POST 1292 David and Goliath Today In Timothy Snyder’s recent post, Sky Defense: Bringing it Home, focused on the terrible war in Ukraine and the undefinable courage of that Ukrainian David incrementally slaying the evil Goliath of Russia, he wrote, By resisting Russia, Ukrainians are defending what is perhaps most basic about decent political life:… [read more]
The World’s Best Campaign Message
POST 1291 CAUTION! THIS POST CONTAINS THE WORD “ASSHOLE.” IF THAT WORD OFFENDS YOU, YOU’VE ALREADY READ TOO MUCH. STOP READING IMMEDIATELY AND RETURN TO WATCHING ANDY GRIFFITH RERUNS FROM MAYBERRY. BE SURE TO SAY “HI” TO AN’ 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]
