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...
View ArticleTurning 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%....
View ArticleHe'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,...
View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleThe '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...
View ArticleEconomic 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".
View ArticleDefault 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...
View ArticleThe Roots of the French Revolution
I am certainly not advocating violent revolution, but the parrallels of the event, and events currently unfolding are disturbing.
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleIs 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...
View ArticleSue, 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,...
View ArticleI 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)....
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleISIS 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...
View ArticleRand 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...
View ArticleThis 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...
View Article"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...
View ArticleRethug 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...
View ArticleIt 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...
View ArticleStock 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...
View ArticleDystopias 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleShingles, 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,...
View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleAppropriate 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...
View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleCruz 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleBigotry 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’...
View ArticleTrump 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...
View ArticleBringing 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...
View ArticleAmerica, 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...
View ArticleIt'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...
View ArticleBusinessman?
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...
View ArticleDo 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...
View ArticleI 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,...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleDifferent 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleA 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!
View ArticleConfessions 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...
View Article"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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWhat 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?
View ArticleIT'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...
View ArticleFebruary 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,...
View ArticleNo 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...
View ArticleName 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...
View ArticleAD 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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