POST 1119 Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln, 1864 So, too, ourselves, today, right now In watching this train wreck election proceed in slow motion I had to admit the foul truth, that half of my fellow citizens voted… [read more]
Sociology Corner
POST 1118 Think of this as both a geeky query into some weird behavior, as well as the very reason for voting and working to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. You know: like that loyalty oath to which every federal official swears. _____________________________________ They Think That Violence Is a Sign of… [read more]
Where Have They Been?
POST 1117 From NBC, October 29 (trimmed for brevity): . . . Nikki Haley criticized Trump world on Tuesday for being “overly masculine with this bromance thing” after former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. On Fox News on Tuesday, Haley addressed a comedian’s racist jokes about Puerto Rico and Latinos,… [read more]
Five
POST 1116 Did you already vote? Great! And you’re not done protecting our rights, our freedoms and our democracy. You know quite well that MAGA and the acquiescent, cowardly Republicans stand for hatred, cruelty, violence and un-American values and norms. They cannot make themselves bigger so they use every hateful method to make everyone else… [read more]
A-Changin’
POST 1115 On the Sunday before last the New York Times published letters from readers that were composed in lyrical form rather than in prose. One was to the tune of the 60s Bob Dylan song, The Times They Are A-Changin’. Here’s it’s opening: Come liars, deniers who call it a hoax And convince us… [read more]
You’re Being Played, But Not Like You Think
POST 1114 An Insidious Conspiracy JD Vance is a guy who compared Trump to Hitler. He said, “I’m a Never Trump guy. I never liked him.” He said lots more that was unlikely to cause Trump to find him attractive. Still, he got the nod, so many were asking why Trump picked him to be… [read more]
Guest Essay – Doses Of Reality
POST 1113 It’s a wonder that in the face of our ongoing gun deaths and the forever heartache attached to them that all we can do is pass a limp-wristed gun safety bill that has no chance of protecting any of us. This stuff is uncomfortably close to my daughter, Amy, and her six kids…. [read more]
What We Wish We Had Heard . . .
POST 1112 . . . in the Bret Baier Interview Harris Tell me, Bret: When you interview Donald Trump do you interrupt him? Do you talk over him? I bet not, because if you did he’d crush you like a bug. Baier Well, no, not really. Harris Then don’t interrupt or talk over me. And… [read more]
Voter Fraud – and Others
POST 1111 One More Look At Our Terrible Voter Fraud Problem You’ve heard the statistics about our voter fraud problem, like that it’s 0.00001% of votes cast, clearly not enough to sway even the election of a candidate for the mosquito abatement board, much less a megalomaniac fraud and sexual assaulter to the presidency. Nevertheless,… [read more]
Endorsements
POST 1110 Jax Pix Here are some of my pics. President Kamala Harris (queue the forehead slaps), because we want our President to be a person who has neither dementia nor a mania to be der fuhrer. We want her to be focused on We The People. Senate Arizona – Reuben Gallego – Good, solid,… [read more]
