POST 1196 July 17 – A Day For Good Trouble John Lewis knew a lot about the trouble that often came while taking a stand for what is good and what is right. He reminded us of the need to risk for what matters most. Today, on the anniversary of his death, we follow his… [read more]
Our Freedom – v2.0
POST 1195 Preface This is the second in a series examining the state of our freedom. Link to the first installment here. What About Our Welfare? Not so-called entitlement programs. This is about our general welfare, like NOAA, NWS and FEMA and how they work to enhance our safety – our welfare. It’s based on… [read more]
Our Freedom – v1.0
POST 1194 Preface This is an initial check on the shaky boat that is our freedoms. More will follow. Short Term Greed Disease From Harry Litman in his post, Paramount Caves – And We All Lose: When Donald Trump sued CBS and Paramount for $10 billion in October of 2024 for supposedly deceptive editing of… [read more]
In America
POST 1193 Are You Among The Disfavored People? university student, professor or administrator scientific or medical researcher farmer non-White person LGBTQ person veteran woman any form of non-Christian child protector of the planet. any Democrat (Trump hates you) or a current or former government employee any person not accused or convicted of any crime and… [read more]
The Last Day
POST 1192 The BBBB At last there were just enough Republican cowards, liars and hypocrites to pass Trump’s Big Barfy Betrayal Bill. Who would have thought it possible to amass so many legislators more afraid of losing their privileged seats in Congress than motivated to keep people from starving to death or dying of preventable… [read more]
Big Brother At Our Doorstep
POST 1191 The Swinders Do you remember Peter Thiel – the billionaire PayPal and FaceBook guy? More significantly, maybe you remember him from his being JD Vance’s sugar daddy, giving that loser a fund manager position and then bankrolling Vance into the Senate. Thiel’s support culminated in Vance white washing all the trash talking he… [read more]
Read This!
POST 1190 The message below has at times been incorrectly attributed to Liz Cheney. According to authentication services, it was written by Dr. Pru Lee. Makes no difference to the substance and urgency of the message. It’s long – and worth it. *** Dear Democratic Party, I need more from you. You keep sending emails… [read more]
Movie
POST 1189 I’m writing in the hours following the U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear and missile facilities and the Iranian response of their announced-in-advance missile attack on the vast U.S. military facility in Qatar. There will surely be more surprises to come, engineered by one of the world’s most awful regimes and more surprises from… [read more]
Trump Derangement
POST 1188 War! With no authority to do so, the Derangement In Chief has sent our military to war against Iran. First he ordered Iran to give him “unconditional surrender” and did so very strongly, in a strong way like nothing anyone has ever seen. He has no need for strategy because, he figures, Iran… [read more]
Little Friday Comment
POST 1187 As of this writing President Trump has said that he will make up his TACO mind about whether to go to war against Iran within the next two weeks.* Why he would make such a strategic announcement to our adversaries like a circus barker saying “You ain’t seen nuthin yet?” This comes from… [read more]