America
He’s Baaack
So………… 20/1/25 was Trump’s inauguration. It was also likely his apotheosis – the vertex of Trumpness, the culmination of years of struggle. It’s hard to believe it could get any more glorious for him than [more…]
Donald J. Trump
America
The Inauguration
So what is this inauguration thingy they all keep on about. I suppose everyone knows it happens on January 20th but what exactly happens. I make a possibly futile attempt to explain something about it. [more…]
America
Inauguration Day Approaches
Monday the 20th January 2025 sees the inauguration of Donald J Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America. Following the 78-year-old Republican’s third election victory last November 9th, Trump will be [more…]
America
The Donald – an Update
After the stunning victory of Donald J Trump in the US Presidential election, what has he been up to. Normally this is the time when the transition teams start hammering out the details of the [more…]
Authoritarianism
Anarcho-Tyranny
Ed. NB Sent in BE (Before Elon). 10+ years ago, I was totally disinterested in politics, and my get-out clause was “they’re all the same”. The Brexit vote stirred me to get more interested and [more…]
America
Will the Donald, Elon, and Vivek Succeed?
In a previous post titled “Why Does Government Always Make the Same Economic Mistakes?” I quoted Judicial Watch CEO Tom Fitton. Regarding another matter he said that the way to predict future behavior is to [more…]
America
He’s not even in office yet
The news out of the White House that Joe Biden didn’t actually do anything during his four year term, for example only 9 cabinet meetings and you had to provide him with written questions and [more…]
America
Army vs Navy
Bear with me Puffins. Murcan fitba. Have patience, your sanity will be preserved. Most of us have probably heard of the NFL and their Superbowl. Well you can forget that. There is another league of [more…]
America
Faithless Electors
Most of this article comes from Stickypedia though I did a fair bit of cross checking. We have just witnessed a US Presidential election and it was all about Electoral College votes. 539 are up [more…]