Spud Demon

When animal rights activists were stealing “abused” animals, Big Ag was calling it “economic terrorism”, even though there were no deaths or injuries.

Calling sanctions “economic war” is close to that. If this kind of action replaces shooting wars, the world will be better off.

These Russian protesters are taking a huge risk, compared to people like me who do so here.

Zelensky is Jewish, and members of his family were killed in WW2.  Yet he was democratically elected in Ukraine.

Putin’s claim that he is de-Nazifying Ukraine by fighting Zelensky’s government is unmitigated bullshit.

Even if it’s largely symbolic because it’s only federal prisoners, it’s still good leadership.  Private prisons are awful.

And in the courts, the refusal to consider Merrick Garland (who was a compromise nom anyway) cannot go unanswered.  Pack them!

Impeach Clarence Thomas!

Make DC a state!

I heard (unverified) that Virginia Lamp Thomas (wife of Clarence Thomas) funded 70 busses to bring the “protesters” to DC.

I know enough electronics to recognize that’s a mnemonic for the order of the colors, but it sounds awfully racist.

I’m definitely not giving to the PAC.  I think we can work with resisters on some of our goals but not others, once Biden takes office.

Yes:  BLM, pro-choice

No:  War, meaningful socialism

That gives me an idea for a sweater, to sell to all these people.  🙂

That saves a day!

Tonight, Pelosi introduced “legislation” (just a resolution really) calling on Mike Pence to take care of the problem. He won’t, but since some GOP objected to unanimous consent, they are going to spend tomorrow (Tuesday) debating this meaningless, non-binding resolution.

Tuesday night, they will probably pass the resolution, which says they…[Read more]

But not iHeartMedia, which syndicates Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck.

As if burning the documents would render them moot? Imagine if somebody burned the US Constitution and then claim the republic didn’t exist any more…

The rationale for denying extradition was that Assange might kill himself if he is extradited and tried. This is a less helpful outcome than I was hoping for. It’s sort of like “compassionate release” except it leaves everything incomplete.

I think he should not be extradited to the US because he was neither a citizen of nor present in the US…[Read more]

@djean111 Yes, from what the media is saying, there is no reason to think the newly discovered Covid strain which spreads faster is vaccine-resistant too.

The flu vaccine hype, though — I’ve seen messaging saying it’s especially important to get the flu vaccine this year.  Why?  It seems like the Covid precautions we’re all taking should be s…[Read more]

Submitting fraudulent electoral votes is potentially much higher impact than a fraudulent citizen’s vote.  It is important to demonstrate that fraud isn’t taken lightly, or we’ll slip into:

• Losing side makes accusations of fraud
• Winning side ignores them
• Losers attempt to outdo the perceived fraud until they win.
• Lather, rinse, and…

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@djean111 Obama’s nonviolent clemency effort may have been incomplete, but it was not bullshit.  He commuted hundreds of bad sentences.

I do agree that Clinton perfected the art of pardoning rich folks for money.

And I’d also like to point out that so far, Trump has not been implicated in this.  What has come out is that there was a scheme of s…[Read more]