Trump – The Pacific Bull Moose

Senility?

One thing we have to consider about Trump’s behavior, given his advanced years and the apparently irrational nature of some of his outbursts: we could be watching the development of some form of dementia.

How’s that for a scary thought?

Don and Jeff

Let’s be honest: what really drives Donald Trump batsh*t crazy about Jeff Bezos is that the Amazon founder is so much smarter, so much more respected, and so much more successful than Trump ever will be, and for the life of him, Donald cannot understand why.

Quote of the Week April 23, 2018
“If you want to know who actually has the power in our society and who is actually marginalized, ask which ideas get you sponsorships from Google and Pepsi and which get you fired.” Kevin D. WilliamsonView On WordPress
Anderson Cooper says Infidelity is not the Point April 23, 2018
Anderson Cooper says Infidelity is not the Point CNN’s Anderson Cooper says the fallout around allegations leveled against President Donald Trump by porn actress Stormy Daniels is not about the infidelity, but paying to hush it up just before the 2016 US election. Source: Anderson Cooper: It’s not about the infidelity Anderson Cooper is not entirely correct. […]
MAGA April 20, 2018
We all miss the real meaning of the acronym when Trump types “MAGA.” It apparently is supposed to mean Make America Gag Again. And again. And again.View On WordPress
The National Story April 18, 2018
To overcome populism, the U.S. needs to recover its national story, providing a compelling counter to the zero-sum narrative of tribal conflict put forward by the populist right. Source: Bruce Springsteen Is Antidote to Populist Tribalism – Bloomberg Agreed. Traditionalism FTW. To be an anti-populist does not mean to be dedicated to the disenfranchisement of […]
The Bull Moose Doctrine: A Plague on Interventionists and Isolationists Alike April 17, 2018
The Bull Moose Doctrine: A Plague on Interventionists and Isolationists Alike The Republican Party and its leaders have all but forgotten the Weinberger Doctrine, its derived Powell Doctrine and the effort that took place under Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush to impose discipline on the American crusading instinct. The precepts of these doctrines were imp […]
The Comey Dilemma April 16, 2018
The discussions about the Steele dossier — which Comey recounts for the first time in his book — are among a number of explosive revelations in “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,” a 304-page tell-all in which the former FBI director details his private interactions with Trump as well as his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. So […]
The Koch Machine Readies its Lifeboats April 13, 2018
The Koch Machine Readies its Lifeboats Whatever the reason, for many Americans, the choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton has turned out to be no choice at all. A few of us harbored hopes that he at least might confront the Blob and begin to reorient U.S. foreign policy. But that was not to be. Source: Trump Surrenders to the Foreign Policy Blob | […]
The Color Yellow April 13, 2018
I’m old enough to remember a time when we didn’t have to wonder whether or not the Kremlin has a secret video of the President of the United States paying Russian hookers to urinate on a bed in his Moscow hotel room. Source: The Pee Tape | The American Conservative by Rod Dreher First off, Rod Dreher’s lede above may turn out to be the single line that best […]
American Heydrich April 5, 2018
If Corey Lewandowski proved nothing else in the course of his testimony to the House Intelligence Committee, he proved this: The man is a thug in a suit, and nothing more. There were days when his diction and demeanor would have seen him charged with contempt of Congress. I’m glad he was not so charged: to have done so would have made him a martyr. Now anyon […]
Move, Delta April 4, 2018
If I was a Delta shareholder looking at this map, I would be petitioning the company to begin relocating its headquarters operations out of the State of Georgia and into its hubs at Cincinatti, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City, and Seattle. Atlanta’s strengths notwithstanding, it is hard to make a case for basing a company in a state (or country […]