Reading time – 3:56; Viewing time – 5:02 . . . I’ve been bashing Congressional Republicans for a long time because of their obvious spinelessness. They plainly see what Trump says and does, they know he’s hateful, abhorrent and likely criminal, but they say and do nothing to counter or prevent his felonious and hateful… [read more]
Brutal – By The Numbers
Reading time – 3:50; Viewing time – 4:55 . . . I’ve long believed that the hope for the world is our young people. Here are two reasons why I see things that way: We adults have made the terrible messes we’re in and we steadfastly refuse to do anything to make things better. Our… [read more]
Kavanaugh Lessons – Good News, Bad News
Reading time – 1:21 . . . Immediately following the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her claim of having been sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stopped to talk with reporters in the hallway outside the committee room. He went on a long, angry rant… [read more]
2020 Presidential Debate
Reading time – 3:39 . . . Transcript of Presidential Debate, October 6, 2020 Anderson Cooper: Mr. President, to pick just one issue, in the summer of 2019 you claimed that Alabama was at risk of a direct hit from Hurricane Dorian, when your own National Weather Service and the National Hurricane Center had made… [read more]
How To Lose an Election
Reading time – 3:52; Viewing time – 5:08 . . . Set aside for the moment your notions of what you want and how you want to go about making it happen. Focus, instead, on how to win the presidential election, presented here in inverted format as the sure path to the Democrats’ loss. Start… [read more]
9-11
There are people who run into burning buildings to save the rest of us. There are people who go to dangerous places in order to protect us and they carry our wounded to safety. 366 of these people died trying to save others on September 11, 2001. Hundreds more first responders survived and they continue… [read more]
Funding the Wall
Reading time – 3:15; Viewing time – 5:04 . . . In reviewing my posts of the past couple of years I find that there’s a lot of “This ain’t right” stuff and a much smaller offering of “Hey, this is cool!” or “Aren’t we humans oddly interesting?” Sadly, the reason is obvious: the dangerous… [read more]
The MAGA Bible
Reading time – 47 seconds . . . Whether you are a bible-thumper or a critic of bible-thumpers; whether you think of yourself as a Christian in good standing, an occasional Christian or a non-Christian; whether you’ve wondered how evangelical Christians could consistently support a president and legislators who routinely espouse and do anti-Christian things;… [read more]
Where Political Influence Comes From – and a Destructive Snit
Reading time – 4:19; Viewing time – 6:49 . . . It’s going to take decades to clean up the mess that our terrible infant president is creating. Some things will take much longer and will leave permanent scars. Other Trump damage, like loss of endangered species, will be impossible to fix. We’re told that… [read more]
Here’s Why, Mr. Towns, and More
Reading time – 3:58; Viewing time – 5:19 . . . In the 1965 movie classic The Flight of the Phoenix (with a remake in 2004) there is a clash of personalities between the pragmatic airplane captain and a most particular aeronautical engineer. In understated frustration, the engineer at last says to the captain, “Mr…. [read more]
