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Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends... We're so glad you could attend, come inside come inside! Karn Evil 9 - 1st Impression, Emerson Lake & Palmer If this keeps up, the next featured image will be from Groundhog Day...I promise! :) Welcome to the show that currently is never ending which is now into Day Four of crushing Representative Kevin McCarthy's soul if not will to continue oxygenating his blood. The…

Day Three of the ongoing evisceration of Representative Kevin McCarthy's candidacy to become Speaker of the House of Representative (and for my money the evisceration of his will to live!) is gavelled into session by the reigning Clerk of the House of Representatives, Cheryl Johnson. The Clerk is not a member of the House as a representative but oversees all the administrative tasks that allow the House to do it's day to day business. Reading…

Welcome to Day Two of Operation Chaos, otherwise known as the ongoing humiliation of Rep Kevin McCarthy who is trying desperately to become Speaker of the House of the Representatives in spite of concerted opposition to his nomination by 20 hardline Republican members-elect. Do keep in mind that until a Speaker is elected, the House is effectively barred from conducting any other meaningful business such as actually swearing in newly elected members and organising the…

For the first time in 100 years, the heir presumptive to the throne at the top of the dais on the floor of the House of Representatives gets to suffer the abject humiliation of not being elected Speaker of the House on the first vote. Nor was he selected on the second or third ballot where he actually lost another vote to Jim Jordan, Ohio's tribute to just how much they miss having the always…

It seems like it was just yesterday that I was penning the annual "Urbi et Orbi" post welcoming 2022 amongst us and here we are giving 2022 a solid kick in the kiester in favour of a hopefully happy 2023. Certainly this year had more than it's fair share of upheaval, mayhem, and just downright awfulness. We haven't forgotten the ongoing war in Ukraine where the Ukrainians have bravely resisted the Russian invasion and indeed…