Trump goes to Davos

As I just heard NBC’s Ali Velshi say, “Davos is Globalist Central.” So why is “America Firster” Donald Trump going there? Ostensibly, to be a salesman for his nationalist vision. “The president’s appearance is there to sell his accomplishments, to remind the world that we’re open for business, that we’re a competitive country,” [Gary] Cohn …

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Words matter, dammit

Note to Democrats and media: Do not use ever use “chain migration.” It’s a loaded right wing phrase like “death taxes.” The proper phrase for the provision, according to the Immigration Act of 1965, is “family reunification.” — Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) January 23, 2018 Alter is absolutely right. It’s bad enough to hear the media …

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Food fault!

At the risk of being judged insignificantly discerning about our fast food choices, I have a tale to relate. Occasionally we are (okay, I am) not interested in cooking dinner. This can occur because of my exhaustive labors during the day, my forgetfulness about thawing something from the freezer, or because nothing in the pantry …

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Kentucky Governor Bevin is a spoiled child

Bevin (do I have to tell you he’s a Republican?) has been trying to get rid of the Medicaid expansion put in place by his Democratic predecessor since the day he took office. He just issued an order that says if his newly-minted work requirement for able-bodied Medicaid recipients is thrown out by a court …

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Remember Mike Royko?

Via my Facebook friend Dave Von Ebers, here’s Mike Royko’s column dated April 5, 1968, the day after Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. FBI agents are looking for the man who pulled the trigger and surely they will find him. But it doesn’t matter if they do or they don’t. They can’t catch …

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Incoming missile? Eek!

As you’ve no doubt heard by now, we found an inadvertent warning of an incoming ballistic missile on our cellphones this morning at 8:07 AM. It took 38 minutes for an acknowledgment that it was pushed in error to our phones. For many people it was a very scary 40 minutes. People huddled in their …

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