•• A General Speaks •• Investigative journalist at the New York Times, Michael S. Schmidt, had a recent sit-down with retired Marine General John Kelly. Kelly was Trumps's homeland security secretary and from 2017…
Monday Ménage: Democracy. Culture. Respect.
~ Menchú Tum. Morales. Escalante. ~ Peace cannot exist without justice, justice cannot exist without fairness, fairness cannot exist without development, development cannot exist without democracy, democracy cannot exist without respect for the…
Friday Serenade: Maybe …. His Own?
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 be considered part of a broader strategy to…
WayBack Wednesday: Liberty, Fear, and Good Sense
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. Devoid of any sensible attempt to inform on…
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 development of any people. Albert Einstein. No…
Friday Serenade: 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, Yeah, 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. It's a brief brief; only a 165-page 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 and gentle man, and a man with a…
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 reshaping societies worldwide. Life expectancy at birth now…
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 have only read about in History books. At…
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 Is Like Saying The Sky Is Blue. Both…
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 is enough, that you don’t have to think,…
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 a 'Russian pawn'. Rudy Guiliani's defamation lawsuit was…
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 think about what questions might be most useful…
Friday Serenade: The Heavy Lifting, Still
~ A Thank You ~ The Violence Against Women Act Turns 30, Today * By Professor Dale Margolin Cecka, director of the Family Violence Litigation Clinic at Albany Law School. Intimate partner violence…
WayBack Wednesday: Deferred To 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; therefore, this post on Thursday rather than Wednesday.…
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 King Jr. Every generation inherits a world…
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 his role as Supreme Lackey, conveniently forgetting that…
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 – the central role played by the mass…
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 a way to honor workers in the U.S.—the…
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 how corporate media continues to target the Harris-Waltz…
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 no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the…
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: Leave The Audience Hanging. However... A couple of…
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! - and it's playing really well. I mean, really…
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 can convince one man by logic. Robert A.…













