Monday Ménage
Katha Pollitt. Maya Angelou. Sojourner Truth. Even if we all decided to define personhood to include fertilized eggs and embryos and fetuses, they would not have the right to use a woman’s body…
Mothers Day 2019
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The Demagogue’s Playbook
‘Divide and conquer’ is one of the oldest strategies in the demagogic playbook: keep the public angry at each other so they don’t unite against those who are running off with the goods. ...…
It’s Getting Serious, Folks
Yeah, It’s A Thing: Trump Won’t Cede Power If He Loses In 2020. “Some warn Trump is already laying the groundwork to contest the 2020 election results should they not go in his favor”. …
Time Running Out. Send Him To Jail, Now!
William Barr is in contempt. Congress should send him to jail. Joel Mathis, The Week. So-called Attorney General William Barr has shown nothing but contempt for the rule of law and time is running…
Someone Remind Him And His Party
And what you’re seeing is a dictator in the making. David Cay Johnston, journalist and biographer of Donald Trump.
Never Forget: 19 April 1995
A terrorist attack on 19 April 1995 at the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City killed 168 people including 19 children and over 850 were injured. It was the deadliest act of…
Same Topic, Different Story, Same Image – 3
Propaganda machines in all totalitarian countries habitually depict the dictator as the saviour of his people from some danger real, or more usually imaginary, and as the man of action who decides what is…
Same Topic, Different Story, Same Image
Donald J. Trump and his team have now openly declared that he is above the law rather than, as our Constitution provides, a public servant whose duty is to faithfully execute the law. His…
Even Great Walls Have Go-Arounds
And This One Was 100s Of Years In The Making. Should We Tell Him?
Authoritarian Guide To Power: “I alone can fix it”
“I like acting because I can move so quickly. It gives me more flexibility.” In July 2016, candidate Donald Trump declared that he alone could fix America’s problems big and small. It was at…
Monday Ménage
Alexandra Adornetto. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not easy to be engaged in…
Oh Boy… UPDATED
Your Next Attorney General? ‘Fanatic Who Believes in Dictatorship of Executive Power’ ... In addition to his sweeping view of executive power, the ACLU pointed out that Barr's 'record suggests that he will follow…
Not Just An Image: Ugliness From The Inside Out
Donald Trump renews his ugly attacks on hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico with new and old falsehoods - in stark contrast to his phony, bullshit caring toward disaster-stricken communities in states that voted for him. Also:…
Use It Or Lose It. Democracy Is Funny That Way
Like it or not, and I don’t, Donald Trump is president of the United States of America. In 2016 he lost the popular vote by 2.9 million votes but received 304 Electoral College votes…
History As Reminder: Trump & Soldiers
As the Pentagon readies a $1Billion gift to Trump for his ‘wall’, military leaders need to be reminded candidate Trump took the position that soldiers returning from combat with PTSD were ‘not strong’. Here’s…
Russia-Trump-Mueller Timeline: 1998-2019
Maybe, Just Maybe, U.S. Attorney General Barr didn’t take a look at THE GIANT RUSSIA-TRUMP-MUELLER TIMELINE. It Begins... 1998 / Russia defaults on its debt. Wealthy Russians invest overseas. 1999-2000 / Trump considers presidential…
Mueller Report, Barr Whitewash. What Now?
Barr’s letter to congress here
Effect Of Race and Gender On Campaign Fundraising
PRESS RELEASE: OpenSecrets.org (Center for Responsive Politics). New report through US 2050 details the effect of race and gender on campaign fundraising. The Center for Responsive Politics is pleased to announce the publication of…
2019 USA: WH COS Makes Sunday Rounds Compelled To Convince Us Trump Is Not A White Supremacist
White House Chief of Staff Mike Mulvaney’s Sunday mission was to convince Americans, and, one can safely assume, convince people around the World, that the President of the United States of America is not…
So, There It Is Folks…
Trump Warns His Opponents: ‘It would be very bad’ if (my) military, police and biker supporters got ‘tough’ We can’t sugar-coat this. The President of the United States is encouraging the military, police, and…
History As Reminder: March Madness
In the last parliamentary elections of the Weimar Republic in March 1933, the Nazis polled 44% of the vote – not enough for a majority but enough to put down any future political resistance.…
I’m Surprised. Aren’t You?
The Founder And Former Owner Of That Florida Massage Parlor (Think Bob Kraft) Has Been Selling Chinese Execs Access to Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Ya Gotta See This ... (more…)
America 2019: Danger Ahead
Trump's Secret ‘List’! Administration Tracked Journalists, Attorneys, Immigration Advocates and Activists At Southern Border: Leaked Docs. >> It starts to smack of dictatorship or the persecution of actors and press during the Red Scare.…
On This Day: 3 March 1991
Not Fake News
All You Need To Know About This Guy: UPDATED
UPDATED 2019.03.01: Kim [Jong Un] and his evil regime are responsible for the death of our son Otto. Kim and his evil regime are responsible for unimaginable cruelty and inhumanity. No excuses or…
Politics & Policy
Constitutional America???
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Dead By Cop
Black, Native, Latino Americans Are Killed At A Much Higher Rate Than White Americans
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Hey, US Ed, History Calls
The invasion by Europeans of the ‘New World’ saw the First Nations population go from around 15 million in 1500 to just over 200,000 in 1900. (U.S. only. Does Not include data on First Nations Peoples of Canada).
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Project 2025 & The Military
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Shrewd, SlipUp, Or Just Plain Stupid …
In a meeting with hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals: “It’s unacceptable seeing ‘fat generals and admirals’ in the halls of the Pentagon, and leading commands around the country and the world. It’s a bad look.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Ebony McMorris, reporter for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN): “Mr. President, what are your plans for—” McMorris began (one of the few Black reporters in the WH Press Corps). “Quiet. You’re really obnoxious,” said Trump. “I’m not obnoxious, but I’m trying to ask you what about your plans for Memphis, Mr. President?” “You are really obnoxious,” said Trump (president of the USA).
“I think she’s a disgraceful person, you know, I think she’s a disgraceful person, a loser. It’s amazing the way people vote. I know it’s people from her area, maybe of the world, I don’t know. They got here and they vote her in. I don’t know. It’s hard to believe. But I think she’s a disgusting person.”
That’s the President of the United States of America making remarks about seated member of the House, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), to reporters in the Oval Office.
‘If Republicans don’t block voting rights, Democrats will allow “child molesters” and “illegal aliens” to vote and Republicans will be out of power for years’. Ted Cruz, Republican U.S. Senator from Texas. Same Ted Cruz who voted to force changing legal votes of Electoral College. Went so far as to incite an insurrection.
Simple Reminder
Stuff…
News Disorder, It’s A Thing I’m always tired because at night I can’t sleep unless I watch the news. Then I watch the news and can’t sleep.
Your Tingly Leaving You know that tingly little feeling you get when you like someone? That’s your common sense leaving your body.
Don’t Wanna Know It is possible to lead a cow upstairs – but – not downstairs. Question: Why in the hell would you want to take a cow upstairs? Wait, no, don’t tell me. I don’t want to know.
Kane’s Clinic
Wheel In The Sky
Journey From their album, Infinity – the first album with Steve Perry on lead vocals. Released January 1978.
Going Back Home
Sherman Robertson From the 1998 Rockin’ Blues album (CD) Going Back Home
Out Of The Rain
Etta James From her 1990 Soulful Blues album Stickin’ To My Guns
Dreams
Brandi Carlile * From WFUV LIVE CD (FM 90.7 in the Greater New York City area). Originally on her 2009 folk-rock album Give Up The Ghost.
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Marvin Gaye Originally On His Landmark 1971 Album What’s Going On
Amigo De Verdad
Gipsyland from their album Viva La Musica. Recorded in Cancoon Studio Paris and DreamHouse Studios London.
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