I was hoping, now that we have the midterms behind us, that the morons trying to convince voters that the U.S. is a socialist/communist country would come up with a new package of s*** to spread around.
The country with the highest percentage of ultra-high net worth individuals? Norway.
Numerous political philosophers from Aristotle to Jefferson have written the words, or their equivalent, that we see at left. In fact, the first decent paper I wrote in my quest for a degree in the subject was on Aristotle’s position on “The circumstances under which it’s acceptable to discontinue a friendship.” Spoiler alert: It’s when a so-called “friend” has undergone a change in character.
FWIW, I don’t want to be a friend of anyone who has adopted the modern-day GOP position on white nationalism, the multi-tiered justice system, the abandonment of rule of law, the dumbing down of America, or trashing the environment for profit.
Let’s examine this.
Republicans lost ground in 99% of the roughly 2,200 counties where most votes had been counted.
Democrats hadn’t won Kansas, a state dominated by the “salt-of-the-Earth,” in nearly a century.
The election left a clear mandate: The end of governance by liars and criminals, restoration of rule of law, adherence to the U.S. Constitution, human rights, and acceptance of science in policymaking.
If this is losing, the vast majority of Americans will take it every day of the week.
Not sure “ashamed” is the right word. Perhaps “appalled” would be a better fit.
Essentially everything Charlie Kirk stood for went up in flames in the U.S. 2026 midterms: white nationalism, the rejection of science, the destruction of the educational system, tax breaks for billionaires, elitism, the consolidation of power around Trump, and lawlessness at the top of the GOP.
A huge victory for truth, honesty, rule of law, and human decency. Dare I say “DEI?” “WOKEism?”
At left we have the words of far-right political activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer.
I have bad news for her: Nobody believes one iota of this garbage anymore.
There was a time when the groups with which she is affiliated, e.g., InfoWars, were taken seriously by a few crackpots. As we all learned as we watched the election returns from the 2026 midterms, this crap is now totally discredited.
The vast majority of Americans want sanity, decency, and rule of law to prevail in their nation. If our democracy is under threat, it’s most certainly not from millions of illegal aliens flooding across the southern border, mysteriously becoming citizens, provided with Social Security numbers, and then voting for people who will give them various forms of public assistance.
She can continue to spew this nonsense, but no one’s listening.
Thirty-five years ago, long before one of America’s two main political parties was lost to lies and corruption, it really was the economy.
And no one’s saying that economic conditions have no bearing on our nation’s political decision-making.
But the results of the 2026 midterm elections show clearly that the U.S. has lost whatever appetite it may have had for blatant criminality in our government.
The war was part of it, to be sure. Making gasoline unaffordable and driving up the price of anything that comes on a truck sure didn’t help the Republican cause.
But let’s not forget about the lies, the corruption, the pedophilia, the pardons for cash, the effort to squash clean energy, the tax breaks for billionaires, and the destruction of our educational system.
Americans are sick of getting ripped off by a sociopathic conman.
When I was in elementary school in the early 1960s, our teachers made a big deal out of grammatical rules like the one at left.
All these years later, “a lot” is still two words, but certain other similar things have fallen off a cliff, e.g.,
▪“All right” is also two words, but we constantly see “alright.”
▪Split infinitives are now common, e.g., “to boldly go.”
▪Cannot now can be written “can not.”
▪Modify a gerund no longer requires a possessive.
▪“Whom” is seldom used and when it is, it’s normally used incorrectly.
▪Agreement of subject and verb, e.g., “There’s a lot of things I hate about modern life.”
▪The subjunctive mood, stating a wish or something contrary to fact, like “If I was president.” Should be were.
My fourth-grade teacher, Ruth Tindall, would be rolling over in her grave.
The whole world is watching what becomes of the United States and its democracy that is teetering on the brink.
The most amazing aspect to the Trump presidency is the sheer predictability that anything he touches will be destroyed.
At left we see the tangible elements, rather than things like the assault on our relationships with our allies, race relations, declining educational standards, access to affordable healthcare, etc.
