Promises Kept?
Sure, you could spin expanding oil and gas exploration into the Alaskan wilderness as “promises kept.” The truth, of course, is that these were promises made to billionaire fossil fuels magnates.
The American Fascist
“The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact. Their newspapers and propaganda carefully cultivate every fissure of disunity .…They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.”Vice President Henry A. Wallace, April 9, 1944.
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Deer Hunters and Gun Deaths
A couple of points:
Actually, there are 11.4 million deer hunters, 4.6 million use archery and 6.8 million use guns. It just takes a second to look this up, and doing so prevents one from spreading malicious lies.
Hunters don’t use assault weapons, which are almost always chosen by mass murderers. No one with any sense objects to rifles being sold to hunters.
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Quick Question for a Trump Supporter
To the reader who sent me this:
Maybe we should think about the “job” of the president.
Was he elected to commit a wide array of felonies and flout the Constitution? Please clarify.
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With Trump, It Gets Worse by the Day
With each passing day, Trump’s rhetoric reveals to an even greater degree his cruelty, his vindictiveness, and most of all, his lack of understanding of the U.S. Constitution. The only thing he has on his side is his capacity to mirror the hate and ignorance of his MAGA base.
We used to be proud of our country.
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Trend to Sustainability?
Unfortunately, the trend we really see here is the lie that a sustainable future for our human civilization lies in the things laid out at left. Of course, there is nothing wrong with making our clothes out of cotton or wool, or growing our own tomatoes.
The truth is that we’re baking our planet with greenhouse gas emissions, which accounts for a million or perhaps a billion times more damage than we’re doing to our Earth using nylon and rayon in our fabrics.
It’s almost as if the fossil fuel industry is deliberately trying to misinform us.
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Our White House Press Secretary Is Terrific at Her Job
In a recent posted I defended Karoline Leavitt against the claim that she was “the worst White House Press Secretary in history.”
So, she lies. Constantly. Just like her boss. Lying is what she was hired to do. No one’s suggesting that she’s a decent human being.
At left is another example of her fabulous capacity to stand in front of millions of Americas and vomit out incomprehensibly stupid garbage. She spins atrocious behavior into heroism.
You or I wouldn’t have the faintest clue how to manipulate the most terrible moments in presidential history with such dexterity. We might have said, “It wasn’t his greatest moment. Let’s move on.”
We’d be fired in an instant.
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What Does “Guilt-Free” Mean?
When I came across this ad, I naively thought it was referring to guilt that some folks have about eating murdered pigs.
Wrong. It means that this preparation of murdered pigs is (they claim) better for your health.
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Chicago to See Federal Troops?
AI Overview on Chicago: Chicago is often cited as the “best big city” because it consistently receives high rankings for its culture, attractions, dining, architecture, and welcoming atmosphere. For instance, Condé Nast Traveler readers have voted it the Best Big City in the U.S. for nine consecutive years.
Question: Does it come as any surprise that Chicago deeply resents the idea of Trump’s federal troops?
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Trump and Sharia Law
Is the meme here a joke, or was it simply created for morons?
If someone in the United States were sentenced to have his arm amputated for shoplifting, how do you think that would stand up with respect to the Eighth Amendment?
