POST 1303 Have You Noticed . . . . . . that when you hear conspiracy idiocy, baseless propaganda and other absolutist Trumpian and MAGA-ian “truthiness” (think: Pizzagate) and self-congratulations (think: the Iran war is going ‘very very well’ and ‘we‘re winning by a lot’) that their claims always have the depth of thought and… [read more]
It’s All About You
POST 1302 Inspiration I just read The Man Who Refused to Sit on the Sidelines in the current issue of The Atlantic. It is the story of a remarkable man, Kevin Dowdell, as well as his families, both the one at home and the one in his FDNY firehouse. They are both families. He was assigned… [read more]
Potpourri – v25.0
POST 1301 The Cure For Your Ennui Sure, you’re discouraged. We’re being hit by American right wing terrorists undermining our country in every way, as they cheat and scheme to take away the America we believe in. They’re taking away our rights and even our lives. But, honestly, there really is some good news, and… [read more]
I Don’t Get It
POST 1300 Via a quick AI search I found that Trump and his brain-free and dishonestly named (it never was about efficiency) DOGE chainsaw hackers mangled America like this: ο Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Cut roughly 20,000 positions, slashed $4 billion in medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH),… [read more]
Policy
POST 1299 The insightful, prolific and clever singer-songwriter Jesse Welles has done it again: He’s told the truth. Listen to his song, There’s a Hole. After you’ve heard it, remind yourself that we attacked Iran for no specific reason, fueled by no coherent strategy, we lusted after vague and wandering, inconsistent goals, all entirely without… [read more]
More Understanding
POST 1298 My post last Sunday, Now You Know-V2.0, zeroed in on Trump’s key nefarious, un-constitutional strategy: massive voter suppression of everyone who won’t vote for him and his sycophants. Here’s more, this from Marc Elias of Democracy Docket. It was only 15 words. And it wasn’t what the legacy media focused on. But in… [read more]
Now You Know-V2.0*
POST 1297 Trump’s speech last Thursday was a collection of lies that eclipsed all such collections ever assembled anywhere in the world – like nothing you’ve ever seen. Except . . . you hear his lies, idiotic claims of victimhood, fear mongering and demands for retribution every time he speaks, so it isn’t like nothing… [read more]
An Open Letter to Mainers and Clarity From Our Founders
POST 1296 An Open Letter To Mainers Oops! You got caught going brainless in public. Don’t tell me you’re practical, no nonsense people with a fine tuned BS meter now that you gave your vote to a guy with a Nazi tattoo. Get serious. Nobody gets a Nazi tattoo because it’s Thursday. They do it… [read more]
Sundays Only
POST 1295 I’ve omitted a number of posts over the past weeks due to the overwhelming gift of caring for my wife in her last months.You may be assured that our 58 years together – 60 if you count our time dating – went by in an unfathomable flash, both in real time and lately… [read more]
