Tag Archives: Republicans

End Game

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Just One Malcontent

How does all of this end?  Big question, I know, but truly… what’s the end game for the Republicans, the Democrats, Europe, post-Brexit UK, China, North Korea, Putin’s Russia, the whole wide world… where do we go from here? Some … Continue reading →

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50.1%

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Just One Malcontent

Fuck John Ossoff. Fuck him and the blinkered logic that says to run a bland, technocratic neophyte to build on the automatic 40% vote they’ll get no matter what (literally… a phantom candidate named Rodney Stooksbury of whom no one … Continue reading →

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Hope

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Just One Malcontent

The real thing. Not Obama’s vague hopey-changey snake oil, but the real thing.  The lesson the Dems aren’t learning from Corbyn in the UK and from the energy of the Berners during last year’s primaries and that which they will … Continue reading →

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Austerity Pimps

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Just One Malcontent

Later in the day, upon reflection and after consuming reams of op-ed analysis, it certainly seems like yesterday’s UK vote is comparable in earth-shattering scope & scale of impact to that of the Brexit vote because it clarifies for the austerity-pimps … Continue reading →

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Red, Red Rose

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Just One Malcontent

So, Corbyn & Labour knock the wind out of May & the Tories’ cynical play to gain more power in Parliament. Good.

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Old Man, Look At My Life

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Just One Malcontent

McCain, at this morning’s Comey hearing, settled once and for all any question about whether or not he is, deep down, just another mean-spirited, partisan asshole.  As his brain sours into mush, he may not know much, but he knows … Continue reading →

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No Relief

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Just One Malcontent

OK, whew, perhaps the republic won’t fall after all with the appointment of Bob Mueller to antagonize and ultimately bring down Trump. Perhaps. Because what I don’t think will happen is what really, really needs to happen.  What needs to … Continue reading →

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Ding Dong

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Just One Malcontent

Few people have done so much to make the world so very, very much a worse place before shuffling (or in his case slithering) off this mortal coil.  Roger Eugene Ailes is dead at 77 and the world just became … Continue reading →

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What’s It Going To Take?

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Just One Malcontent

final thoughts on Trump v. Comey, Part 7 Continue reading →

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A Theory of the Case

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Just One Malcontent

even more thoughts on Trump v. Comey, Part 6 Continue reading →

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