Celebrity endorsement season: Kevin Costner to endorse Buttigieg
It won't happen in Dyersville, Iowa, the location of the real Field of Dreams, but during a town hall in Indianola, south of Des Moines. Actor Kevin Costner, star of Field of Dreams is set to endorse...
View ArticleSunday morning talking heads, the Who's Got The Impeachment version
It's all-impeachment all morning long on the Sunday morning talk shows today, to no one's great surprise. After a historic week in which the House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump,...
View ArticleDemocrats have to ignore or deride a booming economy
Over at the Washington Post, Dan Balz takes a look at one of the less frequently reported items from Thursday's debate. While most analysts were focused on Warren and Buttigieg scrapping over crystal...
View ArticleCalifornia dreamin'- AOC hits the beach with Bernie Sanders in Venice
Bernie Sanders may be putting a focus on winning over older voters but he won't do that by campaigning with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in places like Venice, California. That is what he did Saturday. AOC...
View ArticleWhat do we truly want? Sunday reflection
This morning’s Gospel reading is Matthew 1:18–24:This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child...
View ArticleNFL week 16 open thread. The Ed v Jazz Bowl edition
Jazz: I went 6-1 for the second week in a row (stupid Steelers) bringing me to 66-39 on the season. Not bad if I do say so myself, but it also coincidentally was just enough to catch up to Ed. So after...
View ArticleJudge reverses his own ruling in BLM/McKesson case
Last weekend I looked at the lawsuit brought against Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson by an anonymous police officer who was injured during a BLM protest and debated whether or not it should...
View ArticleTrump praises Tulsi Gabbard's impeachment vote: "A lot of respect"
President Trump spoke to a very receptive audience at a Turning Point USA event in Florida Saturday. During his speech, he not only praised Tulsi Gabbard for voting "present" during the votes in the...
View ArticleIs this Amy Klobuchar's time? The long shot candidate makes her move.
Coming off the last Democrat date, Amy Klobuchar is doubling down and traveling around the state of Iowa as though her candidacy in the Democrat primary depends on it. It very well may.If Amy Klobuchar...
View ArticleReview: Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34EJ4aIGxyAThis is going to sound like a criticism of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, but it's not. The film is a nostalgia-fest breaking no new ground in...
View ArticleSo much for the end of North Korea's long range ICBM work
Not too long ago, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un promised the United States a special "Christmas present" if we didn't start dropping sanctions on his country. Given the sarcastic nature of the...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia orders death penalty for five over Khashoggi killing
There was finally a trial held in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, though most people probably weren't aware of it. The entire thing was done in secret, with only a handful of people being allowed to...
View ArticleThe Hill: Obama clearing path for Warren among big-ticket donors
Is Barack Obama part of Elizabeth Warren's plan? The former president will not endorse anyone in the primary, but that doesn't mean Obama will remain studiously non-interventionist either. While Warren...
View ArticleBBC looks at moving reporters off Twitter
If I had to guess, I would say that more than half of the breaking news stories I come across these days first showed up for me in my Twitter feed. For those of you who are also engaged in social media...
View ArticleCosby spox: Eddie Murphy sold himself back into Hollywood slavery on SNL, or...
Someone got the last laugh in the decades-long tension between Bill Cosby and Eddie Murphy, and it was ... America's Dad. No, the other one, as Murphy gleefully noted in his return to Saturday Night...
View ArticleTransparency: Buttigieg bundler exposes pay-to-play scheme for donations
A top fundraiser for Pete Buttigieg's campaign offered access to the candidate in exchange for a donation. The proposition has been exposed - an email to a wealthy supporter from a Buttigieg bundler...
View ArticleVirginia is for lovers... and "libel tourism"
Ah, Virginia. The Bay state is known for more than just easy access to Washington, DC. They have some great beaches and other tourist destinations, along with generally pleasant weather in the winter....
View ArticleSan Francisco loses Oracle convention over high prices, poor street conditions
Earlier this month, Oracle decided it would hold its Open World convention to Las Vegas instead of San Francisco. An email explaining the company's decision cited the high cost of hotel rooms and San...
View ArticleLawmaker under fire for tweet after cadets found innocent with circle game
Sometimes a circle is just a circle. That story about the West Point cadets and their hand gestures during the Army-Navy game that made national news is coming back to haunt some who were quick to...
View ArticleAntifa member: 'Antifascism sure as hell has a PR problem'
Playboy magazine published a story about Antifa last week. The story is mostly flattering to the group and spends much of its length arguing that Antifa is about a lot more than political violence. But...
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