I had to laugh when I pulled into the local hardware store a few minutes ago and saw a car parked next to me with a bumper sticker that read: “Ted Nugent for President.” Look, I know that living in …
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Not Every Insane Idea that Trump Puts Forth Actually Happens, But . . .
The point made at left appears to be that Trump does not succeed at all the crazy bullcrap he threatens, and this is true. The United States will not be annexing Canada or Greenland, either. Yet we must not forget …
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Trump’s Baseless Accusation that the Top Bureau of Labor Statistics Official Manipulated Jobs Numbers “a Preposterous Charge”
What American actor and activist George Takei says here is 100% accurate. If any sane and decent person were advising Republicans, he’d urge them to cut ties with Trump as soon as possible, and return to some level of credibility …
The People Will Only Stand for So Much
To the author of the meme here: The guillotine was invented about 80 years after Louis XIV, associated with Versailles in late 17th and early 18th Century; it’s known as the instrument that beheaded Louis XVI and Marie Antionette in …
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Nothing New about Trump’s Behavior as Wanna-Be Dictator
Former labor secretary Robert Reich notes at left that Trump’s firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics comes right out of the playbook of all tyrants.
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Columnist David Brooks on Trumpism
Here’s an excerpt from yesterday’s OpEd in the NY Times by David Brooks: “Trumpism… is primarily about the acquisition of power — power for its own sake. It is a multifront assault to make the earth a playground for ruthless …
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America’s “Cult of Ignorance”
We really do have a weird phenomenon at work here in the United States. America has entire “news” channels that operate solely to deliver misinformation to people who are desperate to confirm certain of their beliefs as true.
Is the U.S. President Above the Law?
To be fair, the SCOTUS didn’t rule that the president is “above the law”; they ruled that the president can’t be prosecuted for something he did as an “official act.” FWIW, this seems at least somewhat reasonable. Should Truman have …
Our Capitalist Civilization Does Indeed Have a Real Direction
I’m what’s called a democratic socialist, or social democrat — two synonymous phrases. This means, in essence, that I hope the United States can join the rest of the developed world in extending certain benefits, like healthcare and education, to …
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Hollywood Is Not Rife with Trumpers
There are some American actor/entertainers who support Trump, but, as suggested here, there aren’t too many of them.
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