I almost didn’t believe this so I looked it up myself … yes, Donald Trump and the Republican Congress have reduced the federal debt by more than $101 billion. Actually, it’s $101,258,995,801. No, this isn’t “fake news” – it’s right there from treasurydirect.gov. For deficit and debt hawks, this is a milestone, especially with what … Read more
This week on the Taste the Floor Show, I played a lot of new stuff and some more “I” tunes from the iTunes player. Here’s what I played: Pixies: Tony’s Theme Ride: Charm Assault Kingsbury: Emeralds Molly Burch: Wrong for You Parlor Walls: Teach Me Where To Roam Bleached: Dear Trouble Famous by February: Occupy … Read more
To think, our federal government has been spending $1 trillion a year for our defense and spying security state and somehow, the Russians magically knew in 2005 that Donald Trump would run for president and win, and that’s why an oligarch overpaid for one of the president’s previous properties, in an effort to control him, … Read more
I have to admit that I haven’t read much of Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight although I know a lot of folks rave about him. I just don’t have a lot of time to reach much of anything, actually. However, I’ve always been intrigued by data, as well as data people, and how they see things; … Read more
Here’s this week’s playlist: The Jesus & Mary Chain: Taste the Floor Louise Burns: Downtown Lights Rose Elinor Dougall: Stellular Molly Burch: Loneliest Heart Famous by February: Waves Catherine Wheel: I Want to Touch You Cheap Trick: I’ll Be With You Tonight Echo & the Bunnymen: I’ll Fly Tonight Blur: I’m Just a Killer For … Read more
Here’s this week’s playlist. Pixies: Tony’s Theme Hoodoo Gurus: I Want You Back Cheap Trick: I Want You To Want Me (live) The Replacements: I Will Dare The Replacements: I Won’t The Waterboys: I Will Follow Stray Cats: I Won’t Stand In Your Way Prince and the Revolution: I Would Die 4 U The Velvet … Read more
So, I’ve been thinking about the so-called “Constitutional crisis” of White House flack Sean Spicer holding a private gaggle for some news outlets while not allowing other outlets — including CNN and the New York Times — to attend. I wouldn’t have even bothered writing about this except that a colleague asked me for my take on … Read more
President Donald Trump announced on Twitter today that he would be blowing off the White House Correspondents Dinner … I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017 Well, Mr. President, respectfully, this is … Read more
I was watching “Rocky” streaming on AMC in the background while doing work today and was really puzzled — and angered — by an edit. During the scene where Rocky learns from Mickey that Apollo Creed’s people came by the gym to talk to him and dropped off a card, and then, they go back … Read more
