Social Media is loaded with celebrities and common folks hurling curses and names at Trump. I do not give those posts a like and I certainly do not share them. I deplore Trump on a personal level for his failings as a decent human being and on the political level for his deplorable policies and…

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“Are you ready?” Trump told a cheering crowd in Arizona during his 2016 campaign trail. “We will build a great wall along the southern border and Mexico will pay for that wall,” He also added. “It will go up so fast your head will spin.” Now during this Trump imposed shutdown he’s singing a different…

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image source The other day an advertisement came up at the bottom of one of the stories I was reading on the web. The ad showed former Speaker of the House John Boehner looking very prim and prosperous and telling investors to “go all out” on marijuana stocks. The ad was for, of course, a…

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There’s a terrifying article on the Foreign Affairs site this month. In The Vanishing Nuclear Taboo? How Disarmament Fell Apart, Nina Tannenwald recounts the depressing story of how we went from a push toward total nuclear disarmament under Obama, to a rush to a new generation of ever more destructive nuclear weapons. Who is to…

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So, here’s just a quick thought about the geopolitical consequences of global warming, plus maybe a modest proposal. We know that Trump and Trump’s people deny global warming, even while it is obviously happening. We got fires and floods to prove it. Yet, they keep right on pretending that it isn’t happening, or, if it…

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Now that Jeff Sessions, our former Attorney General, has been gone for a while, maybe it is time to give him a second look. Maybe it is time to even give credit where credit is due. Yes, admittedly, he is not attractive individual. Physically, there is something of the weasel or the rodent about him—…

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     This article by Sebastian Murdock,  Donald Trump Thinks You Need ID To Buy Cereal, at Huffington Post is definitely thought-food.      So… Trump’s not only a serial liar, he’s a cereal buffoon.      Present story: Considering the venue (an interview with The Daily Caller), we shouldn’t really be too surprised at Trump’s hinge-less rant.…

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So I’m sitting here looking at pictures of Matthew Whitaker, our acting Attorney General. The stress is on the word acting, because the legality of his appointment is disputed, and, if we’re very, very lucky, he’ll be gone the time you read this (I’m writing on November 13th.) But whether he goes or stays, what…

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I’m not the original author of the below text. Someone posted it on social media tagged as “unknown author”, but it was too perfect of a breakdown, not to share.  I feel it really accurately depicts the mentality of the Republican Trump supporters out there. Enjoy.  Sue gets up at 6 a.m. and fills her…

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