I wrote a post recently on Bill Gates, and how the QAnon people believe that his mission is to enslave the world’s population by forcing everyone to become microchipped. This made me think of George Soros, another QAnon boogieman, perhaps …
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Dealing with Teen Sex Rationally
At left is a good example of what happens when honest people want something good for their society. The Dutch want to minimize teen pregnancies and unwanted children; please check out how they’ve addressed the issue. This may sound odd …
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In the Coming Midterms, Women Will Remember This Assault on Their Autonomy As Human Beings
One would like to believe this is true. How many American women support an across-the-board ban on abortion? No abortion in cases of rape, incest, or the near-certain death of the baby and/or mother? What percentage can this possibly be? …
Andy Borowitz: Kavanaugh Asks If Anyone Has Seen Briefcase He Accidentally Left at Bar Last Week
Borowitz adds: The jurist said that, after work last Friday, he dropped into a bar near the Supreme Court “to have a few pops,” and inadvertently forgot to take his briefcase when he left. Here again, everyone on Earth has …
Do We Feel Any Pity for This Guy?
Of course we do, and at many levels. Those who followed the orders they received from then-U.S. president Donald Trump to overthrow the U.S. government are guilty of crimes, but still, IMO, pitiable in the extreme. Decent people need to …
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Yes, the Bob Dylan Museum Is in Oklahoma
A friend writes: I just arrived in Colorado last night, drove out from Hollywood, and I’d give anything to have known about this museum opening on May 10 (The Bob Dylan Center, 116 E Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK 74103). It’s …
The Republican Party May Have Hit a Brick Wall
I’m hoping that the election tally shown here is an indication that the American people at the right-most end of the political spectrum, even garden-variety Trump supporters, have reached their limits in terms of how much hate and stupidity they …
Oath Keepers Under Pressure To Present Truth about January 6th
It makes one wonder what oaths the Oath Keepers actually pledged. Wasn’t loyalty to one another among them? In all fairness, cooperation with prosecution in exchange for lighter sentencing is a standard aspect of American criminal justice, and he shouldn’t …
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Conservatives Shouldn’t Favor Coups
This seems self-evident, doesn’t it? American conservatives believe, if nothing else, that the United States is an almost holy nation, that God smiles on our endeavors, that rule of law lies at the core of what makes our nation the …
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The Sound of Indictments
At a certain level, this is a private joke between my wife and me. She is quite frustrated by the pace of the Justice Department’s actions against the architects of the insurrection, and tells me, “Just let me know when …
