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Yesterday was April Fool’s Day which meant you had to be extra suspect of everything you read on the internet. Now that the darkness has passed we can get back to the actual real stories of the President of the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Comes Back to Reality
Welcome back to How We Got Here! After surviving the Adams Administration, I’ll take it easy this week by reposting an old blog article. If parallels with modern events seem more explicit than usual, it’s with good reason, as I … Continue reading How We Got Here: Henry Clay Keeps America in Suspense
♫ And now she walks as though she was Now she walks again with us Now she walks as though she was Newborn ♫ — “Newborn,” Guadalcanal Diary, 2×4 Happy Easter, Passover,* Opening Day, and belated Nowruz. Speaking of things … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Schools Some Fools
Happy Friday! Go for it. Do not threaten Mayor McSquirrel, please flag any harassment or spam you witness! Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Probes Sex Clams
I think this thread is supposed to go up on Wednesdays. Or Tuesdays. Who knows? But since no one else stepped in to make it this week, you all have to suffer through an onslaught of Canadian news. Deal with … Continue reading The Leftorium Heads North
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
It’s no secret, I am not a Trump fan or even a GOP fan for that matter. However after two women that had consensual sexual relations with Trump have come forward, I find myself asking what is the point? Now … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post Files A Motion
My favorite — and by that I mean the thing that has left me shaking my head the hardest — thing from this past weekend was Rick Santorum’s assertion that marching to demand stricter gun control is not “doing something”, … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Takes a CPR Class
I considered making this about Stormy Daniels, and the truly depressing story of her relationship with the Spineless One running America right now, but as I sat there last night, wishing for death, I realized that this prurient examination of … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Ready For Its Close Up With President Mojo
Part Five in a series; see Parts One, Two, Three and Four. By fall 1799, John Adams no longer found the prospect of war with France desirable. He toned down his belligerent rhetoric and dispatched a new peace commission, headed … Continue reading How We Got Here: The Prospect Before Us
♫ Building up to the larger point With an arrogance not rare or pretty We don’t declare the war on idleness When outside it’s cold and shitty ♫ — “Titanic Terrarium,” The Tragically Hip Your humble WPT host will do … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Takes ‘March’ Literally
Keep in mind the Mayor McSquirrel rule and enjoy. Continue reading The Friday Political Thread Promises Not to Start a War
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
Fox News (entertainment news according to Shepard Smith) has not been referred to a propaganda machine by Ralph Peters, a Fox News strategic analyst. Whatever you phrase you think accurately describes it, let’s be clear Fox is not real news. … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread is Just Entertainment News
I, for one, am shocked — SHOCKED — to hear that Facebook has known about the data breach for two years and basically said “oh yeah, we were totally gonna delete that, you guys, weird that it never happened”. I am … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Wants Your Sweet, Sweet Data
Full pension, time to spend on my boat, the whole thing. Pretty sweet. It sure would be awful to be fired right now… If I die, remember to be kind to your fellow Avocados, flag for rule breaking and don’t … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Was Just 2 Days From Retirement
Part Four in a series; see Parts One, Two and Three. Following the XYZ Affair, war between the United States and France seemed inevitable. Diplomatic stalemate intensified French attacks on American shipping, triggering a vigorous response from American naval vessels. … Continue reading How We Got Here: Deceit and Weakness
♪ A curse upon you Oliver Cromwell You who raped our Motherland I hope you’re rotting down in hell For the horrors that you sent To our misfortunate forefathers Whom you robbed of their birthright “To hell or Connaught” may … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Gets Its Irish Up
Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! There’s not much more to say about Trump’s administration at this point, except that it’s probably going to destroy us all through sheer incompetence. We’re losing one “level headed” General away from Trump pushing … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Has No Staff Turnovers
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 a typical day for the Trump administration, key players were fired via tweets while the media and country tried to make sense of Trump’s irrational decisions. All the while, the Pennsylvania special election was looming in a district about … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post The Working Class Realizes Trump Isn’t Working
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