Washington DC
The Donald Will Take It Easy, Thank You Very Much
Trump
When the Donald tweets about the “greatest economy ever,” he doesn’t understand that the implosion of what is indeed the greatest-ever stock market bubble will send it into the dunk-tank. Read More
National Lampoon’s Oval Office
Washington DCOtter: Bluto’s right… psychotic, but absolutely right… I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part… Bluto: We’re just the guys to do it. Read More
Why We Remember
Washington DCDoes that flag still wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? That is what we must all ask. Read More
A Coup in Imperial Washington
Washington DCAnd it grew both day and night. Till it bore an apple bright. – William Blake, “A Poison Tree” (1794) ... Well, there’s a new bad cop in town, and his name’s Bill Barr. Read More
The Enemies of the Donald Are Not Your Friends
Washington DCThe object of power is power. – George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) Russiagate is just a means to an end: Taking out the Great Disruptor is necessary to preserve the Duopoly. Read More
If You Thought Monetary Policy Was Crazy…
Washington DCThe principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale. Read More
“Quagmire” Is a Funny Word
Washington DCNor did Madeleine Albright visit the absurdly misnamed ‘Demilitarized Zone,’ one of the most heavily militarized strips of land on earth. Read More
Notes on a Shutdown
Washington DCNow, this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning… We mean to hold our own. Read More
The Fed: Damned If They Do, Damned If They Don’t… Damned Straight
Washington DCThus did a handful of rapacious citizens come to control all that was worth controlling in America. Thus was the savage and stupid and entirely inappropriate and unnecessary and humorless American class system created. Read More
