WC has written before about Guy Christopher Mannino, a sleaze ball WC had to deal with who finally had his karma catch up to him. Mannino was convicted of a series of crimes involving his plans to murder a large number folks who he felt had done him wrong. Mannino appealed his conviction to the…
That’s not a typo. WC is talking about the convicts who are running as Republican candidates for office. Ronald Regan’s law and order party has come to this: a criminal conviction is no longer an obstacle to a successful Republican candidacy. Without further ado, WC presents the cons. Joe Arpaio, is the former Maricopa County…
Alex Jones, wacko conspiracy theorist only loosely in touch with reality, is starting to receive a schooling in the consequences of calling the parents of victims of the Sandy Hook mass shooting liars. For more than five years now, Jones has claimed the December 2012 Sandy Hook shooting didn’t happen, that the parents of the…
It’s been a while since we got seriously nerdy and talked about intellectual property and patent trolls. The issue arises because Bloomberg is reporting that patent troll VirnetX Holding Corp. won $502.6 million against Apple Inc. A federal jury in Texas said Apple was infringing patents for secure communications. Why does WC call VirnetX a patent troll?…
WC’s Grandpa Walt taught WC that my freedom to swing my arm was limited to just less than the distance to my neighbor’s nose. He also taught WC tht cheaters never prosper. Grandpa Walt died too young too long ago, but he would be mightily pleased with Friday’s Alaska Supreme Court decision in Lander v. Riddle.…
WC recently read the non-partisan Tax Policy Center’s report on the personal income tax impact of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act, the Republicans’ signature tax bill enacted late last year. The TPC’s analysis brings to mind Tim DuBois’s 1982 country western song, made famous by Jerry Reed, “She Got the Gold Mine (I Got the…
“There is indeed a witch hunt, and it’s led by Fox against special counsel Robert Mueller.” — Ralph Peters, former Fox News Commentator One definition, a political definition, of a “witch hunt” is, “A public smear-campaign against an individual.” In turn, a “smear campaign” is, “An effort to damage or call into question someone’s reputation,…
