Archive for August 2018
We’re Looking For A Few Good Reads
Ah, if just once we could start the day without reading about some ghastly Trump-related disaster. But, alas, it isn’t happening anytime soon. So, here are some of the stories we’re folllowing in the Orange One’s America this week. Trump continues to embarrass us on the international stage. For example, he just weirded out…
Read MoreSarah Palin: A Space Idiocy
So we learned recently that the late Senator John McCain was not even in his grave before Sarah Palin, his one time running mate, had already begun to take pot shots at the man. In fact, according to Stephanie Mencimer, writing in Mother Jones, Palin has not so much mourned the Senator’s death as celebrated…
Read MoreBalaclava News
If you’re reading Liberal Resistance, it’s a pretty safe bet that you’re here for the usual reason. That’s right – fashion reviews! On the off chance that you didn’t come here for articles about what teenagers in London are wearing at the moment, I guess I’m going to have to start at the beginning. Sports…
Read MoreWe’re Looking For A Few Good Reads
It has been a wild week, to say the least. There are Trumpsters in jail, Trumpsters pleading guilty, and Trumpsters eying the exits. Here are some of the stories we’re watching at the moment: Speaking of the long list of Trumpsters who have either flipped or are eager to do it, The Wall Street Journal…
Read MoreMeme: Where’s Batman When You Need Him?
Oh, what we wouldn’t give for a good old fashioned Gangbuster. Melvin Purvis please come home. All is forgiven.
Read MoreMeme: Just Asking
Which Dystopia Are We In?!
In what shouldn’t be news to anybody, it’s 2018. This feels like the sort of impossible sci-fi date that used to crop up in movies and comic books. We should all be giving orders to our robot butlers to wax our hover-cars before our weekend trip to Mars. Instead, we’ve ended up with antibiotic resistant…
Read MoreSpace Force and Spending
As I’m sure most of you heard this past June, President Trump proposed the U.S. start a “Space Force” to protect U.S. assets in space. What most of you probably didn’t realize is that, yes, the President was serious. He actually wants to make a 6th branch of the U.S. military dedicated to space. This…
Read MoreWe Will Have To Keep Fighting
I keep wondering, what will we do with the GOP when Trump is gone? And, almost as importantly, how will we deal with the memory of Trump’s crimes? The crimes committed by him, and aided and abetted by the Republican Party? I am not certain, but I think we will have to fight long and…
Read MoreWe’re Looking For A Few Good Reads
Do you ever wake up thinking, “Dear God, let there be no Trump news today?” Well, us too. But, alas, that perfect morning isn’t here yet. Some of the stories we’re following in the news include: Crooks and Liars writer News Hound Ellen notes with horror that Fox News host Jeanine Pirro and two…
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