At the Washington Post, Fareed Zakaria notes the long-time silence of “principled conservatives” regarding decades of Republican thuggery in the name of power. Zakaria seems to take particular pleasure in skewering Robert Kagan, whom I skewered earlier for his tardy recognition of Republican sins. Sure, Trump is terrible, says Fareed, but how and why is…
Luigi Martinale Trio plus Fabrizio Bosso—“In Walked Bud”
Fabrizio Bosso trumpet; Luigi Martinale piano; Reuben Rogers bass; Paolo Franciscone drums Posted by sweetandbitter63
Donald Trump: “I have been on top of some of the most beautiful women in the world. Oh, yeah, and one really fat governor. Some northeastern state. I don’t remember which one. It had a coastline, I’m pretty sure of that.”
Justice Scalia, very big, very fat liar REVISITED
Want to read words of praise for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin “Nino” Scalia by a renowned liberal legal scholar? Harvard’s Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, has just the article for you, praising both Nino’s integrity and his “extraordinary life-loving laugh.” Want to read an ill-tempered diatribe by a…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. “’Cause daddy’s motherfuckin’ hungry, that’s why.” “Digitize this and have it on my desk by Monday.” “Break out the good mustard, girlfriend, because the white boys are having a party!” “It spoke to my inner Jew.” “Hold all my calls. For, like, forever.” “I’m redefining the hell out…
Chris Christie sez: “Yo, you think my belly is big? Check out my ego!”
Yes, if Chris Christie ever had a soul, he just sold it to Donald Trump. It’s a demonstration of just how rotten the Republican Party is when perhaps the most prestigious Republican governor in the country endorses a presidential candidate who has promised to torture innocent women and children. And for what? So he won’t…
Robert Kagan, struggling with the math
Bipartisan neocon Robert Kagan, who has served in the administrations of both Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, has a prescient rap on the Donald Trump phenomenon up at the Washington Post, denying that Donald hijacked the GOP. Instead, says Bob, Donald is “the party’s creation, its Frankenstein monster, brought to life by the party, fed…
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here. “You lower it slowly, slowly, until they expire in an agony of anticipation.” “This one is for venial sins.” “At this point I can’t figure out whether to market it as a form of punishment or a parlor game.” “And, for the Inquisition, we can just slip on the old…
Jo Alessi and Mark Nightingale—“Blue Monk”
No information on the other musicians. If you like the two trombone thing check out Trombone Heaven, a CD featuring Frank Rosolino and Carl Fontana. Posted by Sigurd Scodal
All too English, more or less
In the National Interest, English journalist and author Geoffrey Wheatcroft takes a rather dyspeptic look at the political situation on both sides of the Atlantic, coming to the conclusion that Europe’s Political Center Cannot Hold, though he finds a few shreds of hope in the U.K. itself. “There’s always been a healthy skepticism about parliamentary…