Sometimes the Barbwire writes itself and reduces your humble scribe to the role of stenographer. Herewith examples of self-satirical moral obtuseness. JUNGLE JIM’S GENDER GAP. I got an e-mail on Nov. 8 from (I’m not making this up) “Assemblywoman Jim Wheeler,” R-Douglas County, Nevada’s most high profile if not most intelligent freedom loving racist. (“I’d vote for slavery … [Read more...]
Strike 3: Washoe transit workers walk off again
Because this paper will hit the press in the wee hours of Tuesday, the Tribune will scoop most of the western world about the transit strike that’s going to hit today. Just before deadline on Monday, almost all unionized employees of the Washoe bus system voted down the foreign contractor/employer’s deal with 9 out of 10 workers voting no. The foreign contractor wanted … [Read more...]
Pitchforks, torches, mensches, tar & feathers
If you’d like to see Assemblyman Jim Wheeler controlling 10 percent of the Nevada State Senate for the next dozen years, your fondest dreams are a major step closer to coming true. (OK, so it’s not quite 10 percent, just 9.5, two senators out of 21. But hey, we’re talking government where rounding off is an art form.) Mr. Wheeler, R-Douglas/Lyon/Storey, gained international … [Read more...]
Medflies, Flyweights and President Pelosi
Czar Donaldov is now learning the harsh lesson that California Gov. Jerry Brown experienced the hard way in his 1970s incarnation: There are some problems that press releases can’t solve. Jerry Brown, the former governor’s kid, set the template for modern executive leadership. When presented with a problem, the correct response is to ignore it and hope it goes away. Kinda … [Read more...]
Trump’s Blackrobes: Humpty Dumpty Homotextuals
“When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you CAN make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master. That’s all.” -- Lewis Carroll Last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine presented required reading for every civics, law, social … [Read more...]
Bernie or Bust, Dolores a Must
The impervious cycles of American history predicted a 2016 Republican victory as I wrote in February of that year with 17 candidates in the GOP race and Donald Trump a joke. They likewise predict a Democratic win this November. As the old saying goes, Democrats don’t win elections, Republicans lose them. The Elephantines are well on their way. But the capacity for snatching … [Read more...]
Czars Donaldov & Nixon win Democratic Caucus
“When your enemy is destroying himself, never interfere.” * I’m certain that King Donald never read Napolean but Richard Nixon certainly did and Trump is doing a pretty good imitation. Nixon’s racist divide-and-conquer southern strategy, upon which he hung the euphemism “law and order,” broke the Democratic base electing an re-electing him. Trump has long been doing … [Read more...]
Springtime for Fat Cats & Unburied Hatchets
USELESS BANK RIDES AGAIN. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristoff published a story in the NYTimes two weeks ago about US Bank firing employees for being good Samaritans after the bank ripped off customer money. Some poor lout had his account mistakenly frozen and his paycheck funds were not released when they said they would. He spent hours trying to unfreeze … [Read more...]