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The Art of the Con 0
Thom looks at Donald Trump’s budget in the light of Trump’s trail of broken campaign promises. He points out that the Republican Party is the same now as it was when Harry Truman was running for president.
Virginia Beach Drinking Liberally Thursday 0
Prepare for the Ides Of March with us.
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Budget Bluster 0
Remember, in Republican World, a federal budget deficit is a cause for crocodile fears only when a Democrat is in the White House. Here’s a bit from the AP’s report on the current state of the deficit:
Trump’s 2017 tax cut bears much of the blame, along with sharp increases in spending for both the Pentagon and domestic agencies and the growing federal retirement costs of the baby boom generation. Promises that the tax cut would stir so much economic growth that it would mostly pay for itself have been proved woefully wrong.
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“Toxic Nostalgia” 0
Methinks she has a point.
And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
Afterthought:
I must say, Gracie Fields reminds me of one of my favorite fictional detectives.
If you like mysteries, get to know her. Her author, Kerry Greenwood, makes words dance.
Beta Dog 0
Farron points out the the United States’s international ratings have been thoroughly Trumpled.
All the News that Fits 0
Foxy shady, one more time.
