A Few for Wednesday

 After a week of suspense, Scott Colom has officially won the US Senate seat for Mississippi, thus increasing the Democrats' margin in the that body.

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An obituary of sorts to note is the death of Salon magazine, which in its early years supplied a lifeline for many of us distressed with the Republicans' witch hunt of Bill and Hillary Clinton.  It also exposed then-Representative Henry Hyde for the womanizing hypocrite he was, to say nothing of Newt Gingrich's antics.

The discussion board, Table Talk, was perhaps the best discussion board ever on the web.  I never bothered  with The Well, so I have no comparison to make.  As it was, Table Talk was the best in the late 1990s until at least Bush v. Gore.  

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Among the notable places to visit on this Veterans Day was in Washington, D.C. with this satirical statue of Trump:

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Pete Hegseth got his ass chewed out today:

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A Few for Tuesday

 Obit:  Actor Stacy Keach,  85, known for roles on television and on the big screen but had his greatest notoriety as a world-class Shakespearean actor,  died at his home in Poland after battling heart issues for many years.

Snip:

Walter Stacy Keach Jr. was born on June 2, 1941, in Savannah, Georgia, where his father taught drama at Armstrong Junior College. The family moved to Pasadena, and Keach graduated from Van Nuys High School in 1959. (His dad had signed as a contract player with Universal.)

Keach studied theater at the University of California, Berkeley and between semesters worked with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He then won a scholarship to the Yale School of Drama and then a Fulbright Scholarship, which brought him to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

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Interesting he had connections with Ashland, Oregon's, Shakespeare Festival.

He was all over the 1959 Van Nuys High School yearbook, his senior yearbook.  He was known as Stacy even then.  He didn't look that much different in high school, just younger. He was involved in a lot of activities in his high school.  As  a senior, he appeared in the school play, "Good Bye, My Fancy."

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Predictably, House Republicans turned chickenshit regarding the attempted impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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A Few Reads for Monday

 Hegseth is the subject for articles of impeachment thanks to outgoing Republican representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky.  Furthermore, this article shows Hegseth was an outright weirdo and embarrassment as head of the Department of Defense.

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Andrew Sullivan engages in some wishful thinking.

I want Trump around long enough to face the music.

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Some Whatever for Sunday

 In case you want to miss it, here is the latest Trump interview:

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Some Saturday Reads

 Trump is throwing a hissy fit and making threats after his party got slaughtered in the midterms.

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Some Reads for Friday

 Obituary:  Jay Rockefeller, one-time Democratic governor and senator  of West Virginia, has died at the age of 89.  He was also married to one of the daughters of the late GOP senator Charles Percy, when the GOP had some good people. Jay's sister-in-law Valerie was tragically a murder victim back in the 1960s, and the perp was never found.  

Jay was a member of one of the richest families on Earth, but he was a liberal Democrat who cared about the economic problems facing the people of his state.  He was governor and then spent many years in the United States Senate.

Snip:

Arriving on Capitol Hill in 1985, after two terms as governor, Mr. Rockefeller worked in the shadow of West Virginia’s long-serving senior senator, Democrat Robert C. Byrd, while burrowing deep into committee work and distinguishing himself as an earnest and dogged advocate for society’s most vulnerable.

His signature accomplishments included expanding eligibility of the earned income tax credit and establishing the child tax credit and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, a federal-state initiative that provides health coverage to children in low-income families. He also worked to protect Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, from proposed budget cuts.

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Anothe obit of note:  UK author Simon Winchester 82, who wrote bestselling books like the one about the volcano Krakatoa, died.

He loved travel, and he put that love to good use when he wrote and published a slew of books that sold well.

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Instead of being run out of town or even going to prison, Stephen Miller instead gets promoted to White House Chief of Staff, replacing Susie Wiles.

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Some Thursday Reads

 It appears the 2028 presidential campaign is beginning thanks to dimbulb Marco Rubio deciding to leave the toxic Trump administration.

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From this action, it would seem California's governor Gavin Newsom had decided not to bother to run for president in 2028.

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