rampart

very happy for ms Ginsburg, her family, and the nation.

i hope she outlives this administration with plenty of good years in retirement.

I like Bernie and will vote for him but

1. his vp choices will be limited to the most establishment available. maybe even kaine.
2.  every appointment will be slow walked or stopped in the senate unless they are rstablishment approved.
3.  forget policy. it ain’t happening. in the unlikely event a green new deal or m4a passes, the trump courts w…

[Read more]

only one candidate can beat trump, fortunately trump is very capable of beating himself.

the optimism of youth.

“I do not fight fascists because I will win. I fight fascists because they are fascists.” ― Chris Hedges,

the usa ostensibly supports the gna, but sometimes I wonder.

opposition field marshall hafter has a very interesting biography. he is a us citizen with a home in langley va

2919 YO? well YO HO HO

thanks for posting. I’ve only started reading but there are no big surprises to anyone who has not been propagandized by reality tv, the national enquirer, or Russian facebook ads.

hmmmm

aren’t all rapes in nome “cold” cases?

free markets have probably existed since australopithecines began trading sharp rocks for bananas.

the market fairs of antiquity were always sponsored and regulated by their local lordships, who provided the roads and infrastructure required for trade.

the peasants have always subsisted on crops grown on the commons, pretty much without…[Read more]

she should have been strip searched same as any other American.

she could have avoided this indignity by meeting her court date. a continuance could have been granted over the phone, or in emergency she could have rescheduled.

and if mcconnell refuses? will schumer send him another sternly worded letter?

trump must go.

“protecting and improving” my azz. do they really think people are doing unnecessary medical procedures because someone else pays the deductible?

ok, i’m sure there are such people (or, more likely, such doctors) but most people want as little health care as possible, and should be  incentivized to detect problems as early as possible.

I did not even think of the sex pervert angle.

I was thinking they could use the doorbell to tell when the residents left the house, for burglary purposes.

nsa is collecting this metadata. they should use this to shut these people down forever.

i consider these people to be terrorists attacking america’s communications, banking, and retirement systems.

bah, humbug.

no front on the culture war can ever be “won.”

they are still fighting evolution, for example, and the glbtq gains can be reversed in a very short time.

the anti abortion movement is not about women terminating pregnancies. it is about making women pay a price (slut shaming), poverty or death,  for getting pregnant.

@bazukov

that quote reminded me of one from earl long, former 3 term Louisiana governor and brother to huey long …

“some day the people of Louisiana are going to get good government, and they’re not going to like it.”

will an election require the energy output of a small star to operate?

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ywbbpm/bitcoin-mining-electricity-consumption-ethereum-energy-climate-change

sounds like they need a regime change.

(sarcasm, of course)