BurningbirdThink the two parties are the same? Think again.
People are angry because 8 Democratic Senators voted with Republicans to pass a continuing resolution and re-open the government. The measure now goes to the House where, if Johnson remembers where he left the key to open the doors, it’s likely to pass. Democrats are furious with the Democrats who joined with the Republicans. Oh, […]
My Dad, who was a Republican, would have liked Tim Walz. He would have liked Walz’s plain speaking. He would have admired his bluntness, especially when Walz says that a woman’s right to choose is none of our damn business. He would have liked it because that’s exactly what my Dad used to say. When […]
Well, we lucked out. Debby was slow moving, which wasn’t good. But it degraded over land. Better yet, it grabbed and incorporated a dry air mass that kept most of the heavier overnight rain away. We lost power, so I don’t have an accurate rain measurement from my system. However, according to the University of […]
A whole lot changed since my last defense of President Biden. Last week he decided to step down from his re-election attempt and put all his support behind his VP, Kamala Harris. Democrats came together behind Kamala Harris in enthusiastic numbers I haven’t seen in a long, long time. Within two days, she had enough […]
The St. Louis PD headline reads Missouri Republicans debate whether Greitens should stay or go. The debate is centered around revelations of the Greitens’ affair, and especially whether he photographed a bound, blindfolded woman and threatened blackmail. Of course, discussions about kicking out a Republican in charge are not new this year. They happen all […]