Post 1,037 A little longer today because there is so much going on . . . Winning Elections A piece in The Economist in December accidentally provided yet another reminder of what wins elections. We used to believe that honesty and moral character were our guides, but we’ve been disabused of that fanciful notion for… [read more]
The Moronica Awards*
Post 1,036 WARNING! Contains Snark Sensitive readers are advised to get over it. The Moronica Awards are given to those who behave with the distinction of being obviously mentally unfit and who offer themselves without hesitation to display their true limitations publicly. The Awards are heavily weighted toward those who have made the greatest public… [read more]
Our Young, Our Poor and Our Indicted
Post 1,035 Our Young No Republican candidate for the presidency has captured the majority of voters under the age of 30 for decades. Hmmm . . . now why would that be? Could it be that they explicitly court and favor old rich guys and old rich guy wannabees? They say that all we have… [read more]
Violence
Post 1,034 Violence – Part 1 From David French’s piece Political Christianity Has Claws: ” . . . when you combine theology and ideology but subtract virtue, you’ve created a formula for viciousness and strife. Raise the stakes to an existential or eternal level, remove the restraints of kindness and self-control, and watch the worst… [read more]
The Minority Report
Post 1,033 There is no reason for the so-called populist uprising, no rationale to explain Trump and MAGA, except one: the freedom to dominate. Jamelle Bouie detailed this right of domination in a post that was centered on George Wallace, the politically brilliant, hatred-infused politician who garnered 13.5% of the popular vote in the 1968… [read more]
Now You Know
Post 1,032 Maybe you remember the early days of the Republican War Against America, like during the reign of Saint Ronny I, when he bamboozled the nation with his “trickle-down” voodoo economics scheme to send your money to the 1%. We used to wonder why otherwise sensible people would vote against their own interests. Since… [read more]
Keeping Score
Post 1,031 ___________________________________ Keeping Score of Republican Voters In a recent ABC News/Ipsos poll we learned that 45% of Republican-aligned adults responded that Trump “Best represents [my] values.” That’s more than double such identification with the next nearest Republican candidate. They’re talking values here. Not policies, not patriotism, not democracy, not America. Values. AND THEY… [read more]
Common Sense Is So Uncommon
Post 1,030 ___________________________________ It’s been decades of a continuous onslaught of outrages, lies and disinformation, but not just from Trump. It’s also from the toadies, the suck-ups, the cowards, the opportunists, the angry, the power larcenists, the religiously impaired and the intentionally ignorant. They grab megaphones and microphones and aim them straight at our faces… [read more]
O. J. and Today
Post 1,029 ___________________________________ The verdict came down from the jury at the O.J. Simpson murder trial. NOT GUILTY Not only I but most people I knew were incredulous. With all that evidence against him, how could anyone believe he was innocent of that double murder? Yet millions applauded the verdict. The many comments aired publicly… [read more]
Seven Wonderings
Post 1,028 ___________________________________ Wondering #1 Over 116 IDF troops have been killed and many injured in Israel’s efforts to silence Hamas in Gaza, in the West Bank and in fighting to hold back Hezbollah in Lebanon. Of course, these numbers are dwarfed by the number of Palestinian casualties. Still, where are the demonstrations of support… [read more]
