Tag Archives: commentary

First Post: Sunday, November 20, 2016

Au revoir, Aafrin Dalal. Adiós, Alice Whelan. All right, all right, ya Public Television in ’murrika fans! Take it easy! The 20th and final episode of the British series Indian Summers gets its stateside airing this evening, and there are … Continue reading

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First Post: Saturday, November 19, 2016

‘Hello and welcome! It’s now time to play a game we’re going to call “Fun With Anagrams”. Today’s victim subject: DONALD J. TRUMP. You have 30 seconds. Good luck!

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First Post: Friday, November 18, 2016

Edmonton’s Darnell Nurse (25) scored, but his teammate Connor McDavid did not, though the latter did display some deft stickhandling and nimble skatework, in last night’s contest at the arena downtown; La-La Land won, 4-2.

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First Post: Thursday, November 17, 2016

Good evening (EST/CST) this time. What’s going on in the South & the Rust Belt these days?

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First Post: Wednesday, November 16, 2016

How do Bannon, stormdrain.alt & whitebarf.com handle the existence of this person, plus Kushner? Inquiring minds want to know!

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Tuesday Sniping: Enemies-List Edition

If you suddenly stop hearing from us, it’s because we were inscribed into Omarosa’s notebook.

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Tuesday Sniping: SOcial MEdia Edition

Facebook out! Between its bombardment of ads and the recent mass die-off and the endless self-congratulations and ceaseless self-promotion and the quote-unquote news and the overall (time)-suckiness of this monstrosity, it should be apparent by now that there are probably … Continue reading

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Monday Boxing: Robber Barons Edition

A long time ago, they were the Masters of Their Universe: Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Mellon, Stanford. They made their fortunes and were generous enough to bequeath some of their riches to foundations and museums and educational institutions larger than themselves. They … Continue reading

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First Post: Sunday, November 13, 2016

Now, on the other hoof, Slick Hillie’s orchestrated and relentless wave of star endorsements in actuality boomeranged, turning into a rabid dogpile of celebrowbeating. The cultural dissonance could only have generated more resentments than votes. Bad assumptions by the elites.

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First Post: Saturday, November 12, 2016

Some people claim the Bible is their favorite book; but when you hear them talk or you observe their acts, their version must have had the pages of the New Testament, save Revelation, ripped out.

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