POST 1179 I recently ran across a post from election year 1996 and was struck yet again that “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, 1849 But the intensity, the rotten flavor does change and sometimes brings diabolical things, like… [read more]
Who Benefits?
POST 1178 Last Wednesday I showed you that “repugnant, organizationally illiterate, DUI Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has announced that he is firing 20% of our flag officers [generals and admirals]” and that he “plans to eliminate legacy weapons and equipment programs.” I asked a critical question: Who will benefit from us hobbling our national… [read more]
Downhill
POST 1177 Deterioration During an ABC interview our president boldly and repeatedly embarrassed himself by claiming that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is an MS-13 terrorist gang member. Trump tried to prove it by showing a picture of Mr. Garcia’s left hand with “MS13” tattooed on his knuckles. But here’s the Snopes fact check article that exposes… [read more]
Dream Sequence v2.0 – For All Mothers
POST 1176 First The Big Bad News Yes, the Army has reported that there will be parade of explosive masculine military hardware and personnel to help Trump deal with his small genital low self-esteem. But that’s not the big, bad thing I’m focusing on in this dense forest of big, bad things. I heard yet… [read more]
Pictures of America
POST 1175 I’ll bet you remember those puzzles that asked you to identify what is missing from a picture. It might be a tree with a trunk that doesn’t touch the ground or a dog that’s missing a leg. Here’s a visual example from the Way-Back machine. As you can see, there are an elderly… [read more]
Hegseth and Health
POST 1174 DUI Hegseth Norm Ornstein hit the bulls eye with this: Trump kakistocracy—government by the least competent About which Joyce Vance goes on to say that the Trump kakistocracy . . . continues to harm everyday Americans and put our allies at risk. On that front, the dishonor prize again goes to Pete Hegseth,… [read more]
The Lede
POST 1173 Here’s the Lede Our Constitution’s Peril Is Not Now Nor Was It Ever About Trump. America’s real enemy is the fascists – call them ultra-fat cats or oligarchs if you prefer. They are the home grown terrorists, the diabolical evil ones, working for over 40 years to steal our country away from us…. [read more]
The Constitution Train
POST 1172 First Stop: Your First Amendment What if that foundational list of 5 protections were vanished by the flick of a Sharpie? What if a morally compromised, legally powerful Trump toady took aim at you and hauled you into court for not being nice enough to Trump? Or for voicing a contrary opinion? Or… [read more]
Courage
POST 1171 The 18th of April – last Friday – was the 250th anniversary of the ride of Paul Revere to alarm the farmers and townsfolk of Lexington and Concord, Mass that British troops – 13,000 of them – were on the way to subdue and dominate them. Revere’s was a swift ride on a… [read more]
Lessons
POST 1170 Good News First I subscribe to the posts of some very insightful people and I’ve noticed something recently: their posts are getting longer. They have a lot to say, now that the shock of the last election has worn off and there is some good news happening. Two weeks ago we had the… [read more]