Trump’s GOP – Hurt blacks more than whites July 7, 2020 Hurt blacks more than whites. The most succinct and honest explanation of the Republican Party’s “Southern Strategy” by its greatest practitioner, Lee Atwater: Continue Reading
Black voter suppression thanks to the GOP and the Supreme Court June 29, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/photos/a.404595876219681/3385425034803402/?type=3&eid=ARCQvTWKcIoHaAH2eDoUyRXcgX-Tf11uFUy0WLim-ijBbSqKY2Hckcp1MPiZKNJnSNM-rsS–HTdsgYI&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARC1N–Npf7xq0nytmCxX9cVp95aF49fWU9n2J1CBaq8L4SObbo4KLnCUe8sGqZ3Ovn-hnQWWX5u2kiCwNAOVu9M6MqwaiO-uOULNoj9JqBnK9uNCM_ICDJ60zEvYCTacqrjRSwX0HzpLNGeH_baXC66adj2Vzm6SYB8bk7yBkDisa-BZNCWj_Sy6pbf_Z0XPaJE6bjKye7PRfO-fq_jOyWz_YxCqscRWOfXBuhInTFudD4kwKf-uPea_Sly498E_hT_YRiqeJvu7E5wI7pSVpbRehykAZ5QL9HCRC-vEQDefnKSsIbTTaharhwHMoUuSa1RqzFLs47EIAsPsX7foQR8DA&__tn__=EHH-R Continue Reading
The Confederate Monuments Trump would rather have you think about June 28, 2020 The US Supreme Court’s ruling that gays can marry was simply the frosting on a cake. It demonstrated that America had almost come to… Continue Reading
Some White church leaders don’t think very deeply June 25, 2020 I offered my own take on this on Facebook: It was a blessing to the Romans to be able to throw Christians to the… Continue Reading
Ridding the GOP of its parasites June 25, 2020 I have a few saving graces. 1. I am too lazy to tell lies because explaining them away when they are discovered takes too… Continue Reading
Keeping taxpayer gifts to corporations secret. Thank you Mr. President. June 12, 2020 Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Congress on Wednesday that the Trump administration will never reveal the companies which received loans through the Paycheck Protection… Continue Reading
If you lived in a democratic precinct in a rabid Republican state…. June 12, 2020 …like these poor Georgia voters who’s former Secretary of State canceled the voting rights of a quarter million voter registrants this is what you… Continue Reading
Egoists abound June 10, 2020 NOTE: My French studies must be working I used something closer to a french construction of the word egoiste than the English Egotist. Two… Continue Reading
The new boutique Republicans: Crush Dissent June 5, 2020 Thank you Tom Cotton. Orville Faubus would be proud of his Arkansas successor. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/opinion/tom-cotton-protests-military.html Tom Cotton probably lives by the motto “Shoot first and… Continue Reading
Throughline June 5, 2020 I can’t find NPR’s short piece from this morning about how policing developed in the United States from something closer to vigilantism to catch… Continue Reading
Man of the Bible June 3, 2020 How to bible pic.twitter.com/Kib5lTdlRt — Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) June 3, 2020 I sent this video of Sarah Cooper lip syncing the President to my… Continue Reading
The Charlie Manson wing of the Trumplican Party May 30, 2020 The ghost of Charlie Manson, “Helter Skelter,” has come to haunt Minnesota courtesy of Donald Trump. These are some of the “good people” from… Continue Reading
The money production of professional liars April 21, 2020 I listened to the NPR story about Minnesota’s Dorr brothers who make millions by lying through their teeth to piss off pro-lifers and second… Continue Reading
Just another day on the job April 8, 2020 Just another day on the job for President Trump. Meanwhile Bernie drops out. I have a brother-in-law who will be steamed. He keeps sending… Continue Reading
On Wisconsin April 7, 2020 Risk death Democrats if you want to vote. Pro-life Republicans in Wisconsin don’t seem too worried about the lives of Democrats in today’s primaries…. Continue Reading
Ruminations – God’s Own Party’s gods April 6, 2020 Perhaps a couple of late-nighters caught this after I uploaded it. Its another of my long winded think pieces. I’ve had second thoughts about… Continue Reading
I feel what I’m doing is best for my country February 1, 2020 The new constitutional standard to judge our president. Not ulike: Post picture of dictator And Post picture of dictator And Post picture of dictator Continue Reading
Today in the Reader- David Brooks is Wrong… January 30, 2020 …Will Rogers Had it Right It begins: Last week I began sleeping well for the first time since Donald Trump became a Presidential contender…. Continue Reading
Emperor Xi, Tsar Putin, King Trump and George Washington January 16, 2020 Perhas the most unsurprising but appalling news yesterday came from Russia. In one way I miss the Soviet Union. Other than its delusional infatuation… Continue Reading
Meet the new member of the “no evil” clan December 16, 2019 If you couldn’t tell it by looking at my friend here, he’s pinching his nose tight. He’s not alone on my front yard. His… Continue Reading