A Short History of Canada Day
Friday Serenade: America’s Big Scam – Healthcare
New Reporting on Insurance Claim Denials Highlights 'Scam' of For-Profit Healthcare "Private insurance companies, including Medicare Advantage plans, are designed to generate profit. How do they do that? Take our money and then…
Monday Ménage: Ultimate Goal, New System, Respect and Admiration
Taryam. Milne. Clark/Merkel. There needs to be a fundamental shift in the way societies view women in government, one that does not see them as mere seat-fillers or stats on a chart, they…
Friday Serenade: The Not So Supreme Court
"Every federal judge [in the United States of America] is bound to an ethics code requiring them to avoid behavior that so much as looks improper, except for Supreme Court justices. Chief Justice Roberts…
Healthcare Is A Human Right, Even In The US
One year ago, six conservative Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court took away the health-care rights of all of the nation's women and girls. The following article in Newsday, (the Long Island, NY, daily)…
Oh What A Day…
Throughout history, much has happened on this day, 22 June. Here are a few events of interest: 1377 - 10-year-old Richard of Bordeaux, France, succeeds his grandfather Edward III as Richard II, King…
Truth Makes America Whole
Juneteenth: How Misinformation Shapes Our Past and Present Image and article via Color of Change.org This is what you've probably been told about Juneteenth: Enslaved Black people in Texas had no idea they were…
Sunday In The Park With The Kids
And Dad standing watch... ~ (more…)
Friday Serenade: It’s ‘Reject The Crazy’ Day
Let's make a Shift. Delete the Crazy. Shake things up - turn to respect, joy, togetherness, remembering we are all in this together. Life is short, so why not just read, learn, reach out…
WayBack Wednesday: Ranting in All CAPS; It’s Familiar
“They want to take away my FREEDOM," Former President Donald Trump responded with fury Tuesday after he was arraigned on dozens of charges over his handling of classified documents and his alleged efforts to…
Monday Ménage: Small Nooks, Entire History, Bamboozled
Aurelius. Vowell. Sagan. Casting aside other things, hold to the precious few; and besides bear in mind that every man lives only the present, which is an indivisible point, and that all the…
Another First for TFG – UPDATED
Updated: Docs Indictment of Trump Unsealed The former Republican president and his associate Walt Nauta are charged in a 38-count indictment, according to the unsealed document. ~~ Earlier: Should the nation be celebrating this…
Good Morning, NYC
Welcome to The Future Smoke from over 400 wildfires in Canada continue to pose serious health issues --- in New York City and surrounding area. Read here: (more…)
D-Day, 6 June 1944
With Honours D-Day was the name given to the June 6, 1944, invasion of the beaches at Normandy in northern France by troops from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other countries…
Friday Serenade: Not Just A Song…
It's Still A Call To Action ~ EXAMPLE... Maxwell Frost Had One Word for Both Ron DeSantis and Fascism. It Began With "F" The 26-year-old freshman Democratic congressman offered a concise political rebuke of…
WayBack Wednesday: Elections, Consequences, and Timebombs
Ron DeSantis Faces Three New Lawsuits After Signing New Voter Suppression Bill The new law could devastate community voter registration drives Hours before announcing his 2024 campaign for the presidency on Wednesday, Florida Gov.…
Memorial Day 2023
Never Forget
Friday Serenade: Budget Lonely
'We Don't Have a Plan B': Top Treasury Official Says Biden Won't Invoke 14th Amendment Numerous progressive lawmakers, legal scholars, and advocacy groups have implored the president to use his authority under the 14th…
WayBack Wednesday: Fair to Compare?
Alarms Sounding as 'Fascist, Anti-Choice' DeSantis Launches Presidential Campaign "From his hostility toward racial equity and LGBTQ+ rights, to book bans, to one of the most draconian abortion bans on record, he poses an…
Monday Ménage: American History, Today
Nixon. Berlet/Lyons. Nichols. The knock on the door in the summer of 1995 surprised the Rev. James Carter. He wasn't expecting company. It was a Sunday evening, and he'd planned to catch up…
Walk Out. Walk Back In. Walk Out. Crawl Back In. Repeat.
America's Deadly Game of Budget “Negotiations” ~ Repubs Return To Debt Talks After Walking Out In A Huff via HuffPost The negotiations with the White House resumed hours later on Friday night. Republicans have…
Will The Real Joe Biden Please Stand Up
'Pretty Troubling' ~ Concerns Raised Over WH Comments on Spending Cuts via CommonDreams.org President Joe Biden "should not give in to hostage-taking" Joe 1: President Joe Biden has said repeatedly that he will…
Monday Ménage: It’s All True
King. Eisenhower. Mencken. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Martin Luther King, Jr.…
Press Freedom: Slippin’ & Slidin’ in the US of A
Journalism vs Fake News: Fake Winning From the annual index by Reporters Without Borders: 2023 World Press Freedom Index – journalism threatened by fake content industry The 21st edition of the World Press…
Friday Serenade: Supreme Corruption of The Court
People in the United States of America are having trouble putting food in their bellies. Politicians are attempting to create budgets that cut funding to countless social safety programs. Teachers are underpaid and too…
WayBack Wednesday: Picture Boy For Punks
Special Counsel Jack Smith reportedly is listening to recordings of Texas Senator Ted Cruz allegedly blueprinting plans to delay and finally overturn 2020 presidential certification of Joe Biden. The recordings by former Fox News…
Friday Serenade: GOP 2024, Time To Choose Your Führer
The GOP Is At A Crossroad – Choosing Their Dear Leader For example: Via CrooksAndLiars ~ Republican mega-donor Thomas Peterffy told the Financial Times that he, and a "bunch of friends," are pausing plans…













