It's all coronavirus and Joe Biden this week. We're all gonna die. Or not.

Observations: The QandO Podcast

Observations for 13 Mar 20

In a wide-ranging conversation Dale and Michael discuss the Democratic Debates, Philosophy, 'Yes, Prime Minister', and YouTube.

Observations for 28 Feb 20

We start off with usual fare of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, et al., but the core bit is looking at Trump's attempt to woo black voters to his campaign.

Observations for 21 Feb 20

Bernie did well in the Iowa Caucuses--as far as we can tell--and looks strong in NH--making him the front-runner. I hope you're ready for Democratic Socialism.

Observations for 07 Feb 20

The Trump impeachment is essentially over. This round, anyway. But the final vote won't be until Wednesady. They day after the Iowa Caucuses, because Cocaine Mitch. The cornoavirus is spreading. Here's hoping we dont get a repeat of 1918.

Observations for 31 Jan 20

The Trump impeachment moves towards its inevitable conclusion: Acquittal. Boris Johnson delivered on Brexit.

Observations for 24 Jan 20

Virginia seems intent on creating a civil war over guns. Trump's impeachment managers have been named. And a reporter got offended by being outed as a liberal hack.

Observations for 17 Jan 20

Iran denies shooting down a Ukrainian passenger liner, but everyone knows they're lying. The nteresting thing has been seeing how many people are willing to jumpt to Iran's defense. Mitch McConnel called Nancy Pelosi's bluff, and scheduled a Senate impeachment trial...with or without House managers showing up to present the House's case. Pelosi caved and announced a vote to name the impeacment managers. Virginia's attempt to impose forearms restrictions is going about as well as one would expect firearms restrictions to work n Virginia.

Observations for 10 Jan 20

This Iranian IRG General, Qassem Soleimani, was in Iraq this week. He orchestrated an attack on the US Embassay, while in the midst of plotting a coup in Iraq with an Iranian-backed militia there. The US droned him to death, along with some of those militia leaders who had the misfortune of standing a bit to close to him at the wrong time. Good riddance. The usual crew of suspects are now warning of Iranian escalation. You realize that we've been in a formal state of war with Iran since 1979, right, guys? Also, some fellow went into a church to shoot the place up, and six seconds later caught a bullet in the head for his trouble. Which is the last we'll ever hear about that. Oh, DOnald Trump may or may not have been impeached by the House of Representatives while we were on hiatus, which means that there may or may not be an impeachment trial n the Senate .New York has a bail reform system that looks like bail elimination. Also, Virginia banned guns, but 92% of the counties in that state say, "Nope". So, that's probably headed to SCOTUS.

Observations for 03 Jan 20

The House held a wierd vote to continue the impeachment inquiry, which is not a formal impeachment inquiry.This will probably turn out well, despite the incompetent buffoonery that seems to characterize both sides of the impechment argument. Meanwhile, the DoJ appears to have turned the Russia Collusion Investigation investigation (yes, that's right) into a criminal investiation by convening a grand jury. Last week, it was perfectly OK to call a field grade officer in the US Army a Russian stooge, but this week, we can't criticize field grade officers. OK. Some baseball talk. Liz Warren has a $55 trilion Medicare for all plan that is perfectly affordable. Meanwhile, Pete Buttigeig says this presidential race is between him and Warren. OK, Pete. The NY/DC media went into a fury of fact-checking to ensure the president didn't award the Medal of Honor to a dog.

Observations for 01 Nov 19

Donald Trump either did, or did not commit an impeachable offense by asking about investigating the 2016 election and also mentioning Joe Biden. US companies are going out of their way to kowtow to China. Elizabeth Warren's story about being fired because she was pregnant. It's a thrilling story that apparently never happened. But it was representative of a bigger truth. Hillary Clinton seems to think she won in 2016.

Observations for 11 Oct 19

After a two-week hiatus, we try to catch up with everything that's happened since we last spoke. Nancy Pelosi announced that the Congress has started an "Impeachment Inquiry", which is different than an Impeachment Inquiry, which is where congress actually votes on it. Adam Schiff seems to be congenitally unable to tell the truth about the "whistleblower" who contacted his office prior to the "whistleblower" complaint, which differs from a whistleblower complaint, which is where the individual actually has first-hand knowledge of the offense. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign is a dead man walking, which means that there is an excellent chance that Elizabeth Warren will be the Democrats' presidential nominee.

Observations for 04 Oct 19

The Democrats had an interminable debate this week, the upshot of which was: Kamala Harris believes that if the Constitution says "No, you can't", then the best response is "Yes, we can"; Beto O'Rourke says "Hell yes, we are coming for your AR-15s"; finally, Elizabeth Warren says that the Great Spirit wants single-payer health care for our tribe. It's wierd when Joe Biden has becomne the voice of reason and sanity. Donald Trump Fired John Bolton, who claims he resigned. Bolton will now have to just go back onto to television to explain how he's never seen a bomb that didn't need to be dropped on foreigners, or a foreign country that couldn't see a net improvement by being subjected to that bombing. China may be blinking at the thought of full-scale trade war.

Observations for 13 Sep 19

Hurricane Dorian did NOT destroy Alabama as the president predicted, launching Sharpiegate by the Media. The Democrats seem to have hit on a winning campaign slogan for 2020: No Cars, No Meat, No Guns. Everyone is excited to see how well that polls. The Dem presidential candidates held an environmental town hall that lasted several hours and was televised to nearly no one. Apparently, we need to rebuild every structure in the country to a present zero carbon footprint by 2030. China Backed off on the extradition law that prompted protests in Hong Kong. Bloomberg Law ran a hit piece on Leif Olsen that ALMOST worked. Barack Obama's concern for rising sea levels didn't stop him from buying a $15 million beachfront house.

Observations for 06 Sep 19

James Comey, was not referred for prosecution by the FBI's inspector general, though the IG report did note that he broke FBI policy on the release of classified information. Comey declared this to be complete exoneration. We learned this week that Kristen Gillibrand had been running for president, when she announced the suspension of her campaign. Lawrence O'Donnel was forced to retract a false story about the president on his show this week, though he retracted it in the most combative way possible. Greta Thunberg is being tragically used by Green campaigners. But those were just appetizers for our main conversation about White Supremacy, and the peril it supposedly presents to the country. The trouble about the White Supremacy hysteria is that if everything is White Supremacy, then nothing is.

Observations for 30 Aug 19

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