POST 1060 A Bit More About “Are You Better Off?” From March 27 Have a look at this from Sheila Markin’s post, When Will Republicans Give Up on Trump? Biden has been delivering on the promises Trump made and failed to deliver on. Remember how Trump promised infrastructure week? It never happened with Trump. It… [read more]
Post 1,053 Late Addition . NBC News Hires Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel The GOP political veteran will become an on-air contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. . Yes, that Ronna Romney McDaniel. Be sure to click the headline and read the astonishing spin the networks put on this brainless move. Here’s a piece of… [read more]
Post 1,052 A blogger friend recently posted, “A few years ago, CNN reported on a survey indicating that over 40% of Americans believed that a civil war was ‘somewhat likely’ in the next ten years.” He mentioned globalization as at least part of the cause. I assume that means that it has caused disruptions leading… [read more]
Post 1,042 However odd it might be, we love our Super Bowl commercials as a form of entertainment. Millions tune in just for them, not so much for the football game. And with the cost for just 30 seconds of ad time at $7 million, the ad agencies and the companies they create ads for… [read more]
Post 1,041 On February 18 Steve Sheffey wrote, ” . . . House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) says he won’t allow the House to vote on the emergency funding because it doesn’t contain money for border security. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) accurately summarized Johnson’s position: The Speaker said he wouldn’t pass Ukraine funding without a… [read more]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
