Category Archives: Fucking Royals

“First Daughter”

Posted on September 5, 2018 by mikethemadbiologist

This is not a thing (boldface mine): Woodward recounts an expletive-laden altercation between Ivanka Trump, the president’s eldest daughter and senior adviser, and Stephen K. Bannon, then the chief White House strategist. “You’re a goddamn staffer!” Bannon screamed at her, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fucking Royals, Resistance Rebellion And Death | 1 Comment

Olympian Class Warfare

Posted on October 12, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

The Norwegian people decided that these demands by the International Olympic Committee were not worth the ‘privilege’ of hosting the Winter Olypmics (boldface mine): They demand to meet the king prior to the opening ceremony. Afterwards, there shall be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Fucking Royals | 4 Comments

An Obsolete Job Versus an Outsourced One

Posted on July 18, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

By way of Charles Pierce, we find this doozy of a quote from Joe Klein (boldface mine): The current controversy over whether Romney was or was not running Bain capital during the years 1999-2002 is a relatively minor nail-the functional … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Bidness, Economics, Fucking Royals | 7 Comments

Democracy Doesn’t Happen One Day Every Two Years: Thoughts on Wisconsin

Posted on February 20, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

If democracy is exercised only one day every two years, then it is not truly democracy. Choosing princes to lord over us is not democracy.
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Posted in Democrats, Fucking Royals, Unions, Voting | 1 Comment

How to Deficit Spend Stupidly

Posted on February 14, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Brought to you by Republican governor of Florida Rick Scott.
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Posted in Conservatives, Economics, Fucking Royals, Funding | 4 Comments

The Rotten Revolving Door

Posted on January 9, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Welcome to the new ‘creative’ economy.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Bidness, Ethics, Fucking Royals | 1 Comment

When So-Called Progressives Don’t Understand What Aristocracy Is: The Estate Tax Edition

Posted on December 22, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Our professional Democrats don’t even know how to make core Democratic arguments.
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Posted in Compulsive Contrarian Disorder, Fucking Royals, Taxes | 7 Comments

The End Run Around the Estate Tax: Welcome to American Toryism

Posted on December 19, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

Apparently, working for a living only has redemptive value for poor single minority mothers: the scions of the wealthy, by virtue of their birth, clearly don’t need this form of moral instruction.
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Posted in Fucking Royals, Taxes | 6 Comments

The New York Times’ Tom Friedman Is Wrong About Public Sector Employees

Posted on October 28, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

The New York Times devoted space for someone to make claims that are factually untrue. This is not helping.
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Posted in Fucking Morons, Fucking Royals, Jobs | 12 Comments

Snarking on Degenerate and Dysfunctional ‘Suburban’ Culture

Posted on September 23, 2010 by mikethemadbiologist

And ‘suburban’ is code.
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Posted in Ethics, Fucking Royals, Taxes | 5 Comments