GloriaMundi

…it’s just like the Dems to use indirect means rather than fighting using the legislative rules of order, as the Republicans always do.

Remember the Kavanaugh thing?  First, they should damn well have fought for Garland before it ever came to Kavanaugh; then they should have had the huevos to vote against Kavanaugh due to incompetence and his…[Read more]

…great photo, but eek!

…that is some naked-ass capitalism right there!

…but honestly, I don’t.  I think it’s too little, in just one place, and far too late.

…when it comes to choosing our candidates.  Kamala Harris had to drop out of the primaries before a single vote was cast, when it became obvious she was cruising towards an embarrassing loss in her home state of California.  Yet now here she is, poised to become the POTUS, whether in actuality or behind the scenes.  She is a deplorable person IM…[Read more]

…is that the fake STEM shortage also drains educational resources from other areas including English, History and the arts. So you end up with students with no sense of historical context, no skill at critical thinking in the non-scientific areas such as current politics, and little to no emotional intelligence — all of which contribute to our…[Read more]

…which is good.

Have they been reporting on all the other reporters who have been falsely arrested?

What is their position on Julian Assange?

Not holding my breath.

@babel17

What you said… and not only that, the only person whose ass she kicked was *Joe Biden*… so a loser, and the guy whose ass was kicked by the loser.

What a world.

…but what is Woodward’s excuse for sitting on that video for months, while the discourse was muddied by denialists and the death toll continued to rise?  Hmmm?  Hey Bob, was it worth the extra $$$ you think you will get for your book by releasing it now rather than back then when it might have made a real difference?

And people wonder why s…[Read more]

…since yesterday, is the heavy haze from the fires has suppressed the high temperatures.

@earthartist

…and even darker than before.

Shit.

…which just broke yesterday.  One reason temperatures dipped yesterday here in Oakland, was the massive haze from the fires.

So far, fires in CA have burned 2 million acres, an all-time record.  The even worse news is that we have not reached the height of fire season, assuming normal patterns of the last 50 years or so.

As I’ve been telling m…[Read more]

@halfcenturyman

The Nuremberg trials established the principle that members of the military are required to disobey unlawful orders.  Of course it is a principle that is rarely followed in practice.  But it may be put to the test this November.  Interesting times indeed.  Dangerous times.

One nightmare scenario that Kyle Kulinski noted, was thi…[Read more]

…the first time I saw that picture of him on the cover of Vanity Fair.

Phony as the day is long.

Honestly I cannot think of someone I would rather have in the office.  And the best part would be the exploding heads of the neolibs as they tried to bad-mouth her while maintaining their identity politics cred.

Thanks @coldmountaintrail !

Also of course, referring to us as “consumers” began to change the way we citizens thought of our own role in society, as consumers of material items rather than engaged citizens.  And it has worked very well, sadly.  There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that these shifts in the language were planted d…[Read more]

…I’m in Oakland and this morning for the first time in a few days I got a strong whiff of fire smell.  A reminder that we in CA are not close to being out of the woods yet.

…it’s as though the Democratic powers that be are incapable of change.

Oh who am I kidding.  OF COURSE they are incapable of change.  They don’t want to change, and so far, it’s worked out well for them.  Their real constituents are the top 10%, and they’re doing just fine thank yew very much.  As for themselves, they get rich while in off…[Read more]

…meanwhile, back in the States, they are promoted and celebrated while the whistleblowers are jailed and tortured and pursued to the ends of the earth.

Land of the Free, my freakin’ ass.