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by Matt Baume • May 3, 2021 at 8:30 am Get a load of this pinko. bywriter/getty images Mitt Romney gets a warm welcome. Or at least, as warm as he could possibly hope for thousands of people booing at him. Mitt was speaking at a Utah Republican convention, and he brought up Trump’s “character issues,” which prompted the crowd to get hostile. Some called him a “communist,” which … you know what, I’m not going to try to understand it, I’m just going to enjoy it. Two injured in a Tukwila mall shooting. Police have not released any details about suspects, and say it was an “isolated incident.” Uh huh, sure also this weekend, three people were injured in a mass shooting in Saint Paul; four injured in a mass shooting in Delaware; two were killed and four injured in New Orleans; one killed and four injured in New Rochelle; one killed and three injured in Atlanta; five injured in Massachusetts; and on ....
Get used to starvation wages. It’s looking less likely by the day that Democrats will manage to nudge up the minimum wage. They’re close to abandoning a plan to penalize employers who don’t pay their workers enough to survive, and they’re pretending that a non-binding recommendation from the Senate Parliamentarian is preventing them from implementing $15/hour in the next COVID relief bill. If there s any good news, it s that Elizabeth Warren is proposing a tax on people worth over $50 million. But her proposal doesn t go as far as it should, which is requiring that millionaires be put in a machine that presses them with a giant boot, causing them to flatten and then stretch extra-tall while making a sound like an accordion. ....
by Matt Baume • Feb 22, 2021 at 8:00 am Yes, yes, we ALL miss airports right now, but just stay home. izusek / getty images Why are people flying right now??? An engine on a Boeing 777 failed spectacularly after take-off in Denver, dropping large pieces on the neighborhood below. The plane was able to land safely and miraculously there were no injuries. So that’s a happy ending to the story, unless you’re a Boeing executive. Can this please be interpreted as a divine reminder not to travel for just a few more months? Sponsored The month long cycling event takes place this May, with ride challenges, prizes from Zoka Coffee and Primal Wear, and funds raised benefiting Attain Housing. ....
by Matt Baume • Feb 15, 2021 at 8:30 am The cold weather means the fish are just that much fresher. Matt Baume So THAT’S what snow is. What a perfect weekend that was: A charming transformation of our lovely city into a serenely blanketed playground. And how tedious it would be if we had any more snow than that! Expect temperatures to warm for the next few days, bringing rain that will rapidly wipe away any trace of winter. It’ll be like it never happened, aside from the bruises you acquired from slipping on the sidewalk of that one property owner who never shovels. Beware of icy roads for the next few days, particularly if you must drive at night. And thanks to everyone who tweeted their pics & video at me I’ll have a roundup a little later today. ....
Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune “They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Transition to Biden “Biden confronts the limits of his executive power” [Politico]. “It’s an elaborately planned slate of actions designed to highlight his efforts to shore up the struggling economy while Congress debates whether to pass the $1.9 trillion rescue package he has laid out. But while the executive actions will have a big impact millions of Americans are behind on their rent and mortgage payments, and tens of millions more hold student loan debt it’s clear that their effect on the broader economy will be limited at best. ‘It’s on the margins,’ said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Grant Thornton. ‘It needs to be more than ....