The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes & ears. It was their final, most essential command - George Orwell, "1984" Once again, right-wingers in the U.S. are just so proud…
Monday Ménage: Edition Givers and Takers
Dhliwayo. Xinindlu. Malloy. True leaders are givers, not takers; builders, not destroyers; doers, not talkers; encouragers, not flatterers; lovers, not haters; warriors, not worriers; forgivers, not shamers; performers, not complainers; achievers, not quitters;…
Friday Serenade: McConnell. McCarthy. TFG. Play Goes On
Bad Actors in Kabuki Theater ~ We already know that Mitch McConnell doesn't like Trump. We also know that McConnell is a thoroughly amoral man who cares only for power, and will do whatever…
Wednesday WayBack: History, Ain’t It Something
Writing at CommonDreams.org, Thom Hartmann asks the question on the minds of many Americans: Will US Turn Away From Fascism and Abandon This GOP Death Cult Before It's Too Late? Hartmann: The current Republican…
Monday Ménage: Edition Truth
Lewis. Chisholm. Cooper. Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and rest. Freedom…
Friday Serenade: AWWH, Jeff, It’s Over
Back when Donald Trump was a washed-up businessman, with a checkered history of bankruptcies, racism and failed real estate projects, it was Jeff Zucker, then the president of NBC Entertainment, who decided to resurrect…
Wednesday WayBack: Tripping All Over Themselves
A number of leading Republican senators are tripping over themselves trying to hide from questions about Trump's promise at a recent Texas rally that if he's elected in 2024 he will pardon the January…
Monday Ménage: Edition Politics Politicians and Demonic People
Murat ildan. Vanderbuilt. Muscio. One of the lowest creatures on earth is the politician who tries to eliminate his political rivals using unlawful methods and even violence! To halt the march of such…
Friday Serenade: When Worlds Collide
He is famously among the most ornery, uncompromising and capricious of blue-chip legends ~ Neil Young’s battle is principled – and comfortable In pulling his music from Spotify in protest over Covid misinformation, the…
Wednesday WayBack: Revealing A Straight Line
In her latest at CommonDreams.org, journalist, activist, and truly great human being, Abby Zimet warns of “an Orwelian hellscape” being created by right-wing extremists and zealots. These Are Not the Best of Times On…
Monday Ménage: Edition Social Media, News, Librarians
Wylie. Aral. Vonnegut. The first tool of authoritarian regimes is always informational control—both in the gathering of information on the public through surveillance and the filtration of information to the public through owned…
Friday Serenade: In The Hall of Fame
Hall Of Fame To Remember, A Song Never To Forget On the 21st of January 1987, Marvin Gaye was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Fellow inductees included: Aretha Franklin;…
Wednesday WayBack: Being Manchin
When Someone Shows You What They Are... ~~ So, Joe. How Ya Feelin’ Posted here 2021.10.21 Manchin Didn’t Get Even One Republican For His Compromise ‘Bipartisan’ Voting Bill No, really, Joe, how are you…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. America Needs You Now More Than Ever
"Give Us The Ballot" The denial of this sacred right is a tragic betrayal of the highest mandates of our democratic tradition. And so our most urgent request to the president of the…
Friday Serenade: American Experiment, Crushed By Minority Rule
We Have Journeyed Far From Here ~ Supreme Court Blocks Biden The Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration from enforcing its emergency rule mandating that workers at large businesses get vaccinated or undergo regular…
Maybe There Is A Way To Breakthrough
A Day's Sample ~ ~ The Breakthrough? Anti-vax tax? Quebec [Canada] to impose ‘significant’ financial penalty on the unvaccinated ~~
Wednesday WayBack: Spineless Lindsey Part Infinity
'Spineless' Graham's Latest Groveling How-To... Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was slammed as “spineless” on Wednesday for saying the 2024 Republican presidential nomination was Donald Trump’s “if he wants it,” hailed the former president as…
Prez Gave His Speech. It Was A Nice Speech. We Like Nice Speeches
President Joe Biden on Tuesday gave a speech in Atlanta endorsing eliminating the filibuster for the passage of voting rights bills. The speech had its moments. But speeches alone will not save U.S. democracy.…
Monday Ménage With A Plus-Two: Edition Ink Blots, Moral Idiots, Lies and Politics
Kirkpatrick. Urrea. Orwell. Robinson. Stalin. I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently.…
Irony And The U.S. Constitution
On 2 January 1788, Georgia is the fourth state to ratify the constitution.
‘Operating In Bad Faith’: Sounds Like A New TV Hospital Drama Series. But, It’s Not
But Does Sound Like Joe Manchin. It Is. "If you were a fossil fuel lobbyist and had to construct an ideal strategy not only to kill BBB but to gum up the works…
Friday Serenade: Outside Dinning
DON'T THINK SO... (more…)
The United States of America
History Is Teacher; We Learn or We Perish. Near the end of 1923, an odd, self-absorbed little man was arrested and charged with sedition and treason for his part in what became known as…
Wednesday WayBack: White Nationalists and Their Motherland
Moscow Mitch McConnell's outrage yesterday at Democrats' radicalism – fighting for the right for every eligible citizen to vote – is not anything new. Far-right Republicans have long turned to Russia and the former…
McConnell’s Big Fear: If You Let It, Democracy Works
McConnell Thinks Fighting For Voting Rights Is 'Radicalism' - And Not The Good Kind U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday laid bare his reasoning for vehemently defending the use of the…
Adolph DeSantis Has Storm Troops Arrest, Detain Citizen – ‘Cus He Felt Like It
Floridians, If You Don't Bow Down Or If You Speak Out, He's Coming For Ya ~ This is what fascist leaders do to their public to instill fear in them. A peaceful elderly Black…
Monday Ménage: Edition Reason, Goobers, and The Imbecile
Einstein. Barry. Brecht. For all of us who are concerned for peace and the triumph of reason and justice must today be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good-will exert…













