Tag Archives: booing

We tend to forget because of the big crowds, but Donald Trump is incredibly unpopular

By Mark | September 24, 2020

It did my heart good to see this today… It’s good to be reminded every now and then that, while Donald Trump’s supporters are very loud and visible, they aren’t everywhere, and there’s a reason why, for the most part, we only see the president standing in front on rallies, where all those in attendance […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020 election, Donald Trump, Lock Her Up, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, unpopularity, vote him out, Washington | 84 Comments

Five things about the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

By Mark | October 27, 2019

In the early morning hours of May 2, 2011, a U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group, as part of an operation code-named Neptune Spear, entered a fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and executed Osama bin Laden, the head of the Islamist terrorist group Al-Qaeda. In a televised announcement later that day, a sober Barack Obama […]

Posted in Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Abbottabad, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, al Qaeda, assassination, Barack Obama, baseball, chants, credit, crying, Donald Trump, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Idlib, ISIS, Kurds, lock him up, Mike Pence, Navy SEALS, Neptune Spear, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Russia, screaming, September 11, Situation Room, Syria, terrorism, threats to Democracy, Washington Nationals, whimpering, William McRaven, World Series | 67 Comments

I’m through giving Texas the benefit of the doubt

By Mark | April 23, 2009

A few days ago, we were talking here on the site about the Governor of Texas, and some comments that he had made concerning the possibility of secession. I think I mentioned at the time that I’d be all for it, given the good folks of Austin were given enough time to pack their belongings […]