Memorial Day is supposed to be something more than the Indianapolis 500, backyard barbecues and Big Box store sales.  Try to ignore hubris of the Beast "45" and take a moment to reflect on those, living and dead, who truly sacrificed to make America great. …

What do you wanna bet that this A-hole gets elected?

...and here's the video:…

It's been a while since I posted.  Haven't had much to say.  Then I surfed into this article on Salon.com:  Why Trump Lies It’s not just to hide the truth. It’s to alter reality,…

The Justice Department just appointed Former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a Special Counsel to Investigate the Campaign of the Beast "45" and the Russia Connection, James Comey's dismissal and whatever else may yet to be found:…

hi all. used to write about conspiracy theory a lot on my old salon site & got a lot of hits on that. havent been quite as active on that subj here but have written a bit. lately conspiracy theory has become semi mainstream which makes it quite a bizarre situation. the minority view is now widespread.[e]

theres a lot of factors behind this, but Trump himself seems to be one of the biggest conspiracy theorists. (by now some of the early findings/ jury is in on the…

I got an email today from Dreamstime reminding me to call my Mom.  Wouldn’t that be wonderful?  She passed away Christmastime of 1993 and I still have the urge to pick up the phone, and occasionally hear her call my name.  This Sunday is Mother’s Day.  I hope you can still have an open line.

To mothers everywhere, Love and Thanks for Everything.…

Couldn't resist this one:

Chris Matthews sums it up with his Freudian reference to the "Saturday Night Live Massacre."

...and then there's Stephen Colbert:…

White House fires its chief usher — the first woman in that job...

...The White House has fired its chief…

Woman who laughed at Jeff Sessions hearing convicted for being 'disorderly'!  Desiree Fairooz, an activist with Code Pink, was found guilty of engaging in “disorderly or disruptive conduct” with the intent to disrupt congressional proceedings, as well as “parading, demonstrating or picketing”. …

Couldn't resist this one:

Armed neo-Nazis prepare for potential clash in small Kentucky…

The Beast "45" has unleashed his latest racist, fascistic propaganda tool: a hotline for people to specifically report crimes committed against them by undocumented immigrants, or, as the hotline refers to them, “criminal aliens,”VOICE (Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement).…

After taking her side with my last post: Mario Savio Spins in His Grave as Berkeley Cancels Ann Coulter's Speech, I'm wondering if Coulter and The Berkeley College Republicans were just trying to pull off a publicity stunt and now resort to a bit of Texas Side Step as…

Today is the 47th celebration of Earth Day and in the first year of the "alternative facts" of the Beast "45" it coincides with the Science March:…

Though I'm no fan of her politics, I believe most Americans recognize the name of Ann Coulter:

...but I suspect that less than 10% remember Mario Savio:…

hi all. I bookmark links/ blog, therefore I am. its my own personal way of dealing with the endless madness malaise. this is a compilation of economics reading from the last year or so. it was an election year and there was gobs of economic news/ commentary/ analysis/ CRITICISM [b] since last time. and nearly all of it has TRUMPs [a] name on it.

did you ever have that dream where you were…

I…

While I wish this were a celebration of April Fool's Day, alas it is all too true.  A comment summation inspired by Ron Powell's post, Two Word Question For A Friday Night: WHO'S NEXT?…

Inspired by Koshersalaami's post Conservatives: Anti-Family, Anti-Christianity, Anti-Country, my brain has emerged from the fog of depression lite autopilot and I'm posting something for the first time in a week.  When I was a kid I loved literature, movies and TV that depicted heroism that chose to follow the path of what…