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Education, Jamie O, Political Crack, The Darnold

What’s Shakin’ On Shakedown Street

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 JCO

A bit of good news as word of Harvard selling out to the mobsters running the White House seems to have been exaggerated. Continue reading What’s Shakin’ On Shakedown Street

Adrastos, Music, Political Crack, The Darnold2 Comments

Big Yellow Trumpy

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” Continue reading Big Yellow Trumpy

Adrastos, Diary, Hurricane Katrina & Federal Flood, Music, Political Crack, The Darnold

Blue Monday

July 28, 2025July 28, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Random thoughts on a Monday morning. Musical commentary by Harry Belafonte, Tom Petty, Rodney Crowell, and New Order. Continue reading Blue Monday

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Political Crack, The Darnold1 Comment

Todd Blanche Is A Shyster

July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche takes performative MAGA lawyering to new depths of depravity. Continue reading Todd Blanche Is A Shyster

Jamie O, The Darnold2 Comments

In Deep Trump Country, Does Jeffrey Epstein Matter?

July 21, 2025July 21, 2025 JCO

A drive through dark red northcentral Pennsylvania got me thinking about the Trump-Epstein scandal. Continue reading In Deep Trump Country, Does Jeffrey Epstein Matter?

Adrastos, MAGA, Political Crack, The Darnold

The Bonfire Of The MAGA Vanities

July 21, 2025September 24, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

MAGA eats its own over the Epstein files. Continue reading The Bonfire Of The MAGA Vanities

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Legal Docket, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, Supreme Court, Television, The Darnold

Shecky’s Six Pack Of Links

July 17, 2025July 17, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Get your red hot links about politics, the law, Canada, and The Gilded Age Continue reading Shecky’s Six Pack Of Links

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, The Darnold

Saturday Odds & Sods: Walk This Road

July 12, 2025July 11, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Walk This Road

Climate Change, Jamie O, Political Crack, The Darnold2 Comments

No, The NWS Didn’t Blow The Texas Flood Forecast

July 7, 2025July 7, 2025 JCO

The event raises a lot of questions that need answers, but good luck with that given the Trump administration. Continue reading No, The NWS Didn’t Blow The Texas Flood Forecast

Adrastos, Malakatude, Political Crack, Television, The Darnold2 Comments

Malaka Of The Week: Joe Rogan

July 7, 2025July 7, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

The broverse malakatude, it burns. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Joe Rogan

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Immigration, Law/Justice, Political Crack, The Darnold1 Comment

The Alligator Alcatraz Abomination

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

It’s not just the cruelty, it’s the sadism. Continue reading The Alligator Alcatraz Abomination

Immigration, Jamie O, Political Crack, Propaganda, The Darnold1 Comment

The Big Bullshit Bill Is Awfully ICE-y

June 30, 2025 JCO

Massive increases in ICE’s budget in Trump’s bills should alarm all of us Continue reading The Big Bullshit Bill Is Awfully ICE-y

Adrastos, Bobby Junior, Congress, Language, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold

Last Day Of June

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

“Who calls the tune? Last day of June. Who speaks the truth? Last day of June. Who breaks the news?
Last day of June.”
Continue reading Last Day Of June

Jamie O, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, The Darnold

It’s Not Distractions, It’s Trumpism

June 27, 2025August 25, 2025 JCO

It’s all authoritarianism. It’s what they do. Continue reading It’s Not Distractions, It’s Trumpism

Adrastos, Film, Fog Of History, Malakatude, Political Crack, Sexism, The Darnold1 Comment

Assholery Is Not Strength 2.0

June 25, 2025June 25, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

John Wayne meets Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump. Continue reading Assholery Is Not Strength 2.0

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, The Darnold1 Comment

Trump’s March Of Folly

June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Who thinks bombing Iran is a good idea? The Kaiser of Chaos, that’s who. Continue reading Trump’s March Of Folly

Jamie O, Political Crack, Propaganda, So Called Liberal Media, The Darnold

No Kings In A Red Land

June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 JCO

Even in crimson-red Blair County, PA, lots of people gathered across America to thumb their nose at Trump while his birthday party flopped. Continue reading No Kings In A Red Land

Cassandra, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks, The Darnold

Flag Day Cometh

June 12, 2025 cassandraisright

Why do these fuckers keep coming back? Continue reading Flag Day Cometh

Cassandra, Political Crack, The Darnold

I Like DC in June, How About You?

June 11, 2025June 10, 2025 cassandraisright

Oh, yeah, and it might rain. Continue reading I Like DC in June, How About You?

Immigration, Jamie O, Political Crack, The Darnold1 Comment

What Is Really Happening In L.A.

June 9, 2025June 9, 2025 JCO

Don’t fall back on normal American distaste for protests and view them as automatically violent – that’s what Trump wants so he can kill. Continue reading What Is Really Happening In L.A.

Bobby Junior, Congress, COVID-19, Jamie O, Medicine, Political Crack, The Darnold

The Grim Reaper’s Party Of Choice

June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 JCO

The Republican Party has become a death cult. Continue reading The Grim Reaper’s Party Of Choice

Education, Jamie O, Political Crack, The Darnold

Feeling Under Siege By Stupidity

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 JCO

Life at a research university has turned into a nightmare created by morons. Continue reading Feeling Under Siege By Stupidity

Congress, Economy, Jamie O, Political Crack, Propaganda, The Darnold

The Big Beastly Bill

May 23, 2025May 23, 2025 JCO

Trump’s America is about to get a major screw job from their Dear Leader. Continue reading The Big Beastly Bill

Adrastos, Law/Justice, Political Crack, Stupid Republican Tricks, The Darnold

Shell Game

May 20, 2025May 20, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Former FBI Director’s Instagram post gets shelled by the Kaiser of Chaos and his moronic MAGA minions. Continue reading Shell Game

Cassandra, Political Crack, The Darnold

The Trump War On DEI: International Edition

May 14, 2025May 14, 2025 cassandraisright

I wish I were kidding, but the administration is telling other countries what they can’t do. Continue reading The Trump War On DEI: International Edition

Adrastos, Music, Political Crack, The Darnold

The Flight Song Dozen

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

A soundtrack for Trump’s plane bribe scandal. Continue reading The Flight Song Dozen

Cassandra, Political Crack, Sexism, The Darnold3 Comments

China Doll

May 7, 2025May 7, 2025 cassandraisright

The doll discourse is deliberately gendered to discredit legitimate criticism of the stupid tariffs. Continue reading China Doll

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Political Crack, The Darnold2 Comments

Birdbrain Of Alcatraz

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Convicted felon orders reopening of infamous prison 62 years after it closed. Continue reading Birdbrain Of Alcatraz

Bigotry, Jamie O, Political Crack, Propaganda, The Darnold1 Comment

Is Bullshit Contagious?

May 2, 2025 JCO

Can Trump infect society with his special brand of cruel, greedy nonsense? Continue reading Is Bullshit Contagious?

Adrastos, Elections, Political Crack, The Darnold1 Comment

Canada To Trump: STFU

April 29, 2025April 29, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Not everything sucks: Fuck yeah, Mark Carney. Continue reading Canada To Trump: STFU

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