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It's all coronavirus and Joe Biden this week. We're all gonna die. Or not.
In a wide-ranging conversation Dale and Michael discuss the Democratic Debates, Philosophy, 'Yes, Prime Minister', and YouTube.
We start off with usual fare of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, et al., but the core bit is looking at Trump's attempt to woo black voters to his campaign.
Bernie did well in the Iowa Caucuses--as far as we can tell--and looks strong in NH--making him the front-runner. I hope you're ready for Democratic Socialism.
The Trump impeachment is essentially over. This round, anyway. But the final vote won't be until Wednesday. They day after the Iowa Caucuses, because Cocaine Mitch. The cornoavirus is spreading. Here's hoping we dont get a repeat of 1918.
The Trump impeachment moves towards its inevitable conclusion: Acquittal. Boris Johnson delivered on Brexit.
Virginia seems intent on creating a civil war over guns. Trump's impeachment managers have been named. And a reporter got offended by being outed as a liberal hack.
Iran denies shooting down a Ukrainian passenger liner, but everyone knows they're lying. The nteresting thing has been seeing how many people are willing to jumpt to Iran's defense. Mitch McConnel called Nancy Pelosi's bluff, and scheduled a Se
This Iranian IRG General, Qassem Soleimani, was in Iraq this week. He orchestrated an attack on the US Embassay, while in the midst of plotting a coup in Iraq with an Iranian-backed militia there. The US droned him to death, along with some of
The House held a wierd vote to continue the impeachment inquiry, which is not a formal impeachment inquiry.This will probably turn out well, despite the incompetent buffoonery that seems to characterize both sides of the impechment argument. Me
Donald Trump either did, or did not commit an impeachable offense by asking about investigating the 2016 election and also mentioning Joe Biden. US companies are going out of their way to kowtow to China. Elizabeth Warren's story about being fi
After a two-week hiatus, we try to catch up with everything that's happened since we last spoke. Nancy Pelosi announced that the Congress has started an "Impeachment Inquiry", which is different than an Impeachment Inquiry, which is where congr
The Democrats had an interminable debate this week, the upshot of which was: Kamala Harris believes that if the Constitution says "No, you can't", then the best response is "Yes, we can"; Beto O'Rourke says "Hell yes, we are coming for your AR-
Hurricane Dorian did NOT destroy Alabama as the president predicted, launching Sharpiegate by the Media. The Democrats seem to have hit on a winning campaign slogan for 2020: No Cars, No Meat, No Guns. Everyone is excited to see how well that p
James Comey, was not referred for prosecution by the FBI's inspector general, though the IG report did note that he broke FBI policy on the release of classified information. Comey declared this to be complete exoneration. We learned this week
Bruce is away again, but Dale and Michael took up the slack, discussing the Trade War that President Trump escalated via tweet on Friday. In addition, he said he was ordering companies to start shutting down their business with China. The Dow d
With Bruce out of the picture, Dale and Michael careened from one topic to another with little to link them, other than a suspicion that we aren't a very happy country. Liz Warren and Kamala Harris both recalled the "murder" of Michael Brown. J
A CNN contributor this week explained how Trump's announcement that we were keeping the US flag at half-staff until Aug 8 was a secret Nazi message. Kamala Harris will eliminate the filibuster when she becomes...president? Liz Warren mourned th
Robert Mueller testified before Congress about the special prosecutors's investigation this week. During his testimony, he learned a number of details from his report, about which he was previously unaware. Boris Johnson became the new Prime Mi
Just when the establishment Democrats and AOC's squad were about fo get into a knife fight, Donald Trump inserted himself into the situation. The Progressive left continues to spiral out of control. Our politics is just awful.
Jeffrey Epstien was arrested on a number of charges related to, but separate from, his earlier kid-touching conviction. Who else will get caught up in this net? Other than Secretary of Labor Acosta, who was essentially forced out of office for
Donald Trump had a July 4th celebration in the capitol, featuring the military, tanks, and aircraft flybys, which has never happened before in the entire history of the Republic. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez seeks media camera attention at a rate th
After a couple of weeks away due to medical issues, we're back! The Democrats had their presidential debate. They want to give everything away for free. Especially if you're an immigrant. We didn't go t war with Iran, so that's a good thing. Ma
Special Counsel Robert Mueller went on national TV to say he couldn't find evidence to support a prosecution of President Trump. He continued by saying that he couldn't prove Trump didn't commit a crime. That was about one sentence too far, as
Attorney General Bill Barr now has authority to declassify all the records about the Mueller collusion investigation, and its origins. This should be interesting. Theresa May had one job as Great Britain's Prime Minister. She failed. Now it's s
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