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Month: July 2022

Abortion Rights, Adrastos, Fog Of History, Political Crack, The Darnold

The Smear Is The Point

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Kicking down is the Republican way. Continue reading The Smear Is The Point

Diary, Language, Shapiro3 Comments

Can We Talk?

July 19, 2022July 18, 2022 shapiroout

Conversations are the acorns that will grow into the oaks of political civility. Continue reading Can We Talk?

Elections, Jamie O, Political Crack1 Comment

The Important Democratic Votes In Pennsyltucky

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 JCO

James Carville’s famous “Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between” is only partially correct. Continue reading The Important Democratic Votes In Pennsyltucky

Adrastos, Diary, Fog Of History, Political Crack, Teabaggery

Still Irksome After All These Years

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Holy irksome things, Batman. Continue reading Still Irksome After All These Years

DeMoron, Florida Man, Free Republic, Political Crack, The Darnold, Tommy T6 Comments

Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Denny Trump edition

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Tommy T

Reading the Freepers for 14 years so you don’t have to. Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – Denny Trump edition

Adrastos, Diary, Fog Of History, Political Crack, Sports, Story Time

Story Time: Why Rudy Giuliani Reminds Me Of Leo Durocher

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Play ball and set the Wayback Machine to 2007. Continue reading Story Time: Why Rudy Giuliani Reminds Me Of Leo Durocher

Adrastos, Music, The Sunday Dozen7 Comments

The Sunday Dozen: Steely Dan

July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Steely Dan

Adrastos, Comedy, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, R.I.P., Television, The Darnold

Saturday Odds & Sods: Only The Lonely

July 16, 2022July 15, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Only The Lonely

Adrastos, Film, Friday Cocktail Hour, Music2 Comments

Dancing In The Dark

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz. Continue reading Dancing In The Dark

Adrastos, Books, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, Television, The Darnold3 Comments

Confessions Of An Ex-GOP Hatchet Man

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

A review of Why We Did It by Tim Miller. Continue reading Confessions Of An Ex-GOP Hatchet Man

Congress, Dipshit Insurrection, Elections, J6 Committee, Shapiro1 Comment

Trumbull County

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 shapiroout

Trumbull County in Ohio is the home of this past weeks unlikely J6 Committee witness. Let’s take a look at it to see if we can get some clues as to why these average Americans got caught up in Trump’s Big Lie. Continue reading Trumbull County

Adrastos, Catblogging2 Comments

Friday Catblogging: Masonic Stretch

July 15, 2022July 14, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Meow. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Masonic Stretch

Jamie O, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media1 Comment

Of Underage Abortions, Numbers, And Perspective

July 14, 2022 JCO

Horrible things may be “rare” to DC punditry but for the rest of us, they are potentially going to be much too common. Continue reading Of Underage Abortions, Numbers, And Perspective

Adrastos, Comedy, Dipshit Insurrection, Film, J6 Committee, Political Crack, The Darnold6 Comments

Freedonia On The Potomac

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

More on the latest January 6 Committee hearing, which went from farce to fierce. Continue reading Freedonia On The Potomac

Cassandra, Congress, Current Affairs, Dipshit Insurrection, J6 Committee, Political Crack3 Comments

Lock Them Up

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 cassandraisright

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Continue reading Lock Them Up

Adrastos, Congress, Dipshit Insurrection, J6 Committee, Political Crack

“Take The Blinders Off, Before It’s Too Late”

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

“Not a day goes by that a man doesn’t have to choose. Between what he wants, what he’s afraid to lose.”
Continue reading “Take The Blinders Off, Before It’s Too Late”

Adrastos, Dipshit Insurrection, Fog Of History, J6 Committee, Law/Justice, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, Television1 Comment

The Bannon Bamboozle

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Sloppy Steve tries to pull a fast one. Continue reading The Bannon Bamboozle

Business, Diary, Elections, Immigration, Political Crack, Race, Shapiro2 Comments

Change Is Inevitable

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 shapiroout

The world spins around each day, never in reverse. What’s gone is gone. Embrace the future and accept that we can never go back to before. Or become a relic of another time. Continue reading Change Is Inevitable

Elections, Jamie O, Political Crack2 Comments

A Controversial Take On Biden

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 JCO

The SHUT UP AND VOTE HURR HURR delegation and the “Biden’s finished because he is incompetent” delegation of the Democratic Party are probably both wrong. Continue reading A Controversial Take On Biden

Adrastos, Dipshit Insurrection, Political Crack, Television, The Darnold2 Comments

Unprecedented, Underwhelming

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

A review of Alex Holder’s access documentary. Continue reading Unprecedented, Underwhelming

Adrastos, Diary, Story Time

Story Time: Moonies Over The Owl Market

July 10, 2022June 1, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Another San Francisco story. Continue reading Story Time: Moonies Over The Owl Market

Adrastos, Diary, Music, The Sunday Dozen7 Comments

The Sunday Dozen: Steve Winwood

July 10, 2022July 9, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Back in the high life with the great Steve Winwood. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Steve Winwood

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Television2 Comments

Saturday Odds & Sods: Brokedown Palace

July 9, 2022July 9, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Brokedown Palace

Adrastos, Friday Cocktail Hour, Music

Old Devil Moon

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Burton Lane and Yip Harburg. Continue reading Old Devil Moon

Adrastos, Fog Of Scandal, Guns, Political Crack, R.I.P., Twitter2 Comments

Of Obsession & Denial

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Shinzo Abe meets Donald Trump and Willard Mittbot Romney. Continue reading Of Obsession & Denial

Education, Elections, Faith, Immoral Values, LBGTQ Rights, Religion, Shapiro2 Comments

Another Brick In The Wall

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 shapiroout

Keep the masses uneducated and they will believe anything you tell them. It’s as true today as it was in the Dark Ages. One side of the political spectrum wants to educate. The other, not so much Continue reading Another Brick In The Wall

Adrastos, Catblogging

Friday Catblogging: Totally Tubular

July 8, 2022July 7, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Meow. Continue reading Friday Catblogging: Totally Tubular

Elections, Jamie O, Political Crack1 Comment

The Rise Of Vibes Politics

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 JCO

Democrats have to be better at getting voters to start pickin’ up good vibrations. Continue reading The Rise Of Vibes Politics

Adrastos, British Politics, Fog Of History, Fog Of Scandal2 Comments

“The Charge Of The Lightweight Brigade”

July 7, 2022July 9, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Things got bad enough for Boris Johnson that he kinda sorta resigned. Continue reading “The Charge Of The Lightweight Brigade”

Adrastos, Books, Pulp Fiction2 Comments

Pulp Fiction Thursday: Cosa Nostra Circus

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Tony Soprano as the sad clown. Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: Cosa Nostra Circus

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