Month: September 2015

No Tears for John Boehner

Why is there this impulse to empathize and even feel sorry for John Boehner? The internet is thick with cruel GIFs of John Boehner crying today after he announced he was resigning as Speaker of the House and quitting Congress....

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Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.528

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the painting of El Morro National Monument.  I am using the photo seen directly below.  (A borrowed photo.)  I’ll be using my usual acrylic...

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Yeah, I Saw This Coming

Whether the following is the whole story or not, it seems to be basically unassailable: [Speaker John] Boehner, who capped his career with Thursday’s address by Pope Francis, met with a handful of the most conservative...

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They Won’t Provoke The Borg

I’m more of an original series Star Trek guy, but I was intrigued by the transhuman race of cyborgs in the later shows. Known as The Borg, they operated like a hive (with a queen) and they assimilated other planets,...

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House Speaker Boehner Resigning from Congress!!

Boehner to resign in October | The Hill | Speaker John Boehner told GOP lawmakers on Friday he will resign at the end of October. The embattled Boehner (R-Ohio) said he would resign from both his speakership and his House seat,...

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