Obama Tweets a Humongous Brain Twart

Maybe there’s something about this Friday the 13th business after all.  I’m saying that because here it is, Friday the 13th, and for some reason, the President of the United States has been struck by a truly remarkable misfortune.  That’s because today, President Barack Hussein Obama II decided it would be a really good idea… Continue reading Obama Tweets a Humongous Brain Twart

NRCC Tries to Fix the GOP’s Legitimate Female Troubles

First thing today was a consultation with Magnus Cockburnor, Rebranding and Message Adjustment Subject Matter Expert for the National Republican Congressional Committee.  To say that he was a distracted, nervous wreck would be the understatement of the month – although to be fair, it’s only the sixth. “Tom,” he confessed as he anxiously perched on… Continue reading NRCC Tries to Fix the GOP’s Legitimate Female Troubles

US Senate Majority Swallows Spider to Catch Fly – Cat to Follow?

Although any of them who have looked at the portrait on a US ten-dollar bill have seen Alexander Hamilton, international readers of this Web log may not have heard of Aaron Burr.  We Americans, on the other hand, relish a good fight, and every single intelligent, educated, literate, well-informed one of us who recognizes the… Continue reading US Senate Majority Swallows Spider to Catch Fly – Cat to Follow?

Is There Yet to be a Ford in Toronto’s Future?

“Mr. Collins,” Gretchen wailed in a desperate tone, “there’s this… uncouth boor, I guess is the best way to put it… on Line One, and I’m pretty sure he’s falling-down drunk, too.  Every other word that comes out of his mouth is either [expletive], [expletive], [expletive] or [expletive], and after I spoke with him for… Continue reading Is There Yet to be a Ford in Toronto’s Future?

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