Category: Mitch McConnell

• Republicans Are Like Movie Monsters – But Way More Evil

  I can claim a certain “insider knowledge” where movie monsters are concerned. I’m no expert in them but I have put words in the mouths of a few name brand movie monsters: Freddy Krueger, He Who Walks Behind The Rows and the Crypt Keeper. In order to do that, I’ve had to get “intimate” with […]

  A L Katz

  June 14, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Showbiz Stories, The Nature of Evil

  Bond Villains, Freddy Krueger, Kevin McCarthy, Lauren Boebert, Libertarians, Liz Cheney, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Movie Monsters, Polio, Post Polio Syndrome, The Crypt Keeper, Wayne Lapierre

• What White Guys Really Mean By “Replacement Theory” Is “We Can’t Compete”

  I have to admit that when white supremacist Nazi sympathizer marched through Charlottesville back in 2017 chanting “Jews will not replace us”, I was baffled. As Jonathan Sarna (scholar of American Jewish history, modern Judaism and Israel studies at Brandeis University) points out, “Jews are barely replacing themselves, let alone the white population as a […]

  A L Katz

  May 19, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Branding, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Mitch McConnell, Rule of Law, Treason

  Brandeis University, Charlottesville, Guns Germs & Steel, Jared Diamond, Kabuki, Mission Accomplished, Old Boys Club, Pathogens, Replacement Theory, White Supremacists

• Greetings From Sparky -The Dog That Chased The Car – And Caught It!

  Hi there! Sparky’s the name (I’m sparked by my faith that feelings are always better than facts!) and I am the dog that just caught the car! Yessirree, I am the wind beneath the wings of fifty years of hope that cynically pivoted from fighting desegregation (when that fight failed) to caring ardently about “saving […]

  A L Katz

  May 8, 2022

  Branding, Corruption, Culture, Feminism, Freedom, Healthcare, Mitch McConnell, Religion

  Bi-polar, Conservatives, Desegregation, Dog who caught the car, Feelings v Facts, Kibble, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, Right Wing Money, Roe v Wade, Rule of Law, Squyirrels

• The Anti-Abortion Crowd Just Got Their Wish And, Boy, Are They Gonna Regret It

  As my old pal the Crypt Keeper used to say – with a darkly delighted cackle – “Be careful what you wish for, kiddies, you might just get it!” The conservatives have used the “pro-life” movement as their stalking horse. Conservatives couldn’t give a fly eff about anyone else’s life. If they knock someone up […]

  A L Katz

  May 3, 2022

  Corruption, Culture, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Religion, Republicanism, SCOTUS, Trump

  Bussing, Conservatives, Crypt Keeper, Evangelicals, Jimmy Carter, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, Paul Weyrich, Roe v Wade, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Tales From The Crypt

• False Equivalence Journalism & The Death Of American Democracy

  On June 2, 2016, Eric Alterman wrote a piece for The Nation – “How False Equivalence Is Distorting The 2016 Election Coverage” – that he could just as well have written this morning about how America’s news media are covering Election 2022. Not only has nothing changed in the way our news media covers elections, […]

  A L Katz

  April 28, 2022

  American News Media, Barack Obama, Corruption, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Trump

  Benefit of the doubt, Both Sides Do It, Climate Denial, Eric Alterman, False Equivalence, Gray Lady, Grievance, Hillary Clinton, New York Times, The Nation, Ukraine, Washinigton Post

• Literal Pages Ripped From “The Conservative Playbook”

  It’s not a coincidence that conservatives are far, far better at marching in lock step than liberals or progressives – or even independents. Across cultures, conservatism produces better goose-steppers than progressivism ever could even on progressivism’s very “best day”. It all comes down to the Playbook. Conservatives have one while progressives and independents don’t. That’s […]

  A L Katz

  April 17, 2022

  American News Media, Barack Obama, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Conservatism, Conservatives, Cynicism, E Pluribus Unum, Monotheism, Originalism, Permanent Minority Rule, Voice Of God, White Supremacy, Will Rogers

• “Putin Pays Rohrbacher And Trump – Swear To God!” Should Have Been The END Of Donald Trump

  When the complete history of our era finally gets written, I betcha one of the things future generations shake their heads at is how we allowed Donald Trump to be a free man for most of his life. Keep in mind, that history will be written long after every treasonous Republican who enabled, supported or […]

  A L Katz

  April 2, 2022

  American News Media, Bill Barr, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2016, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Robert Mueller, Rule of Law, Russia, Second Amendment, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  Bullying, exo planets, History, Kevin McCarthy, Merrick Garland, Mexicans Are Rapists, NRA, Pussy grabbing, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Putin Pays Trump, Racism, Sense Of Humor

• Is Corruption Some Sort Of “Super Power”?

  Consider corruption’s remarkable power to destroy everything good in a heartbeat. Consider how hard it is for good to wipe out corruption. Now, corruption itself is just an abstract idea – it’s greed asserting itself in some form or another – wanting more for oneself than one is entitled to. More money, more power, more […]

  A L Katz

  March 31, 2022

  Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Putin's War, Republicanism, Robert Mueller, Russia, SCOTUS, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  Boris Yeltsin, Corruption, Cyber World War One, DNA, Donald Trump, Ginni Thomas, Greed, Mother Russia, Putin, Steele Dossier, Super Power, Trump Tower Moscow

• If “Both Sides” Really Did “Do It”, Republicans Would Already Be Extinct

  Republicans play to win. Democrats play to play. That’s always been the key difference between us. One side cares only about the results while the other thinks the process is equally important. Consequently, while Democrats insist on playing by the rules (even if it puts the rules in harm’s way) Republicans are the ones actively […]

  A L Katz

  March 30, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Climate Change, Corruption, Culture, Cyber War, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  Both Sides Do It, Climate Science, CNN, Cynicism, Framing, MSNBC, Political Extinction, Political Lens, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Skepticism, The Treason Party, Watergate

• Fact: If Not For Russia, Donald Trump Would NEVER Have Been POTUS

  Russia’s road to war in Ukraine started in Washington, DC – on the day the Republican Party officially hitched its wagon (its whole brand in fact!) to Donald Trump’s. That wasn’t July 19, 2016 the day the GOP officially nominated Trump; the nomination was merely the prettified coronation of a traitor. No, the day the […]

  A L Katz

  March 28, 2022

  Bill Barr, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Mitch McConnell, Putin's War, Rule of Law, Russia, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump