RufusTFirefly

He knows when you’re awake. He knows when you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake.

Every aspect of our lives is being surveiled, data-mined, and monetized.

Like the healthcare itself, the rule should be “everybody in, nobody out.”

It should be a part of the taxes we all pay.

But it should finance a government single-payer plan, not corporate socialism for rapacious private insurance companies.

@doh1304

You are absolutely correct. A public option would probably be the worst of all scenarios. It…[Read more]

@thouartthat

I own the documentary on an old fashioned DVD and have watched it many times.

The interviews with O’Donnell and Greider are from An Unreasonable Man, a documentary about Ralph Nader.

The only possible way to stop her is to prove that she knowingly perjured herself and didn’t simply “misspeak.”

As horrified as I am by her right-wing views, I’m resigned to the fact that attempting to stop someone based on her judicial opinions is a losing cause.

I realize it’s crying over spilt milk, but frankly, I think the Democrats really…[Read more]

@jonlp

Luisa-Marie Neubauer did. Neubauer is a young German climate activist.

Granted, Greta translated it and tweeted it, which could imply endorsement, but it is incorrect to suggest she said it.

@ohiobarbarian

That was sort of an “Easter egg” on my part.

Doesn’t surprise me that you found it.

You might almost think that there was nothing substantive about the debate.

Of course, talking about flies generates more traffic than discussing health care, Supreme Court appointments, stimulus checks, climate chaos, or the Green New Deal.

Welcome to Clickbait World

(from the award-winning producers of “It May Not Be Good for America, but…[Read more]

If not, Politico needs to hire reporters who know how to write.

Sentence fragments? Basic problems with subject/verb agreement? Appalling.

Referring to Section 3 of the 25th Amendment:

<h4>Section 3.</h4>
Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the…

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Stephen Kinzer’s “All the Shah’s Men” provides an excellent account of the coup, those involved, and the chain reaction effect that it had in the Middle East.

Here’s a video of Kinzer talking about the book.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?178722-1/all-shahs-men

(I haven’t watched the video yet, but I have read the book. It’s well worth…[Read more]

Put a Tiger in Your Think Tank<– Link

ExxonMobil has pumped more than $8 million into more than 40 think tanks; media outlets; and consumer, religious, and even civil rights groups that preach skepticism about the oncoming climate catastrophe. Herewith, a representative overview.

There’s a fascinating, damning chart…[Read more]

I was just a kid but in addition to watching the movie, I read both “I Am Third” and “A Short Season.”

The movie also introduced me to the great Michel Legrand. More than a master of composing sentimental themes, he was a great and versatile musician and occasionally even an actor.

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Actually, for true justice, I think Biden should nominate Tara Reade.

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That’s what made his offer of a reward for information regarding the death of Seth Rich so extraordinary.

@flobee1kenobi

What you’re proposing is called “court packing.” It might be interesting to check your history to see how that worked out when FDR tried a similar maneuver.