When Trump goes into one of these Twitter frenzies, touting conspiracy theories (Scarborough, China), lying about nonsense (Obamagate) and retweeting videos where the speaker says, “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat,” when he does this it’s imperative you look to see what’s really going on, because those tweets are mostly distractions. Well, the…
WC had summer afternoons in junior high school that lasted longer than May 2020. But, regardless, it’s time for the end of the month look back at developments on stuff WC blogged about, other stuff WC almost blogged about and whatever else attracted WC’s Magpie Sensibility. Disclaimer: No journalism was committed in writing this post.…
Even by the sometimes bizarre standards of Wasilla, Shawn O’Shea-Grantham was a very strange person. O’Shea-Grantham comes to mind because she died last week, back in prison for violating the conditions of her probation. She was proof, if we needed it, that sexual abuse isn’t always committed by men. In her sick world, she thought…
Donald Trump is obsessed with undocumented immigrants to the United States. Egged on my the various scumbags he has surrounded himself with, he has repeatedly staked out extreme positions, even anti-Republican positions, in his effort to act out his obsession. One example would be his reaction to sanctuary cities. A sanctuary city is one that…
A third of the way through the year already. How did that happen? It’s time for the very nearly regular process of having a look back at the month just passed, following up on blog posts written, looking at topics that didn’t make it to a blog post and generally shuffling through the virtual files.…
One of WC’s friends posted this on Facebook recently and it turned up in WC’s feed: The giveaway on this piece of propaganda is in the lower right hand corner. Turning Point USA is an “Alt-lite” right wing ultra-conservative group that targets college students and young adults. It has ties to the far right and…
WC has mentioned before that his good friend, Ken Philip, died suddenly and unexpectedly, naming WC as his executor/personal representative. Ken left a will, but it was almost 20 years old and largely unhelpful. More importantly, much of Ken’s life was stored on computers. And the passwords for those computers were, for the most part,…
