Among the many tragic features of modern-day America is the cooption of the word “patriot.”
When we boomers were growing up, love of our country was a good thing, especially if that could be broadened to including understanding its faults and making efforts to improve on them.
Now, it’s essentially the support of a criminally insane and thoroughly corrupt president.
It’s pathetic that the common American pays to have his financial documents shredded.
Unless your records suggest that you’ve raped little girls on Epstein’s island, what’s the problem with putting them out into the trash to be landfilled?
It pains me to see old people depleting their precious savings because of the scare tactic that some rando is going through their garbage so as to steal their identity.
From DW Africa:
Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traore, has said the country should “forget about democracy,” in one of his clearest signs yet that military rule could continue for years. Traore seized power in a coup in September 2022, overthrowing another junta that had itself taken control just nine months earlier. Since then, he has tightened his grip on power, suppressing opposition and banning political parties in January. He had initially promised a return to civilian rule, but later delayed elections, arguing that Burkina Faso remained too insecure because of ongoing Islamist insurgencies. Last year, the junta extended the transition period, allowing Traore to stay in office until 2029. His remarks suggest Burkina Faso is moving even further away from its earlier pledge to restore democratic governance.
The story above is an extremely common one in the developing world and illustrates a critically important point: once a democracy is lost, it’s almost impossible to recover.
America: Take Heed.
Although we can’t see behind the scenes, it appears that what I predicted is actually happening. I.e., that our top generals and admirals are refusing to help the Trump administration commit war crimes.
Not exactly.
Unvaccinated individuals face a significantly higher risk of severe COVID-19, including hospitalization, intensive care admission, and death, compared to vaccinated individuals. Studies show that unvaccinated people are roughly 11 to 15 times more likely to die from COVID-19, with substantially higher infection and mortality rates across all age groups.
Most, though I guess not all, would say that dying in agony, slowly drowning in one’s own blood and pus, is not “nothing.”
This guy is correct that no one outside the United States is laughing at us now, in the spring of 2026.
The most common response to the Trump administration is a blend of horror and sorrow. The world never thought for a moment that the corrupt fascism and criminal insanity that dominates the planet’s banana republics could have possibly come to America.
JFK was assassinated 63 years ago, and the general public still doesn’t know who did it.
If the U.S. federal government is good at anything, it’s keeping secrets that would cause itself embarrassment.
In the case of Pam Bondi, it seems most likely that she didn’t prosecute Trump’s enemies with enough alacrity. Yet there are countless other possibilities.
I’m prepared to leave this Earth not knowing why she got whacked, and you should be too.
Is it possible that the report here is true?
Her job is to stand in front of the American people and lie through her teeth.
How could Trump not be happy with her? She’s great.
It’s hard to imagine that Trump could find a more competent liar.
When I was promoting my books on renewable energy on radio and television interviews 10 – 15 years ago, I never forgot to mention what was, in my mind, the #1 reason that the United States needed to phase out fossil fuels in favor of clean energy: this transition is clearly becoming the defining industry on our planet. We should not hand China the role of industry domination in this space.
Little did I know at the time that Donald Trump would come along and aggressively hamstring wind and solar, so as to enrich his billionaire buddies in Big Oil.
I just came across the meme here, and I thought I’d respond to it.
Let’s call these groups, from top to bottom, A, B, C, and D.
First, instead of joking around about C, let’s be clear: these are people who are dominated by hate, especially the tenets of white nationalism.
Then let’s add in group E, selfish pigs who are getting ever richer because of Trump’s corrupt policies.
Here’s my guess as to the percentage of each group, across the people eligible to vote in the United States:
A: 50
B: 5 (some of these people actually do exist)
C: 33 (Trump’s MAGA support base)
D: 10
E: 2
Now, a question that is often asked is: How is it possible that group E rules the country with only 2% of the votes? Answer: They have almost all the money, and they couldn’t give a s*** about the wellbeing of others.
That this planet will slowly bake matters to most of us, but it doesn’t mean squat to a few.
