Category Archives: Ayn Rand’s Grave

Rudderless Republicans

Posted on December 18, 2020 by tengrain

The Dumbest Multi Millionaire in the Senate: Sen. Ron Johnson blocks Hawley bill proposing $1,200 stimulus checks Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Friday objected to Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-Mo.) motion to pass a bill via unanimous consent that would provide … Continue reading →

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The Deficit Hawks Return to Old San Juan

Posted on November 30, 2020 by tengrain

Just like the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano, so too have the Deficit Hawks returned to Wingnuttia after gorging at the public trough: The Hill: Republicans are preparing to reembrace their inner deficit hawks after greenlighting big spending bills … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayn Rand's Grave, tax reform, Taxes | 8 Comments

The Miracle of the Trump Economy

Posted on October 17, 2020 by tengrain

W$J: U.S. Budget Gap Tripled to Record $3.1 Trillion in Fiscal 2020, Treasury Says “The U.S. budget deficit tripled to a record $3.1 trillion in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 as the government battled the global coronavirus pandemic … Continue reading →

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Very Fine People, Cont.

Posted on October 10, 2020 by tengrain

I don’t like amplifying domestic terrorists (Wolverines!), but these White Nationalist doofuses, who used Facebook to organize, naturally, their attempted kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, have such interesting friends: h/t to @AaronParseghian of our sister station in Grand Rapids. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayn Rand's Grave, Domestic Terrorism, racism, White Punks on Dope | 17 Comments

Stimulate This: Rudderless Republicans in Dissaray

Posted on July 24, 2020 by tengrain

Bullshit Barbie has a scold for the many states that returned to bidness as usual too early: “Some of these states blew through our criteria, blew through our phases and they opened up some of the industries a little too … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayn Rand's Grave, Feast of Saint Ronnie, Kellyanne 'Bullshit Barbie' Conway, The Miracle of the Trump Economy | 15 Comments

The Terrible Sand Kingdom of Arizonastan: ‘You’re On Your Own’

Posted on June 16, 2020 by tengrain

Well, that’s throwing in the towel: Arizona Governor Doug Ducey said on Thursday that Arizonans need to learn to live with the coronavirus. The Republican governor was responding to recent reports that the state was seeing an uptick in COVID-19 … Continue reading →

Posted in Arizonastan, Ayn Rand's Grave, Crazeee States, Distancing, masks, Pandemics, Shelter-in-Place, Shut Yo Mouth Fools, Things that will kill us all, Wash Yo Hands Fools | 11 Comments

Faux Libertarian Worried About Law Suits From Lynching

Posted on June 5, 2020 by tengrain

Schrödinger’s Senator, the physics paradox known in this dimension as Rand Paul, a man from the multiverse where anything is possible including being elected in the 2016 Goat Rodeo and being elected to the Senate or both or neither can … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayn Rand's Grave, Black Lives Matter, Crazeee States, Kentucky, racism, Rand 'Schrödinger's Senator' Paul, White Punks on Dope | 10 Comments

Making a Killing, Part Infinity

Posted on May 5, 2020 by tengrain

Our quote of the morning comes to us from Salon (Digby!): Meanwhile, Hassett and Kudlow were telling Trump he needed to get the economy open no matter what. And Trump heard from his favorite outside advisers Arthur Laffer, Steve Forbes … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayn Rand's Grave, Feast of Saint Ronnie, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Pandemics, Stephan Moore, The Miracle of the Trump Economy | 6 Comments

The Miracle of the Trump Economy, Cont.

Posted on April 30, 2020 by tengrain

Another 3.8M Americans filed for unemployment this past week, which brings the total to [checks notes] a metric shit-ton of unemployed people, more than 30 million. Axios Alert: 3.8 million people filed for unemployment last week, the Labor Department announcedThursday. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayn Rand's Grave, Feast of Saint Ronnie, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper, Pandemics, The Miracle of the Trump Economy | 16 Comments

Special Delivery

Posted on April 10, 2020 by tengrain

The Hill: Postmaster General Megan Brennan told the House Oversight and Reform Committee that the U.S. Postal Service would run out of money by the end of the fiscal year unless it received financial assistance from the federal government. Brennan noted the Postal … Continue reading →

Posted in Ayn Rand's Grave, Lord Damp Nut, The Russian Usurper | 7 Comments