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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died suddenly yesterday, he was 79. For almost thirty years he was one of the loudest and most colorful voices on the court. A staunch conservative and self described originalist, Scalia's ability to turn a phrase and intimidate lawyers appearing before the court was legendary. I disagree vehemently with many of Scalia's views but I liked and respected him. As he himself said of those he fought with, be they his fellow Justices or anyone else, just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I hate you. Naturally there are those who are already disgracing his memory and they're all Republicans. His death had barely been announced when the press releases started flying, not to express profound sympathy for the Scalia family but to send a loud message to President Obama that he shouldn't bother nominating anyone because it's an election year. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate won't take up the issue. Th...

Welcome to the first of a new recurring series titled "It Came In the Mail". I get a lot of shit in the mail and I do mean shit. I didn't request it, they simply chose to intrude on my solitude so this series will not contain my normal civility. I will not go out of my way to be courteous to the buffoons plaguing our land or at the very least my land. I'm the King of my castle and trespassers will be treated to hot oil. First up is a group or one person, who can really tell, called Public Advocate. It comes in the guise of an official looking presentation. The Hon. Eugene Delgaudio, President of Public Advocate of the United States. It's not a government agency and this is made clear in capital letters on the last page. They've clearly been complained about. This is a three page double sided bird cage filler that I will address in sequence. 1. "Dear Pro-Family American, It's a dark time for our country...Even though the U.S. Supreme Court just struc...

President Obama nominated Loretta Lynch to be Attorney General 128 days ago. No one on the Republican side of the aisle really objects to her. They do mostly despise current A.G. Eric Holder. Given those harsh feelings you would think they'd be happy to be rid of him. Rational people like you and me would sieze the opportunity. Oh, right, I almost forgot, this is Washington, D.C. we're talking about. Come on Mitch call the damn vote, up or down and on it's own. When you became Majority Leader you claimed you would run the Senate in a better manner than your predecessor. Yet for 128 days you have found excuse after excuse why you haven't called the vote on Loretta Lynch. Incidentally it's been decades since an A.G. nomination has lingered like this. Wonder why?