The Political Page, T+18 -- February 7, 2017

Quick! Name one progressive US senator or congressman/woman who actually inspires confidence in leadership. Nope, not Pelosi, not Maxine Waters. Al Franken? LOL. Seriously. Elizabeth "high cheek bones" Warren? And that's the problem. It's not so much the number of progressives in the US Congress/Senate, it's their perceived "quality." Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters are starting to make Bannon look like a genius.

Betsy DeVos confirmed as Secretary of Education; 51 - 50; VP Mike Pence casts deciding vote; two Republican senators (with huge conflicts of interest) cannot even claim Pyrrhic victory: they lost. A Pyrrhic victory is just that, a victory. Something tells me these two Republican senators (with huge conflicts of interest) are not at the top of Mike Pence's "friendship" list. 

Things are becoming clearer:

• the Trump presidency is mired down in court
• in an O'Reilly interview, Trump did not sound very positive on a tax cut this year (or if ever); his reply to whether there will be a tax cut this year: "I hope so." Not very convincing
• the GOP is mired down; those who are speaking for the House GOP don't sound too convincing, and the Senate, I don't think is doing anything, but still trying to confirm Trump's cabinet nominees, 18 days out

The good news: we're not listening to Hillary who would be giving voter registration cards to refugees as they come in through open borders.

Toyota: the dots finally connect. Why did Toyota move their North American headquarters from Torrance, California, to Plano, Texas? Most likely because they couldn't get anything done in Torrance.

From wiki, Torrance (among many other south Los Angeles areas and cities) is in the 43rd Congressional District, represented by Maxine Waters:

Putin Has Invaded Korea, Maxine Waters
Can you imagine having to work with Maxine?

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Sophia

2 1/2 years old, already speaks two languages: English and Apple:

The Super Bowl game had just started; Sophia was already watching. The rest of us were just getting our act together: