Why Iowans are so un-Iowan
Read an article over at Real Clear Politics by Mark Salter titled Why the Iowa Caucuses are so un-Iowan where he essentially says: Caucuses bring out the crazies and give Iowa a bad name because what...
View ArticleRand Paul has single-handedly thwarted NSA's spying powers
Came across this little gem that Rand Paul is selling on his website: NSA Spy Cam Blocker. Yes that's right boys and girls you can give the middle finger to those prying eyes of the NSA for the low,...
View ArticleAt this moment Trump winning the Republican nomination is not only possible,...
To understand the likelihood of a Trump Republican nomination it is necessary to examine how delegates are assigned in the Republican primary process.Each state have their own rules for assigning...
View ArticleWhen will a Republican presidential candidate call for nuking Syria?
When Cruz ignorantly called for carpet bombing Syria to see if “sand will glow”. My first hyperbolic reaction was: “Well the only thing to trump that is to call for nuking them”. Thinking, while it’s...
View ArticleReally dKOS 5? This is beyond excusable.
So I’ve held my tongue throughout the transition, I figured there were enough users grousing about the new format look and functionality. But today I can’t hold back because there is functionality that...
View ArticleHow the deification of Reagan killed the GOP
Many scattered seeds can be attributable to the predicament the Republicans presently find themselves. From the implicit distrust of government introduced by Hoover, Nixon’s Southern Strategy to the...
View ArticleCan we stop with the petty name calling already?
At the dawn of his presidency I took a bit of petty joy seeing all of the clever nicknames people here were coming up with to describe the truly horrid person we are now forced to call Mr. President....
View ArticleSignificant down-scaling of Apple's WWDC: is this because of the tariffs?
My commute for the last few years involves walking past San Jose McEnery Convention Center, the location Apple holds their annual Developer’s Conference (WWDC19). This event has always outpaced any...
View ArticleA giant F.U. to WaPo, NYT, SF Chronical and all newspapers pay-walling...
While keeping up to date on COVID-19 news, I have repeatedly run into the Washington Post and New York Times paywall. My reaction until today, was “Pffft its just an article, the info will be...
View ArticleBlockage of Suez Canal heading into 3rd day
Haven’t seen a story posted about this, the Suez Canal has been blocked by a container ship since Tuesday morning. The Ever Given is one of 11 Ultra Large Container Ship (ULCS) class ships built for...
View ArticleIn my moment of grief, what's your favorite anachronistic song?
Yesterday we laid our pony girl to rest, we adopted her from a Boxer rescue in 2013. She was the sweetest dog without a single bad behavior. In the first six months of having her we spent north of 10K...
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