Florida woman, boxer wrangler and football hooligan currently deep-fat frying something in a humid swamp somewhere.
It’s impossible for this American NOT to envy Canada it’s nerdily handsome prime minister. Unlike the orange fart cloud stinking up our Oval Office, Trudeau is capable of stringing together a coherent sentence and doesn’t seem to hate women, minority groups, immigrants or foreigners. But this, which came to my attention via the Twitter, is […]
Here is the beautiful and intelligent Daisy: She’s a complicated beast: the smartest dog I’ve ever known, and yet she has horrible, illiberal habits. I once had to put her in a choke hold and pry a yorkie’s head out of her jaws. Oh well. We’re eating leftover lasagna and watching “The Young Pope.” My […]
The New York Times has the latest scoop: WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, has asked the White House for documents about some of President Trump’s most scrutinized actions since taking office, including the firing of his national security adviser and F.B.I. director, according to White House officials. Mr. Mueller is also […]
It’s hell in Puerto Rico now. Via WaPo: Hurricane Maria hammers Puerto Rico with force not seen in ‘modern history’ SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria churned across Puerto Rico Wednesday as the most powerful storm to strike the island in more than 80 years, knocking out power and water to nearly the entire […]
This mockingbird rested briefly on my wrecked banana trees earlier: She looks weary but determined, which is why I assume she’s a “she.” Horrible news out of Mexico City. I hope, unlike last time, Twitler is able to scare up a satellite phone to communicate with Mexico’s president before several days elapse. Or not. Mexico’s […]
I couldn’t bear to watch the speech live. Trump could read MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech and ruin it with his horrible snuffling and fake-tough-guy patois. Saw a couple of clips on Twitter. This one seems to be getting the most attention: Trump, referring to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un: “Rocket man is on […]
I know there’s a series of acute global and national crises brewing. There’s climate change, which may have flung hurricanes and typhoons across the oceans like so many martial arts stars targeting our vulnerable coastlines. And the quickening investigation into the role a foreign power played in installing a racist, sexist, xenophobic demagogue in the […]
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