Barack Obama gave a speech on October 10 in Pennsylvania, a critical swing state, to rally support for Vice President Kamala Harris. His lighthearted jab can…
WayBack Wednesday: Good Sense, Fear and Liberty
There's been a flush of diarrhea coming from the mouth of the former guy (TFG) as the nation readies for the upcoming election on November 5.…
Monday Ménage, With A Plus One: Freedom
Teaching. Your Friend? Do Anything. Absolutely Free! Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural…
Friday Serenade: I Said It’s A Sing Along…
~Turn It Up - Escape The Crazy~ Trouble No More / The Jimmy Rogers All Stars Blues Band Featuring Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
WayBack Wednesday: Reminder, Part Infinity
~ Special Counsel Prosecuting Trump Shows Us A Revealing Brief ~ Jack Smith submitted a new brief. It's a nice brief. It's a good brief.…
Jimmy Carter: Great American
Jimmy Carter Turns 100. Happy Birthday Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States of America. Jimmy Carter, a courageous man, an honourable man, a wise…
Happy International Day of Older Persons
Ageing with Dignity: The Importance of Strengthening Care and Support Systems for Older Persons Worldwide United Nations Theme 2024 Population ageing is a major global trend…
and, if We can’t find the courage…
Friday Serenade « It's About Choices » In 38 days, the courage of We, The People of this Nation, will be tested in ways most…
WayBack Wednesday: Atmospheric Scatterings
Nobody has done more to bring hatred and violence into the [U.S.] political arena than the Republican nominee for president. # ~ Calling Trump A Fascist…
Monday Ménage: Danger. Dancing Bear. Corporatism.
~ Elections Are Fun ~ There’s a danger in the Internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information…
Friday Serenade: Ain’t Nobody Cryin’
~ Guiliani Still Tryin' & Failin' ~ Rudy Guiliani went to court with a defamation lawsuit against President Biden "and several affiliated entities" for calling him…
Monday Ménage: Leaders and Politicians
Not Always The Same We cannot, of course, expect every leader to possess the wisdom of Lincoln or Mandela’s largeness of soul. But when we…
Friday Serenade: Doing The Heavy Lifting
~ A Thank You ~ The Violence Against Women Act Turns 30, Today * By Professor Dale Margolin Cecka, director of the Family Violence Litigation…
WayBack Wednesday – But On Thursday
Yesterday, September 11, was a solemn day. Some people are not worthy of having their name spoken or written in any context on such a day;…
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
~~ 23 YEARS ~~ NEVER FORGOTTEN
Monday Ménage: Things That Matter. The Trustee. Our Civic Society.
~ ML King Jr. Robert Kennedy. Loretta Lynch. ~ Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Martin Luther…
Friday Serenade: Felon and Flakes and Fairy Tails, Oh My. An Update
Far-right Republican Congressman Mike Johnson, who is Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and second in line to the Presidency, is at it again in…
WayBack Wednesday: Politics and News Media. Culture and Criticism. Truth.
~ It's Been Around For A Long Time ~ *News Media and Presidential Campaigns* The style of campaigning is symbolic of – and results from…
No Labor Today, For Some…
* What Is Labor Day * Labor Day is an opportunity to celebrate you, the American worker! The founders of the holiday envisioned this day as…
Friday Serenade: Going Away
John Amato, editor and publisher at CrooksAndLiars.com, has a cadre of great writers and one of the best is Susie Madrak who has a must-read on…
Monday Ménage: Tyrannical Laws. Political Class. Not Entitled.
Montesquieu. Hall. Pollitt. When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be…
Friday Serenade: A Saving Sanity Formula
Turn It Up. Turn It Way Up. Listen. Sing Along. Dance. Smile. Forget The Crazy, For A Moment (more…)
Party’s Over
WOW! Yes, wow. That was a convention. Prime time entertainment at its best. Drama. Comedy. Music. Dance. Anticipation. And the must-have in any prime entertainment production:…
WayBack Wednesday: When A Slogan Hits Its Mark
At her first campaign rally a month ago in Wisconsin, Kamala Harris got lucky – she was handed a great slogan: We're Not Going Back! -…
Monday Ménage; With A Plus One
~ Prejudices. Citizens. Imbeciles. Elites. ~ Heinlein. Naskar. Brecht. Reich. You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you…
Friday Serenade: Unhinged Narcissist In Love
Former occupant of the Oval Office who got booted out in 2020 said the civilian Medal of Freedom, like the one he gave to a billionaire…
WayBack Wednesday: Nikki To Donnie – ‘Quit Whining’
Nikki Haley wants Donald Trump to stop whining and to start focusing on issues and policy. “The campaign is not going to win talking about crowd…
Monday Ménage: Flattened Into Customers. Servility. Access & Activism.
Pullman. Pilger. Abrams. The commercial pressures, the forces urging us to buy and discard and buy again; when everything in public life has a logo…