we've tried the little paddle boards. next the pots and pans

why i am down on democracy this morning

it seems we were always just a few votes away from electing the kind of barbarian who would burn western civilization to the ground.

New Orleans murders in february?

Unless there was a massacre last night we got through february with only 2 murders.

Murders were also down in January, even counting the terrorist truck assault.

Adan Mazano, a Kansas City reporter for the super bowl, was murdered in Kenner and would not count, even though there are a few lurid details and the "person of interest is "the bourbon street hustler."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/new-orleans-bourbon-street-hustler-suspect-in-super-bowl-reporter-death-may-be-tied-to-2nd-fatality-police/ar-AA1z8Vyn?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Congrats to all who refrained from killing their spouses, victims, and competitors last month. keep up the good work.

robert reich coffee klatch for 2/22/25

sec reich talks to the fired director of cfpb, it is hopeful.

anti trump doj defense strategy

if i were targeted by the doj or kash patel i think i would announce that i was running for president and could not be bothered by their lawfare.

shadow cabinet?

i like the idea of having prominent democrats speak each day on the latest atrocities. pete buttigieg has been mentioned and i whole heartedly agree.

but why not a shadow cabinet with the best democrat available commenting on appropriate issues. pete, of course, but

why not wesley clark on nato/defense?
tony blinken on foreign affairs?
al gore on government organization and the environment?
jon bel edwards or general honore on disaster response?

get them up front. answer the questions and show how stupid these maga are on a daily basis.

democrats for senate?

a wild card is the new party primary elections, insuring we would have a run off, and a dem in the run off.

(the jungle primary would have resulted in a run off between incumbent maga lite cassidy and maga heavy fleming)

a major democrat (i'm talking to you, jon bel edwards) has an opportunity to beat either of them in a run off.

any other possibilities? the repubs are going to beat each other up in their primary, this is an opportunity for a democrat to take a seat

pardons that would not surprise me

dylan roof, shooter at emanuel baptist church is on federal death row. no doubt he is a young man from a good family with a bright future in maga america

eric rudolph. bomber of clinics, gay bars and the olympics is a folk hero for trump's base.

james alex fields. one of the "good people" at charlottesville. drove his car into a peaceful crowd killing heather heyer. heyer, of course was viciously maligned on social media and state legislatures passed several laws legalizing use of motor vehicles against protesters

any white collar criminal with a million in loose change

sam bankman fried comes to mind but trump already has an ambassador to bahamas.

i'm sure there arme any more.

hell, ms gen x

this is the nursing home.

your mother's medicaid payment will not be made by the government this month, so unless you show up by noon friday with this month's payment we will have to wheel your mother into the parking lot.

can we expect to see you here by then?

to locate a lost smart phone ? who do i call??