The Debt Ceiling Spectre again haunts Washington DC. Suspended since October 17, 2013, it rose from the dead, like Osiris, or Jesus, if you prefer, on Friday, and promptly at noon, the United States of America was technically broke. Thanks to various sleights of hand on the part of the Treasury Department and the Federal… Continue reading Sochi Olympics – Bolshoi Bungle on the Black Sea
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Despite Bridgegate, Christie Still Hungers for the Presidency
After dinner in Georgetown, theater at the Kennedy Center and nightclub hopping in Adams Morgan until 3:00 a.m. last night, it’s no surprise Cerise and I slept in at my place in Great Falls, Virginia until shortly before noon. During a brunch in bed consisting of a smoked Scottish salmon organic duck egg omelette with… Continue reading Despite Bridgegate, Christie Still Hungers for the Presidency
US Navy Gets Screwed by Fat Guy in Singpore and It Hurts
On a Friday night in a Norfolk, Virginia bar, a stone’s throw from the Navy’s most important base on the East Coast, you can meet a lot of miserable, drunken sailors. But if you visit a bar, as I did, on a Friday night in Crystal City, Virginia, within spitting distance of the Pentagon, you… Continue reading US Navy Gets Screwed by Fat Guy in Singpore and It Hurts
Former DNC CEO too Pathetically Naive to be Guilty
Today, Cerise and I attended a memorial service for the great-grandmother of Cerise’s graduate school thesis advisor, with whom she afterward became a close friend. Consequently, being almost like family, Cerise merited an invitation to great granny’s farewell, and I, being Cerise’s Significant Other, could not refuse to accompany Cerise to the ceremony. The occasion itself being a remembrance… Continue reading Former DNC CEO too Pathetically Naive to be Guilty
Hold Your Nose, Here Comes Mitch McConnell!
We’ve never had an August day like this before in Washington, and we probably won’t ever again, either – with temperatures reminiscent of early fall and absolutely gorgeous breezes and sunshine. Too bad I had to work inside, normally this time of year I’d be grateful for the air conditioning. But Gretchen and I were… Continue reading Hold Your Nose, Here Comes Mitch McConnell!