POST 1158 NEW! I’m over at BLUESKY now, with Maddow, O’Donnell and other smart folks. Find me at: @jaxpolitix.bsky.social Executive Summary → What happened to Zelens’kyi in the Oval Office and what should have happened next → Yet more hatred in the Oval Office – again → Still looking for who will lead us back… [read more]
Freedom And The Call
POST 1157 NEW! I’m over at BLUESKY now, with Maddow, O’Donnell and other smart folks. Find me at @jaxpolitix.bsky.social Executive Summary > What do you suppose we’re missing? > Freedom: Who’s getting more and who’s getting less? MISSING I just finished reading Kenneth D. Evans’ book MISSING. It’s the story of his father, Donald Evans,… [read more]
SOTU, Social Security & Ugly
POST 1156 Executive Summary > What SOTU? You mean the 2 hours of self-serving blah? Couldn’t watch. Did the Democrats boycott or walk out or just politely sit there and take it on the chin yet again? > On being 150 years old > A dire warning about justice and ugly SOTU – Actually, Just… [read more]
Extortion, Ugly Americans and Gaza
POST 1155 Executive Summary > Musk failed. He’s expelled. > Once an extortionist, always an extortionist > Giving credit where it’s due: DOGE excels at idiotic claims and vile cruelty. > It used to be “makers and takers.” Now it’s “Trumpys and parasites.” > Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas were repatriated to Israel last week… [read more]
OPEN ME FIRST!
POST 1154 Make a Statement WHEN TODAY! Friday February 28th from 12:00 A.M. to 11:59 P.M. For the clock challenged among us, that’s all day and all night. WHAT NOT TO DO Do not make any purchases. Do not shop online, or in-store. No Amazon, No Walmart. No Best Buy. No nuthin’! Do not spend… [read more]
Enough Small Ball
POST 1153 Executive Summary > Link through to J.B. Pritzker’s address for inspiration and direction. > Focus on the Big Picture – they are trashing the constitution, the rule of law, democracy, freedom of the press and our individual freedoms. We need an inspirational leader to stop the bad guys. > We the People are… [read more]
Another Day, Another Nail
POST 1152 We’re Fast Running Out of Time My dearest friend told me last Sunday that after reading columns in the Times and getting so bummed out by the torrent of awful that he’s going to check out. I don’t think he’ll do that, but his is a clear statement of where so many are… [read more]
I Don’t Know It For a Fact – Plus “Shane”
POST 1151 CAUTION! This post contains unrestrained snark. It is recommended that sensitive readers use only one eye and then, jeez, get over it. Bill Maher has a satirical bit he does periodically entitled, I Don’t Know It For A Fact. I Just Know It’s True. Here’s my offering in that format. When he was… [read more]
This Is Where The Bus Stops
POST 1150 Busses are community things. They aren’t personal transportation like a car. They are everyday exercises in sharing. Trains and commercial airplanes are that way, too. None of them takes us to the door step of where we want to go, but they’re pretty good at getting us within shouting distance. And because we… [read more]
The Worst
POST 1149 A Partial List of Executive Order Destruction They’re cutting funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), slashing support for indirect costs associated with medical research. Good luck with that break-through treatment your baby needs to survive. They’re cutting funding for the CDC, which will be forced to stop preparations to deal with… [read more]
