Honor
VoteVets is standing with Rags of Honor (a shop that employs homeless veterans) to honor the military service and sacrifice of the McCain family. At this year’s national Fourth of July celebration we'll be…
Monday Ménage, And A Plus One
Winston Churchill. Oscar Ameringer. Pat Paulsen. A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to…
The Day The Lady Arrived, In Pieces…
On 17 June 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. The Lady was shipped from France in 350 individual pieces. She was reassembled and dedicated in 1886. Is she being broken…
History As Reminder: A Message For Our Time
While in prison, Nelson Mandela wrote a message to the people of South Africa suffering under the boot of apartheid. The message was smuggled out of Robben Island prison and made public on 10…
Monday Ménage
George Carlin. Robert Elliott Gonzales. Hunter S. Thompson. Now, there's one thing you might have noticed I don't complain about: politicians. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think…
America In Crisis
On the day before Memorial Day, a day when we honour those who served and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, there is no way in hell we should pay respect to this POS…
Texas GOP Pushing Bill To Keep Dem Voters Away From Ballot Box
It is voter suppression pure and simple A direct hit on populations that don’t have easy access to a voting location in their neighborhoods or they don’t have access to transportation (more…)
Burning Question
Robert Scheer, Editor in Chief at Truthdig.com Asks: Has Freedom of the Press Become an Illusion? Scheer, who has argued in the past that the persecution of [Julian] Assange endangers journalism as we know it, points…
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…
Again and Again and…
Monday Ménage
Dave Barry. Harry S. Truman. Will Ridgers. 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…
Mothers Day 2019
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Yeah, He Was There…
Boston Red Sox Manager Alex Cora Did Go To The White House
A Way Forward
That all beings are great and all are part of and responsible to the Whole is a world view based on the concept of Reciprocity and one which is fundamental to the Haudenosaunee of…
End. The. Madness.
Another School Shooting. 1 Student Dead, 8 Students Injured. Shooting at Highlands Ranch Charter School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado. (more…)
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…
Do We Really Need Another Old White Guy With Grabby Hands? Really?
Biden enters 2020 race via vid announcement on Thursday. Yay?
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.
Monday Ménage
Molly Ivins. Will Rogers. Joseph Stalin. I want to point out, there are a lot of politicians who enjoy the political end of politics, but they're not interested in governance. And then, there are…
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…
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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