Eisenhower. Malraux. Ivins. ~~~ Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower. A political leader is necessarily an…
Friday Serenade: Stand Up, Smile, And Vote
Time For All Good Women And Men To Come To The Aid Of Their Country (more…)
Monday Ménage, With A + 3: Speaking To Us
"The Generals and Admirals Speak to America" The former president [Trump] “is the most dangerous person to this country … A fascist to the core.” General Mark Milley, USA (ret) served as chairman…
WayBack Wednesday: Defined
•• 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…
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…
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.…
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,…
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.…
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 sizes. It’s not going to win talking about…
Let’s Repeat It, Again
When a convicted felon running for President of the United States of America continues – or, in fact, up-scales his attack on the US Justice System, including targeted attacks on personnel in the system…
Reminder: Mass Murder Is Not Patriotic
A terrorist attack on 19 April 1995 at a Oklahoma City federal building killed 168 people including 19 children and over 850 were injured. The bomber Timothy McVeigh, a U.S. Army veteran, had ties…
WayBack Wednesday: Governing From Inside The Circular Firing Squad
~ Oh, That Circular Firing Squad ~ Lately, there has been much page space and screen time given to the infighting among House Republicans. It's been entertaining watching the fascists-like leadership and their incompetent…
WayBack Wednesday: Repeat of A Repeat of a Repeat of a…
~ When A Wannabe Dictator Tells You He Will Be A Dictator On Day One ~ BELIEVE HIM ~ The Assault On U.S. Democracy Is Not Over Posted here 2023-09-20 Talking Points Memo, one…
WayBack Wednesday: A Story in Words and Images
••• Good Read. Stunning Numbers. A poll conducted by veteran Democratic pollster Geoff Garin for the group Save My Country, finds a lot of people are not familiar with statements dangerous to our democracy…
WayBack Wednesday: A Necessary Repeat
Elections, Ain't They Somethin' Democrat Tom Suozzi won the New York congressional seat vacated by the disgraced Republican George Santos on Tuesday night, in a boost for Joe Biden ahead of the presidential election.…
WayBack Wednesday: Ain’t History Somethin’
~ ~ The immediate former president of the United States of America - twice impeached, four criminal indictments, 91 charges, civil indictments, etc., etc., etc., Donald J. Trump - is the leading Republican…
Friday Serenade: You Promised. I Pay.
When Rudy Giuliani attached his run-down wagon to Trump's unhinged caravan of lies and smears, little doubt he was looking for a free ride back to the days when he was seen as 'America's…
WayBack Wednesday: Repubs Stinking Up The Joint
For years, many years, Republicans have been shitting all over the good old USofA. How many years? - I'm not sure, exactly, because I'm not that old, but they've been at it for years…
Monday Ménage: Civic Society. Three-Ring Circus. Votes.
Lynch. Isenberg. Stalin. Voting is how we participate in a civic society - be it for president, be it for a municipal election. It's the way we teach our children - in school…
WayBack Wednesday: Still Rings True
Since the 2015 b-movie style descend down the escalator, Donald Trump has shown us what kind of (political) person he wishes he was and in multiple unhinged ways continues to prove what he really…
Friday Serenade: Mike Johnson vs America
Words and Music: Contradictions On Display Mike Johnson, the newly seated Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, now second in line to the Oval Office, was first elected to the House in…
WayBack Wednesday: A Repeat As Reminder
The next national election is Tuesday, November 5, 2024 – just over a year from now. How will Dems and Biden fare? How will Repubs and … ?. Shit, never mind. It will be…
WayBack Wednesday: The Assault On U.S. Democracy Is Not Over
~ When Fascists Tell You They're Fascists, Believe Them ~ Talking Points Memo, one of the better websites for short and long-read news stories, this morning posted 'Our Slow-Moving National Crisis Is Far From…
Psychological Warfare. Happy Labour Day 2023
‘This is psychological warfare’: Starbucks workers allege anti-union firings The National Labor Relations Board has reinstated 28 of the more than 200 pro-union workers fired since late 2021 According to the NLRB, decisions by…













