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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image source   Because some of us can’t get enough of staring into the void, it’s time for another Brexit roundup! All the news that fits about the UK’s upcoming political, cultural and financial suicide. **This edition is brought to you by old wooden planks with a nail in them – are you struggling to…

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 In the 24 hours since the end of the mid-term election, we’ve all had plenty of time to catch our breath and reflect on a few things.  I’m just kidding, there’s been a mass shooting in California, Trump has fired Jeff Sessions with a view to escaping the closing jaws of the Mueller probe, and…

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It feels like a dangerous time to play “what if?” For example, it was only five minutes ago we were all playing “What if Donald Trump was actually elected?!”, and that stopped being funny real fast. Or maybe it’s still funny, if you step back far enough – it’s hard to say, as sometimes “only…

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So tomorrow is the big day — Election Day, the best chance we have hobbling (if not removing) the Orange Fascists in Washington until 2020. So, definitely, get out there and vote if you haven’t done so already. Why wouldn’t you vote? Well, laziness, indifference, stupidity…and, here’s an odd one…the feeling that voting is not…

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So I see in my local paper that Trump is sending an additional 5200 troops to the boarder of Mexico. That is on top of the thousands of people we’ve already got there in the form of the border patrol, ICE, and other security forces. My question: is it just me, or is this starting…

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