The Burrow

I wish the talking heads would stop saying the names of the shooters. I know that their ethnic sounds are code for Radical Muslim Terrorists, or whatever the hell else the Republican candidates are worried about, but to the lonely white-boy-with-a-hoodie and a grudge and a gun, the notoriety must feel pretty sexy. I wish there wasn't the presumption that He was in charge and that She was merely his wife.   The talking heads are repeating his name  and his wife  instead of calling them The Shooters and leaving it at that.  By separating them into individuals, it's hard not to conjure up a little bit of sexism in the assumption that it was all his idea.  Women can be evil-doers, too.   Yes, I agree, this is a strange thought to be having. But the fact of the matter is that there is nothing new to say.  I can only follow my mind as it wanders on the edge of the abyss. Did you know about  Prayer Shaming? The New York Daily News  splash...

Behind that mild facade there lurks a nerdy twelve year old boy. "They are mean to me.  They are not mean to anyone else.  They are just mean to me." It's true that Donald Trump is a bully, but he's mean to everyone.  Ben Carson is whining about the media's close scrutiny of the words he wrote in his biography, carping that no other candidate has ever been so closely parsed. It's one thing that he doesn't know the name of the faction we're supporting in the Kurdish hinterlands.  It's another that he doesn't think Richard Nixon might have something to say about the media and its intrusion into his reality. What about those pictures of Bill Clinton in his teeny tiny jogging shorts? Buzzfeed ran this picture with a caption describing Clinton's white thighs. Does Mrs. Clinton enjoy having her hair and makeup analysed?  Did the Ford kids like having their escapades recorded in graphic detail? As President Obama pointed out, the Americ...

Mike Huckabee was brought to tears by a woman who ran for an office whose duties she cannot fulfill... and then said that God told her she was right. The man is running for President, Chief Executive Officer of the United States of America, and he supports an elected official who does not believe that the laws of this land apply to her. ***** Ben Carson questions the depth of Donald Trump's religious fervor, and CNN reports it... as if voters need to know that information in order to form a reasoned opinion. ***** Jeb Bush has a tax plan, but all the news shows were reporting his appearance on Colbert's Tonight Show. ***** Donald Trump and Ben Carson have 48% of the likely Republican primary voters convinced that they are Presidential, according to CNN according to a Monmouth University poll.  I'm so disgusted I can't make myself take the time to investigate it and give you a link. ***** I must have missed the memo - when did the side show move to the main ten...