Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive You get up every morning looking for that spark to make life more interesting. Here’s my spark of the day — The Big Trump Knife. You’ve heard of Donald Trump’s sneakers. That presidential tchotchke, shown at right, promises to allow the purchaser to … [Read more...] about Opinion: The Trump Knife … and the ‘dildo of consequences’ for the Democratic Party
Opinion
Opinion: This is how the Democratic Party dies
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive Is this how the Democratic Party dies? Rep. Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, lecturing Republicans for being “obsessed with culture war issues” and scolding them for being “weird and bizarre.” Dude! You were “Tim” before you became … [Read more...] about Opinion: This is how the Democratic Party dies
Opinion: Only way out of the ‘Trans Trap’ is to go ‘Full Newsom’
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive It’s almost comical how Democrats can’t get out of the trap of whether transgender “women” should be allowed to play in girl’s sports. Gov. Gavin Newsom already put the issue behind him. On his first podcast, he proclaimed it is “deeply unfair” for a … [Read more...] about Opinion: Only way out of the ‘Trans Trap’ is to go ‘Full Newsom’
Opinion: How Marin County keeps illegal immigrant ‘community’ a permanent underclass
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive Here’s the latest headline from the little county of Marin, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, home of the Grateful Dead, Gov. Gavin Newsom and a tribe of rich, white left-wingers too woke for themselves. 'Marin Supervisors Allocate … [Read more...] about Opinion: How Marin County keeps illegal immigrant ‘community’ a permanent underclass
National Public Radio out of step with America
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive The relatively new head of National Public Radio Katherine Maher could not be more wrong for the organization now that the Trump Administration is in office. She’s a left-wing political operative who got the job from Joe Biden because — and only … [Read more...] about National Public Radio out of step with America
Must diversity = anti-Isreal hate?
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick The diversity effort at the Biden State Department sought to “increase the number of Foreign Service generalists from underrepresented groups by 33% and the number of women by 6%." The result was the hiring of people who, it turns out, were not diverse in … [Read more...] about Must diversity = anti-Isreal hate?
Beachfront Gaza … Wait, What?
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick The old Monty Python comedy troop used to occasionally bridge bits with the line: “And now for something completely different.” Donald Trump needs a line like that. Wait, what? Repeat that last one again. That doozie of an idea came out of … [Read more...] about Beachfront Gaza … Wait, What?
L.A. Down: Local elections matter
Properly Subversive/Sherman R. Frederick When I think of the fires that ravage Los Angeles County, I’m reminded of a comment Joe Rogan made when he announced in 2020 he was leaving the “blue bubble” of LaLa Land for the freedom of Austin, Texas. Local elections matter, he said. Los Angeles … [Read more...] about L.A. Down: Local elections matter
Marin County Sheriff must cooperate with immigration on criminal arrests, public safety demands it
Sherman R. Frederick/Properly Subversive The nuttiest situation in American life today -- not to mention here in beautiful Marin County -- has gotta be the disconnect we’ve created between local and federal law enforcement on immigrant crime. Decades of flawed thinking coupled with misguided … [Read more...] about Marin County Sheriff must cooperate with immigration on criminal arrests, public safety demands it
Two ‘holiday’ movies: Skip the Dracula one and go see the Bob Dylan one
Properly Subvesive/Sherman R. Frederick I caught the two big holiday season movies of 2024 — “Nosferatu” and “A Complete Unknown.” Nosferatu, an adaptation of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" novel, gets an 86/76 rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which I found too high for my taste. (86 is the critics score, … [Read more...] about Two ‘holiday’ movies: Skip the Dracula one and go see the Bob Dylan one