Post 1,014 PLEASE read the comments that follow this post. __________________________________ Millions of years and millions of generations have made mammals and humans in particular protective of our young. It is a species preservation imperative and our instinct to preserve and protect has magnified into a tenderness, a softness of heart and an arms-enfolding vigilance… [read more]
America Today
Post 1,013 ————————————— Put ‘Em Up Markwayne Mullin is a brand new Republican Senator from Oklahoma. He stood vainly proud a couple of weeks ago for all Americans to see and emulate. He was challenged by Teamsters boss Sean O’Brien, himself not an exemplar of gentlemanly conduct. Not one to let a stupid challenge go,… [read more]
Forget About Finding the Why – We Already Know – Part 2
Post 1,012 ————————————— First, an Update to Part 1 It’s maddening, deeply sad and quite astonishing that so much of the world is waving Palestinian flags, cheering terrorists, and demanding a suicidal Israeli ceasefire. As of this writing it appears there will be a temporary halt of hostilities to exchange prisoners for hostages. No one… [read more]
Forget About Finding the Why – We Already Know – Part 1
Post 1,011 ————————————— Hamas terrorists brutally wounded and killed thousands of Israelis on October 7. Most of the world was aghast at the massacre – right until the Israelis began doing what every other nation on Earth would do in such a situation: They hit back. They set out to make it so that the… [read more]
Welcome
Post 1,010 ————————————— I’m making a mental health separation from the heartbreak in the Middle East, from the insanity in the House of Representatives and from the promise of the end of our democracy engineered by what passes for today’s Republicans and Der Fuhrer. Let’s talk about something else. Ed. Immigrants Should you take the… [read more]
Precedented
Post 1,009 ————————————— Precedented I Republican Warren G. Harding was our nation’s 29th President of the United States. His administration was infested with scandal. He died two years into his presidency, thus preventing him from doing even more damage. He was long considered the worst president ever, an impressive achievement, given some of the dopes… [read more]
Just Say No To Metastasizing
Post 1,008 ————————————— O’ Those Crazy Republicans 1. As Karoun Demirjian outlined in the New York Times, Jim Jordan and his allies deployed a pressure campaign – meaning threats of violence and death – against those Republicans opposed to him. As she puts it, they’re “working to unleash the rage of the party’s base voters… [read more]
There’s No Way To Be Subtle About This
Post 1,007 ————————————— Millions were horrified by the October 7 massacre in Israel. And millions have reveled in blaming the victims. The insanity is not just the most recent “kill the Jews” massacre, but also the enthusiasm of Hamas apologists around the world, including at elite U.S. universities where lots of very ignorant smart students… [read more]
Decency
Post 1,006 ————————————— There is much craziness parading through our society and our politics today and it causes great harm. Examples happening today: Do you think Governor DeSantis should be guarding the door to your OB-GYN to keep you out? Do you think some self-important bully or self-appointed guardian of everything should make decisions about… [read more]
Connecting Dots
Post 1,005 ————————————— Congressional Republicans have pseudo-patriotic, brain damaged explanations for not supporting Ukraine. Of course, they’re either making up “alternative facts’ or clutching their boundless ignorance to their chests, the place where courage should reside but obviously does not. The reality is that Ukraine is fighting our fight for us. It is the fight… [read more]
