America today is overwhelmed by HATE and HATE will bring an end to 'The Grand Experiment'. Yes, HATE has been an integral part of the American experiment from its beginning, bringing with it unimaginable…
Monday Ménage: Trivial Men. Pure Wind. Politics.
Nathan. Orwell. Chisholm. Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men. George Jean Nathan. Political language is designed…
Friday Serenade: Our Planet and The Future of All Things Living
“We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children” First Nations proverb. The Planet is under severe assault; by climate changes, extreme rains and heat, dying off of…
Monday Ménage: Knowledge. Born Ignorant. Unbelievable Thing.
Thomas Hobbes. Baruch Spinoza. The Former Guy. Desire of knowledge, and of arts of peace, inclineth men to obey a common power; for such desire, containeth a desire of leisure; and consequently protection…
Monday Ménage: Cognitive Dissonance. Downright Moron. The Whole Point.
Fanon. Mencken. Chomsky. Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create…
WayBack Wednesday: Psychopaths and Sycophants, Together Again
Republican Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas and the Islamic Republic of Iran are back in the news again; and not for any good deeds. Tom Cotton wants vigilantes to throw pro-Palestinian protesters off bridges;…
Monday Ménage: Apathy. Wrapped In The Flag. Done Daily.
Montesquieu. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. George Santayana. 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…
Monday Ménage: Tyrants. A Catcher’s Mitt. Realities of Democracy.
Abigail Adams. Maya Angelou. Elizabeth Warren. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion,…
Monday Ménage: Reach. Resist. Don’t Be Too Late.
Audre Lorde. Utah Phillips. Martin Luther King Jr. The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us to temporarily beat him at his own game, but they will never…
Monday Ménage: Liberalism. Painful Alternative. Wisdom.
Gladstone. Galbraith. Plato. Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. William E. Gladstone. Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is…
Monday Ménage: Crafting The Legs. Participating. Realities of Democracy.
Sandra Sealy. Jessica Valenti. Elizabeth Warren. Women have always had to be creative about making limited resources work to sustain themselves and their families. They understand what it means to make the hard decisions…
WayBack Wednesday: About Mitch McConnell
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced he is stepping down from his leadership position in November. Hey Mitch, why wait. Do it now. You have destroyed enough; America does not need any more…
Monday Ménage: That Special Breed
Russell. Thompson. Pevernagie. The special skill of the politician consists in knowing what passions can be most easily aroused, and how to prevent them, when aroused, from being harmful to himself and his…
Friday Serenade: Forget The Crazy…
Forget The Crazy (back to it tomorrow) It's Friday, Go To Boogie Blues (more…)
Monday Ménage, With A Plus One: Laughing At Politicians
Barry. Rogers. Truman. Bierce. The question is why are politicians so eager to be president? What is it about the job that makes it worth revealing on national television that you have the…
Friday Serenade: Inside America’s Blues
American way of life is in danger. Yes, it's been there before; yet the nation has always, somehow, found a way to step back from the abyss. Sometimes not many steps back, but back.…
WayBack Wednesday: Campaigns and Media. Criticism and Culture. Recognising Truth.
Politics. Truth. Campaign Performance. X/Twitter. TikTok. Instagram. Podcast ABC-XYZ. Etc., Etc., Etc. ~ News Media and Presidential Campaigns » The style of campaigning is symbolic of – and results from – the central…
Monday Ménage: Corporate Elite. An Occupation. Fascism.
Useem. Mills. Wolfe. The political concerns of members of the corporate elite are affected by three competing principles. These principles have fundamentally different implications for the ways in which business managers participate in…
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…
Monday Ménage: Apathy. Bankable Asset. Politics.
Montesquieu. Floyd. Nathan. 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…
Monday Ménage: Impostor. A Thing. Fear.
Rousseau. Fromm. Martel. The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of…
WayBack Wednesday: Voting and Voters, A Reminder
Election night 2023 Democrats have a lot to be happy about after winning major races in Tuesday’s election. Abortion rights supporters won big in an Ohio ballot measure and Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear was…
Monday Ménage: Brainless Swine. Visionary Hysteria. Profit In The Republic.
Thompson. Pevernagie. Mencken. The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy—then go back…
Monday Ménage: Limited Resources. Ultimate Goal. Don’t Leave Shit Up To Others.
Sealy. Taryam. Valenti. Women have always had to be #creative about making limited resources work to sustain themselves and their families. They understand what it means to make the hard decisions and to…
Friday Serenade: Yeah, You’re A Mess
The Question!?! What The Hell Is Going On With House Republicans? “You’ve got this conservative movement that survives on antics. They’re not interested in governing; this is what they’re interested in. You…
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…














