POST 1123 I had this nifty 11-point list of the many ways Democrats lost the election. It wasn’t pretty, but it was factual. Then, in a blinding flash of the obvious, I realized that only one of them was a root cause issue, a progenitor of all the rest. Indeed, it took only one of… [read more]
We’ve Fallen Off the Sled
POST 1122 There is no end of pundits punditing wildly in an effort to explain how Democrats managed to embarrass themselves and allow the country to be imperiled by power mad, greedy haters and traitors. We used to wonder why so many people would vote against their own best interests, but how did we get… [read more]
What Will Happen – Part 2 of 2
POST 1121 Preface This is Part 2 of 2 – Part 1 was published last Sunday, detailing some of what you can expect from the second Trump presidency, Some of what follows is snark or satire. Most is not. Criminality The sentencing hearing for the 34 criminal convictions of Trump in New York for fraud… [read more]
What Will Happen – Part 1 of 2
POST 1120 Preface This is Part 1 of 2 of what you can expect in the second Trump presidency. Some of what follows is snark or satire. Most is not. Expect Part 2 on Wednesday. Healthcare Bobby Kennedy will be in charge of healthcare – your healthcare. He doesn’t like vaccines, so count on our… [read more]
We’re Doing This To Ourselves
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]
