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Fear of a Tricorn Hat

The incredibly teahadist bent of the current Rethug House, has had me bemused. Only a handful actually ran as tea party candidates, but they are all acting like they were teahadists all along. Then a...

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Turning the Page

    2011 is nearly gone (and good riddance). It was a year of rethug overreach, and just plain 'reach', throwing roadblocks to everything and everyone not part of the now (justifiably) infamous 1%....

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He's a Newt, not Sauron

That was a snarkish comment I made about the Gingrinch last night, when someone mentioned Mordor. That said, Newt is a newt, not some powerful, mysterious evil. Evil, yes, no question, add vile,...

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I Just Don't Understand

    Mostly, I just 'don't get it' when it comes to rethugs, and their financial sponsors. Now, 'union busting' has been a rethug 'staple' forever, but how, in the middle of the worst economic period in...

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The 'New' Election Algebra: Big Lies + Big (Secret) Money = ?

The plutocracy, with their chosen straw man, Rmoney, expect that equation to equal victory, but I have hope, (that's all I've got) but the hope is there, however, I will be biting my nails till about...

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Economic War Criminals

Although there is no standard I am aware of to define it, there are acts, and actors which meet the definition of "Crimes Against Humanity".

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Default and "The Market"

Although no one really knows what will happen when the Government 'defaults', which is now a certainty, thanks to the new rethug rule requiring Cantor to intro any resolution, and denying any...

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The Roots of the French Revolution

I am certainly not advocating violent revolution, but the parrallels of the event, and events currently unfolding are disturbing.

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This is ludicrous

In a website I visit, one of the 'sidebar' ads said "Urgent Poll: Should Obama be impeached for the tragedy in Benghazi" Just above it was an 'ad' with...

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Is the Funding of Climate Change Denial a "Crime against Humanity"?

Are the Koch brothers, etc. guilty of "crimes against humanity"? I say yes, and the fact that it's done for pointless, blind greed makes it worse than the usual run of ideological criminality. When...

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Sue, Impeach, whatever...

If the teahadists take the Senate, (they will keep the House , courtesy of the 2010 rethug takeover of so many state legislatures, and the subsequent gerrymandering),Then impeachment is almost certain,...

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I Could Almost Feel Sorry for Boner

As squeaker of the house, he never has a nice day. The teahadists loathe him, the Dems probably barley speak to him, and his caucus is divided several ways on every issue (except saying NO! to Obama)....

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An Idea for a National Ad

A public 'shaming' of republican voters is called for, a 30 second  national ad stating "If you voted for a Republican in past elections YOU are responsible for: Crumbling roads and bridges A minimum...

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What Has Happened to Republicans?

I remember, around 1960, my father came home with a pamphlet from the John Birch Society. That weekend he and a friend discussed it, laughing frequently at it's absurdities. My dad and his friend had...

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ISIS is Doomed

Yes, it's true, the murderous, sadistic 'Islamic State' will be history, and very soon. Why? How? Saudi Arabia is the short answer. The only Arab Muslim Superpower (although they keep that title under...

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Rand Paul, "libertarian" or Neo Confederate?

Rand Paul's isolationism is, by some, characterized as a good thing, that's arguable, it's presented as being a high moral position, but it, at it's core, is ISOLATIONISM, which, in an interconnected...

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This too , shall pass

About like a kidney stone, but it's just two years of shitstorm, with Obama having to veto a hundred crimes against humanity disguised as rethug bills. Even so, Joni Ernst? Why haven't they indicted...

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"Islamic" Terrorism is Stupid

With the recent spate of terrorist murders, I am simply amazed at the stupidity of the terrorists, and their leaders/handlers. If they wish to instill respect for their faith, instilling fear does not...

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Rethug bomb throwers

The recent attempt to scuttle the Iran/EU/US/etc. nuclear negotiations left me angry. What do the rethugs really want (besides embarrassing Obama)? Do they want what Bibi wants, Iran as a lifeless...

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It saddens me to hear...

That Trumpzilla is no longer on the top of the Iowa polls, being squeezed out by Scut Wanker. I have always wondered why Iowa, with it's undiverse, mostly rural, Old Testament oriented population is...

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Stock Market plunge:herd behavior

I have mentioned this before, the 'stock market' is controlled by 'herd behavior', abetted by computer programs that say "at this point, sell". The terms are profit taking, and profit protecting, not...

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Dystopias Unlimited

Way back in the 1970's, "SoylentGreen" postulated an overpopulated, hungry Earth, (did you notice it was much hotter, too?). At the time I had an (disturbing) vision of a 30 foot wall on our southern...

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What Does Trump Want?

He can't want to be President, He would find the job boring, and it's powers limited (even with a brain dead, rabid Rethug Congress). What, beyond the ego trip, could he be trying to do? I have...

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Shingles, a Public Service Notice

In the last week, I experienced severe nerve pain in my radial nerve (the big one that runs from your back down the inside of your arm). At first I thought I had pinched a nerve in my right shoulder,...

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I have a problem, but it's just politics

I don’t particularly like or trust Hillary, she’s tough and smart, and will do an adequate, perhaps even above average job as President, and there is zero doubt she would be incredibly better than any...

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Appropriate Campaign Theme Songs for Rethugs

Appropriate campaign theme songs:For Trump: “Highway to Hell”For Cruz: “Bad to the Bone”For Rubio: “Living La Vida Loca”For Christie: “Eat IT” (Al Yankovic)For the rest of the clown car, I open...

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I am deeply worried

I am deeply worried, the awfulness of the entire Rethug ‘clown car’ is frightening. Trump, the pathological narcissist, Cruz the wanna be ayatollah, Rubio, the RW parroting  Koch bot, are all...

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Cruz and Kasich, the 'Saviors' of Republicanism?

Between the two of them, they might be able to stop the con man, but if they do, will that be a ‘positive’ result? Aside from Cruz’s closet ayatollahism, politically, they are about ¼ inch apart, very...

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What Will the Summer Bring?

Will this be “The Summer of Trump? Or will it be the summer Trump finally loses it? Will the Republican Convention be a ‘bloodbath’ ? I know his ‘supporters’ want an excuse for violence, to let out...

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Bigotry In The Open

The Trump campaign, or as I think of it, “Bigotry for All” has stirred things up alright, the closeted bigots and haters are boiling out into the open as not seen since the 60’s. The alleged ‘threat’...

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Trump and the New Four Horsemen

Trump has powerful allies, his four horsemen of America, Ignorance, Gullibility, Stupidity, and Bigotry. His bluster and bullying have set a tone that all the above groups love. Pence, who will...

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Bringing back an old word...

There have been some fun tags for Trump, “hell toupee”, “Der Furor” and “Il Douche” , all good (and accurate) but there is a word that has fallen out of usage in the last 50 or so years, that describes...

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America, the Farce

I don’t want to live in a country that’s a reality TV version of the Third Reich, but I’m stuck. Too Old, too poor to emigrate, and although suicide is an option, it probably won’t be necessary, as my...

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It's War, can we declare an embargo?

Can the rest of the country, decide to boycott, embargo and otherwise punish Paul Ryan’s congressional district, for electing and re electing a wealth worshiping, sociopath who is planning  mass murder...

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Businessman?

Business, in the final analysis, is about MONEY, while government is about PEOPLE. That in a nutshell is why ‘businessmen’ make wretched politicians, especially political executives. Keeping the air...

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Do Not Feed The Trolls

I am taking a contrarian view on this but, here it is : Do Not Counter demonstrate Nazis, etc., with no one to shoot beat, scream at, etc., with only the police and some media to witness their...

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I Want More names for Trump Cultists

The all but bulletproof Trump fans/cultists are amazing in their density, crudity and willingness to attack and insult anyone who doubts their imagined near divinity, Trump. The usual labels are ok,...

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The Real "Zombie Apocalypse" and Guns

I have come to a conclusion, that many have probably had, that the ‘gun hugging’ of AR’s and AK’s is not about ‘tyranny’, per se, but about racist anxieties, the fear that brown and black people will...

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Different Date Same 'Stuff'

Over 40 years ago a lot of returning veterans felt ‘dissed’, the feeling was one of rejection. We were portrayed as criminals, crazies and addicts. The phrase we traded, at least among ourselves, was...

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Why do NAZIS get no 'real' Police Response?

Portland, Oregon, facing a RWNJ/NAZI rally, is worried, they should be, but my question is: why armed aggressive extremists are not met like the protesters in Ferguson, or elsewhere, with armored cars...

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A Modest Proposal

And a brief one, too, give the orange ogrehis 6 Billion, funded by a special tax on Golf Courses, see how serious he is then!

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Confessions of an old fart

Born in 1951, I am a ‘boomer’, not my choice, but true none the less. Most of my friends are also members of that cohort. Despite a couple of myocardial infarctions, I am in generally good health, and...

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"Captain Smith, the maiden voyage of the Titanic was a rousing success" (So Far)

The headline tells it well, after watching the victory laps being attempted by the governors of Florida and Texas, ludicrous self congratulations in the midst of a disaster, Abbott and Pence giving...

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The Loss of the ACA will Severely Damage the Economy

The almost certain destruction of the ACA by the new ‘Taney” Court, will cause serious damage to the economy, millions will be impoverished, bankrupt due to loss of affordable insurance, the state...

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What time will Trump declare 'victory'?

I expect Trump to falsely claim victory sometime tonight, sometime between 6PM and midnight,  my guess is 10PM EST,  what do you think?

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IT'S A CRIME!

BY politicizing mask wearing and social distancing, and other common sense health precautions, and sponsoring and approving armed protests of public safety rules the Republican Party is guilty of...

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February 13, 2021 the new "Day Of Infamy"

A brief note to the 43 Senators who betrayed democracy and the rule of law, you have bent the knee, kissed the ass, and licked the jackboot, may your shame be immortal, you now own the Trump party,...

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No Stimulus for Me

As i have not received the $1,400 I assumed it was because I haven’t filed with the IRS in years, because my  sole income was a modest Social Security payment, I assumed that I was not eligible because...

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Name Calling for fun

I would like to get more ideas for funny names for the mask and vax avoiding followers of the orange pied piper, I like trumpanzee, but it is missed in conversation, trumpoid is easy and easily spoken...

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AD for '22

DRUG prices!!! “Big Pharma is addicted to price gouging, (Compare insulin prices in US with several other countries, add other gouge priced drugs) Republicans are addicted to big Pharma campaign...

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