Author Archive: Stephen Green

COLORADO: What’s Happening With ‘South Park’ Creators’ Casa Bonita? “The answer to that question’s a complicated one, and first, we need to review exactly what’s going on with the South Park creators’ quest to reopen the shuttered landmark with actual ‘good food,’ not the stuff that makes everyone only remember the fountain-waterfall attractions and maybe the sopaipillas.”

THE HOME FRONT: Russians Fleeing Crimea. “For all the talk of how Crimea is ‘inseparable’ from Russia, it seems like an awful lot of actual Russians are separating from it as quickly as they possibly can.”

This is fallout from the mysterious explosions at Russia’s Saki airbase, previously thought to be safe behind the front lines.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Republicans Better Not Wuss Out If They Win Big in November. “If the Republicans get some power back we’re going to need more than a lot of dog-and-pony show hearings. And we definitely won’t need any ‘above the fray’ garbage. If there are hearings, there had better be results. Democrats in orange jumpsuits kinds of results.”

EVERYBODY HATES KAREN: Jacinda Ardern unravelling as New Zealand PM’s popularity tanks. “Ardern has been in damage control after her controversial handling of the pandemic has led to large-scale protests across the country as Kiwis severely impacted by government policies left struggling to make ends meet in the resulting cost of living crisis.”