After watching two days of Lev Parnas’ stunning Ukraine scandal revelations, a good friend asked me, “But do any influential Republicans care about truth and upholding their vows???”
That got me thinking and thinking and thinking…are there any?
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Lev saves America!
After watching Lev Parnas’ inteview on Rachel Maddow’s show, I couldn’t help thinking back to an Around the Block I wrote in September 2019 called, “Impeachment Smoking Gun: Tapes, then; Whistleblower complaint now?”
Read on to see the parallels.
Dem Primaries: Debates, “meh;” Process, “AWFUL”
I watched the Democratic presidential debate from Des Moines last night. I’m not going to comment on who won and who lost; that’s the job of the score-keeping pundits and talking heads. But I am going to comment on the process the Democratic National Committee is using to pick a candidate.
While it’s still not funny, maybe we can have a little fun
While it’s still not funny, with Trump and his toadies, you can’t help but make fun.
CES is always a wonder; but do we really need this stuff?
News with a Twist
Consumer Electronics show should be subtitled, Robots ‘R Us. We report if there are any good ones and scoop what will be next year’s CES star robotic product!
Note to Nancy Pelosi: Subpoena Bolton
It’s clear that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s strategy to negotiate with the Senate to establish the rules for the impeachment trial before she releases the House Articles of Impeachment is not going to work. Majority leader Mitch McConnell has the 51 votes to block any pre-trial guidelines, including calling witnesses and introducing documents (AKA “evidence”) that were blocked during the House hearings.
It’s Not Funny Anymore!
Commentary
Andy Borowitz’s The Borowitz Report – Not the News satirized President Trump’s escalating conflict with Iran today. Here’s the problem – what Trump did, how he did it and how he’s following up on it, is not funny.
Times Op-Ed: “Republican Women Are in Crisis”
thor and historian Nancy L. Cohen penned an Op-Ed in the New York Times entitled, “Republican Women Are in Crisis,” in which she opined, “In the past 10 years, they (Republican women) have become an endangered species on the political stage.”
Around the Block travels to Japan (Part 2)
Travel Commentary
Tokyo. Our home away from home. Rebuilt from the rubble of World War II, Tokyo is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is both ancient and modern…
Press Agents I Have Known by Groucho Marx
Flashback
For all you Groucho Marx fans out there, a wonderful piece of New Yorker history from 1929.
Around the Block 