Month: December 2025
Former Senator Sasse announces terminal cancer.
Ben Sasse, who I liked … a lot. Very solid, principled man who tangled with Trump. He is 53 and has stage 4 pancreatic cancer Ben Sasse, a Republican former senator from Nebraska and a former president of the University of Florida, announced on Tuesday that he had received a diagnosis of terminal Stage 4 … Read more
Uh oh. Jim Beam shutting down one of it’s distilleries for a year
“Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is grappling with a massive supply and a slump in demand, according to the Lexington Herald Leader.” Not in my house. No slump in demand. Kentucky bourbon giant shifts operations to another facility while investing in Clermont site enhancements The James B. Beam Distilling Co. said in a statement that … Read more
WSJ: New class of “battleship” to be named after you know who.
Hahaha. Trump manages to top this posting from yesterday – “7 Other Things Trump Is Naming After Himself “ The new vessels, which the president calls battleships, will be latest in what the White House envisions as a ‘Golden Fleet’ “We’re desperately in need of ships,” Trump said. “Some of them have gotten old and … Read more
CBS: WH economic Advisor Hassett – 2K tariff checks “depend on Congress”
Kevin Hassett (who I like) interviewed on CBS. Trump bamboozles the Democrats again – like with no taxes on tips who is going to vote against a reimbursement or rebate to non- high income earners with money from the tariffs? And according to Hassett (see below) the budget deficit is dropping. Director of the National … Read more
Sunday wordle – an Ace!
Yay! Haven’t had one of these in awhile.
“7 Other Things Trump Is Naming After Himself “
From BB’s mouth to God’s ear. Especially like #’s 3 & 4. Donald Trump loves Donald Trump. And who can blame him? That’s why it’s super cool and not at all strange that the iconic Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is being renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center. But this is only the beginning. Here are … Read more
NYT: “Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich”
Even though I can’t stand all the coverage of Jeffrey Epstein – he’s dead, who cares – of course it’s politically motivated to find dirt on Trump – this article on his early years is amazing. A huge amount of digging went into it by the Times reporters. It is a long feature to read … Read more