wherein Manny leaves Black Books for another store, Bernard’s life falls to pieces, and Fran tries to put it all back together again Original airdate: 3/11/2004 Hey everyone, … Continue reading Black Books: Series 3, Episode 1 “Manny Come Home”
Well,the day that so many Trump fans, Russian bots and increasingly desperate congressmen have been waiting for has arrived. The House is going to release Devin Nunes totally accurate, not fabricated, assessment of the FBI’s conduct in acquiring FISA warrants … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Releases A Memo
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