Category: Politics
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Oh No! We Got It Right!
All the networks, on election day, got the 2016 election results wrong. They all called for a Clinton victory. The rest is history. FoxNews, following the lead of the Associated Press, used a different electoral result projection system in 2020. Rather than using exit polls, they used massive preelection surveys. Near midnight Eastern Standard Time,…
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See The Difference
Photo by Ron Aira. Copyright holder Brazile & Associates LLC Two tales here. Donna Brazile has played many roles, including being a political analyst, strategist and campaign manager. She also served two terms as Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) In 2016 she was a CNN contributor, as well as being interim Chair for…
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Destroyer
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) had their annual get together this weekend to a smaller crowd, than usual. This time CPAC was competing with a Club For Growth conference that was being held near Mar-a-Lago. A number of prominent dignitaries, such as Mike Pence and DeSantis, skipped CPAC for the Club For Growth event.…
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Signing Day
A chirplet today. Book signing at the local Chapters. Later this month an online push for the book. School presentations to be made this month. My own version of “March Madness”. Back to my usual chirps tomorrow Have a great weekend.
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For Pete’s Sake
Please feel free to substitute any word that comes to mind for the word ‘Pete’s’. Here goes. Donald Trump and 20 inmates, who were jailed for their participation in the January 6 insurrection, released a song last night. I kid you not. Trump, a few weeks back, recorded the Pledge of Allegiance. The inmates, calling…
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Sacrificial Lamb?
From Guardian news site – Source Fox News This is Suzanne Scott. She is currently the CEO of Fox News. Stressing the word ‘currently’. Fox News is the crown jewel of Chairman Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation empire. Fox News is currently facing a $1.6 Billion law suit from Dominion Voting Systems. Recent court filings shows…
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News A Fox Casualty
Attribution to David Shankbone – Own work CNN had a news show called “Reliable Sources” It ran from 1992 to 2022. It was a Sunday morning show and it was a news show that reported on the news being reported, for the week. Kurtz hosted the show for 15 years, before going to Fox Propaganda…
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Bleed Them Dry!
New court filings released in the $1.6 Billion lawsuit by Dominion against Fox Propaganda, also known as Fox News. Revelations include a Rupert Murdoch email acknowledging that what Trump was pushing was “bullshit and dangerous”. Murdock knew it was wrong for Tucker Carlson to keep having MyPillow guy Mike Lindell on his show. Murdoch explained…
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Sticky Wicket
Attribution to Monoceros Prudentis – Own work This is Christine Anderson. She is a member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). She is a radical right extremist – anti -Moslem, anti-immigrant, Pro-Putin. During the Freedom Convoy situation Anderson called out Prime Minister Trudeau. Amongst other things such…
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One Year Later
One year ago, on this date, Russia invaded Ukraine. Putin thought this would be a cakewalk. After all, Russia had invaded Georgia and Crimea, and the only consequences were bleatings from the West. Thanks to Putin’s friend, Donald Trump, NATO, and the West, were in disarray. Trump had done everything possible to diminish, even dismantle,…