POST 1291 CAUTION: THIS POST CONTAINS THE WORD “ASSHOLE.” IF THAT WORD OFFENDS YOU, YOU’VE ALREADY READ TOO MUCH, IMMEDIATELY STOP READING AND RETURN TO WATCHING ANDY GRIFFITH RERUNS FROM MAYBERRY. BE SURE TO SAY “HI” TO AUNT BEA FOR ME. Campaign Messages The Democrats have labored at the speed of slugs to… [read more]
You Need To See This
POST 1290 See It Now Most of us are primarily visual creatures which can lead to missing important things that we can’t put our eyeballs on, so let’s start with something that is visual. Here’s a pair of pictures I found in Steve Schmidt’s post of June 1 of the dignified before and the dreadful… [read more]
No Post Today
Nevertheless, Go Do Something – Check All That Apply Ο for your wallet Ο for decency Ο tor right over wrong Ο for compassion Ο to rebuild our alliances Ο for our healthcare Ο for voting rights Ο for education Ο for sensible immigration rules Ο for a government that obeys the Constitution and the… [read more]
That Kind Of Country
POST 1289 We have the power to shape the civilization that we want. But we need your will, your labor, your hearts, if we are to build that kind of society. President Lyndon Johnson, May 22, 1964, University of Michigan Commencement speech, announcing the Great Society program Do you want “that kind of society”? Because… [read more]
Memorial Day 2026
POST 1072 / 1288 Tomorrow Is Memorial Day This essay was originally posted on Memorial Day, 2012, with wars raging in Iraq and Afghanistan, promoted by the beat of politicians thumping chests and spraying lies. Today we’re in an unwinnable war against Iran through just as much pointless, homicidal bravado as before. Yes, we’re still… [read more]
American Insanity
POST 1287 From the “Yet Another Insanity” Department There is a lot of crazy and it’s all around us. We’re dealing with: an unprovoked, brainlessly started and conducted war where there is no off-ramp the ongoing destruction of American hegemony ugly, ugly gerrymandering by White supremacists that is driving us into Jim Crow 2.0 and… [read more]
Who Cares?
POST 1286 Cheating The Vote – One More Time Why is it that only Republicans continue to wage a multi-decade effort to prevent women, poor people and people of color from voting? Why is it that only Republicans want to deploy weapons-carrying thugs to polling places to intimidate voters? Why is it that only Republicans… [read more]
Epic Failures – Plus Day 1 Again
POST 1285 Hey Fred and Mary Anne! Yeah, you. It was your job to properly raise your reprobate son to have good moral principles, to obey the law and to respect others. You were supposed to mold him into a decent American citizen worthy of breathing our air and taking up space on this planet…. [read more]
Starting Advice For Day 1
POST 1284 Taking Useful Instruction From Trump – A Note To Our New President and Congress For January 20, 2029 When the Ds win the White House and Congress in 2028, they’ll need to hit the ground running. When Trump showed up for his first term he had under his arm 33 executive orders ready… [read more]
Maybe You Thought The Civil War Was Over
POST 1283 It’s April 12, 1861* All Over Again An on-point look at the steadfast discriminatory pummeling into powerlessness of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by the Roberts court can be found in The Post-Racial Deception of the Roberts Court. It was penned by Cedric Merlin Powell, University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law,… [read more]
