And what does the mayor of South Bend, Indiana have to offer in his bid for president? Sure, he’s smart — brilliant, even; Mayor Pete’s a Rhodes Scholar who speaks at least eight languages — but what does the openly gay mayor of a podunk Indiana town really have to offer the country? Quite a lot, as it happens; read on and I’ll tell you. (more…)
F&L: Tulsi Gabbard and the Spirit of Aloha
If you’re into identity politics, there’s no denying this candidate is the most individually diverse. She’s Samoan-Asian-Polynesian-European-American (among other things), is Hindu and a vegan, and is running for president as a champion of the Aloha Spirit. She’s met with Modi and Assad, resigned from office to go to war for her country, opposes regime change wars but believes fervently in hunting down and destroying terrorists wherever they are, and is presently a major in the Hawaii National Guard.
Not your everyday hippie peacenik. (more…)
F&L: Amy Klobuchar and the Klobucharmy
Our second-most-famous Slovenian-American is running for president, and I happen to think she’d do a fine job. She’s intelligent, witty, thoughtful, and has scads of policy expertise. She also, and quite famously, does not suffer fools gladly.
Perhaps you can see why I like her. (more…)
Fear and Loathing 2020: An Introduction
How many more of these goddamn elections are we going to have to write off as lame but “regrettably necessary” holding actions? And how many more of these stinking double-downer sideshows will we have to go through before we can get ourselves straight enough to put together some kind of national election that will give me and the forty million people I tend to agree with a chance to vote for something, instead of always being faced with that old familiar choice between the lesser of two evils?
—Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72
Hunter is dead, and I’m not him. Now we’ve got through the bad news, let’s take a good hard look at what’s changed in the past 48 years.
OK; I lied: We’re not through with the bad news. (more…)
Impeachment: Day Zero
It is the editorial policy of The Not Fake News to avoid covering things that you’ll hear about anyway unless what you’re going to hear is wrong.
In this instance, the danger is that you’ll have long since overloaded before you get to the essentials, so I’m going to kick you those. I’m limiting myself to matters of fact (more…)
Non-Hippie Climate-Science Resources
Greetings! I sincerely hope you have some doubts about climate change because this compiled list of resources is for you! This is your short composition of non-hippie, non-naive, climate-science resources.
Do note that these resources have several subsections that you can peruse. Many have an FAQ section that can help answer misperceptions and common questions. I cannot possibly link every part in one short article, and frankly, if you needed me to that for you, then I have to ask: what are you doing on the interwebz, and how did you find this? The point is this is merely a directory of road maps. The traveling is up to you.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA has several sections of its public website devoted to answering common questions about the topic. https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
Need resources for kids? NASA has got your six: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/
NASA also has as a YouTube channel dedicated…
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The Warren – Sanders Spat
I don’t normally do this.
My serious political writing may not appear in national publications, but I still follow the rules of journalistic ethics as best I can. Verification is two independent sources; direct quotes are desired; hard evidence is necessary before I go to press. As a result, I’ve achieved a curious distinction, somewhat unique in this age: I’m not often mistaken, and when I’m biased I tell you.
In this case, I’ve got no (more…)
It’s Trump, God Help Us
It’s January 16, 2020, and I’m calling the election. It’s Trump, God help us.
I had this revelation not during the debates on the 14th, when it became apparent CNN’s production staff was attempting to provoke a fight between Warren and Sanders by asking carefully orchestrated questions. It wasn’t on the 15th when they released a private hot-mike conversation that immediately followed the debate. No, it’s when (more…)
How A-1 Got Its Name, And Other Tall Tales
No meme is safe.
“So in the middle of the Civil War,” it says, “someone was like, You know what this country needs? A delicious steak sauce.”
And therein hangs a tale.
See, back in the day, the armies didn’t generally carry enough food (more…)
The Not Fake News Update, 12 Jan 20
And, because we’ve already “broken the seal”, as Brittany might say, here’s The Not Fake News Update for 12 January 2020 — a Sunday, no less.
All the things you haven’t heard about:
– Protests in Haiti are starting up again after the holidays. You might not have heard about them before the holidays; that’s because they’ve been going on for years. I blame the United States, and specifically Bill Clinton. (more…)
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