Name This Mountain
I’d go with “Death of a Nation.”
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What Does “Support” Actually Mean?
The idiot’s t-shirt shown here raises the question: How do you define the word “support?”
In a certain sense, I support all countries, insofar as the people living in each deserve to live freely.
As an American, I support the United States. I revere it for its strengths, while I advocate for remedying its considerable set of weaknesses: corruption, injustice, racism, indifference to human suffering, militarism, and greed.
Stupidity and Racism: A Lethal Combination
BREAKING: Texas Republicans are flailing after a party nominee posted vile racist commentary and refused to take it back.The firestorm started Sunday when Bo French, the GOP nominee for Texas Railroad Commissioner, posted a photo of University of Texas football fans, “most of them people of color,” writing that “the problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined,” according to Politico.
The post appeared to target South Asian students and sent Texas Republicans into a panic over the damage it could do “down the ballot,” including Attorney General Ken Paxton’s struggling Senate bid and Abbott’s own reelection.
Before the Republican party aligned itself with rank stupidity, tacit racism was not really a huge problem. Now, however, we have the equivalent of mixing alcohol with opiates, a deadly combination, which has made the midterms very tough for the GOP–even in Texas.
Trumpism Has Its Humorous Side
Apparently, this guy believes that the majority of Americans think poorly of Trump supporters, and wonders if this is the message we want to send.
News flash: This is precisely the message we want to send.
I wonder what his doctorate is in. Filth? Debauchery? White collar felonies? War crimes?
A New Low in Americans’ Capacity to Think
Many Americans believe that the water delivered to our homes in five-gallon plastic containers brought to us in diesel-powered trucks is the best way to keep them hydrated.
Every ounce of water in the United States exceeds all potability standards.
Reverse osmosis filters that cost a couple hundred dollars installed under our kitchen sinks purify that water to even higher standards.
Not sure who’s stupid enough to think they need “Primo.”
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Most Shameful Era?
The Trump presidency will either be the most shameful era in our nation’s history or the last era.
It’s up to us.
Climate Change Denialists–a Cool Song
I hope you’ll check this out.
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The Downside of Social Media
At left is a recent post by a “friend” on FB. A couple of points that illustrate how inane and dangerous social media can be:
- This is a hoax that was debunked that year.
- Protesting the U.S. support for what’s happening in Gaza is far different than “organizing pro-Hamas rallies.”
- Objecting to the free expression of ideas is unAmerican.
Of course, stupidity exists even in the absence of social media, but there is no doubt that it accelerates that rate at which crap like this can be promulgated throughout our society.
This Is a Big Ask
To accept what House Speaker Mike Johnson says here, you’ll have to pretend that you received your DOGE and Tariff checks, that grocery and gasoline prices aren’t through the roof, that the national debt didn’t just break the $40 trillion barrier, and that the United States has won the illegal and pointless war in Iran.
OK, we’re stupid, but there must be a limit.
Please tell me there is a limit.
Trump’s Attempt at Bribery
There are so many obnoxious features of Trump’s offer to bribe voters that it’s impossible to count them all.
Something that jumps out at me is that I live among people whose integrity is for sale for $5000.
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