We really need to do something about the state of education in this country.
Duke On Trump And Other Thoughts
I am listening to Annie Duke on the Smerconish show, talking about Trump. You may wonder why her opinions matter. Annie Duke (a childhood friend of mine, but that’s not relevant) is known as “the Duchess of Poker”, being one of the highest ranking female poker players ever. And she was on Celebrity Apprentice for that, although that’s not why … Read More
Post-Wisconsin Thoughts On This Election Thing
Can we get back to politics, please? So after a two-week hiatus, we had another primary last night. In Wisconsin. On the GOP side, this happened: and on the Dem side, this: Let’s start with Sanders and the Dem side. Yes, he “won” in that he got more delegates. But who cares about a win when you’re so far behind? … Read More
Bad Week For Trump To Culminate In Likely Wisconsin Loss
Women. Turns out THEY are the Donald’s Achilles Heel. Trump’s campaign was rocked last week by the fallout from his suggestion that women be punished for getting abortions if the procedure is banned. Trump dialed that back in Trump style — basically he did a 360 on it, saying OF COURSE women should not be punished, and that his views on … Read More
What Crap Came From Donald Trump Today?
.@realDonaldTrump: Women who have abortions should face “some form of punishment.” https://t.co/GFP6v2rw0o pic.twitter.com/qd8xyVyOo7 — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 30, 2016 Oh fucking hell. This guy has a 70% unfavorable with women already. Is he doing this on purpose? Ah, but here comes Uday to the rescue: Be fair, was asked if it was ILLEGAL should there be punishment. Shouldn’t … Read More
Donald Trump Campaign Manager Charged With Assault (Or “It’s Tuesday”)
Today Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was charged with battery against former Breitbart “News” reporter Michelle Fields. There was some controversy a few weeks ago when the incident happened as to whether or not it actually did happen. The videos from smartphones were (arguably) inconclusive. But a newly released surveillance video clearly shows Lewandowski grabbing Fields by the arm and … Read More
The Cuban Mistress Crisis
The National Enquirer is reporting that Ted Cruz is hiding five different mistresses. Before you scoff, remember that the National Enquirer was right about Gary Hart’s affair, and John Edwards. Others in (somewhat) more respectable media outlets seem to think it is accurate. COMING CLEAN: From what I know, at least 2 of the women named as Cruz mistresses by … Read More
How Can Any Woman Vote For Trump After This?
I get the schtick. Trump tries to get media attention and he usually gets it, provided he is outrageous enough. But the things he does. Oy. This got started when one of those super-PACs, in this case not even one that supports Cruz but just one that opposes Trump, put out a picture of Melania Trump in a semi-naked form. Trump … Read More
Quote Of The Day
“Good God, they’re probably cutting videos of this right now. . . Donald Trump right now is validating the cartoonish view that they tell their operatives…that America is a racist nation, xenophobic, anti-Muslim, and that that’s why you must carry out terrorist attacks against them…It’s irresponsible and it needs to stop.” – terrorism expert Malcolm Nance, the head of the Terrorism … Read More
The Brussels Attacks
35 dead (at last count) and over 200 wounded. The attacks took place during morning rush hour in Brussels, as three ISIS or-ISIS-related gunmen opened fire at the airport in Brussels and then self-detonated via an explosive belt. An hour later came an explosion in a Brussels subway station — Maalbeek. The bloodshed came just four days after the dramatic … Read More
Not For Nothing, But We All Know The Wall Is Stupid, Right?
Just in case you had doubts…
Short Takes
(1) Trump likes to say that he is bringing enthusiasm to the GOP and people are voting in the Republican race in massive numbers, which means that Democrats should be worried about the general election. Is he right? He is not. As many have pointed out, voter turnout is an indication of the competitiveness of a primary contest, not of what will … Read More
Garland
Is it hard to do cartwheels over President Obama’s choice of Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland today. Professor Epstein seems to think he’s a good liberal… … but you always have to question the methodology of these things. Merrick Garland is 63 years old and currently serves as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of … Read More
The Events Of The Past 24 Hours
Well, here we are. Another primary Tuesday come and gone. What was most surprising about yesterday’s primaries was that they went just as most people predicted. Trump did well. Hillary did well. It was close where people expected it to be close ((i.e., Missouri) and not-so-close where expected. There were no “Bernie upsets” like in Michigan last week. So Hillary … Read More
Prediction Markets Say The Primaries Are Over
These are from Predictwise, which is a conglomeration of the online prediction markets and a couple of polls. People put money on this. Click to embiggen. Perhaps we’re already watching a horserace where it is all over.