It is clear the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health an Human Services are going to be unable to comply with Judge Dana M. Sabraw’s orders to- Allow all separated families to contact each other no later than July 7th (tomorrow folks). Reunite all children under 5 years old with their families …
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Jul 06 2018
A Staggering Volume Of Lies
Now we all know that everything that comes out of Trump’s mouth is a lie including the articles “A”, “An”, and “The”. The principle difference is that he’s openining it more. Shortly after inaguration it was a moderate 3 whoppers a day rising in 2018 to 5. Still, single digits. Over the last 2 weeks …
Jul 05 2018
What did you do in the Second Civil War?
What?! You didn’t hear?! The electric twitter machine has been all atwit. I, at my forward base- Stars Hollow North Lake, am in the heart of Red Cap country. Yesterday saw little MAGA activity as the apparent temperature was over 110. It was hard to distinguish the Red Caps at the beach because they had …
Jul 05 2018
Drip, Drip, Drip
Max Boot, while lesser known than George Will, is not suddenly a good person either. He is however, part of a string of prominent Conservatives who have abandoned the Republican Party and indeed are urging people to vote Democratic this fall. I left the Republican Party. Now I want Democrats to take over. by Max …
Jul 05 2018
Why The Trans-Pacific Partnership Was And Is A Bad Idea #127,256
Life with Trump can make almost anything else seem better, but before you get all weepy and nostalgic- Najib Razak, Malaysia’s Ex-Prime Minister, Is Arrested Amid Corruption Inquiry By Hannah Beech and Austin Ramzy, The New York Times July 3, 2018 Najib Razak, the former prime minister of Malaysia who was ousted in an election …
Jul 04 2018
Red Hen
(W)hat will convince them? This, and this only: cease to call slavery wrong, and join them in calling it right. And this must be done thoroughly – done in acts as well as in words. Silence will not be tolerated – we must place ourselves avowedly with them. Senator Douglas’ new sedition law must be …
Jul 04 2018
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
The Counter-Revolution of 1776 and the Construction of Whiteness August 20, 2014 What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Frederick Douglass July 5, 1852 What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross …
Jul 04 2018
My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.
Better listen to him, Flounder. He’s pre-med. The Anacreontic Society was a gentlemen’s club of the kind that was popular in London in the late eighteenth century. In existence from approximately 1766 to 1792, the Society was dedicated to the ancient Greek poet Anacreon, who was renowned for his drinking songs and odes to love. …
Jul 03 2018
It’s The “Definition” of Racist Policies You Moron!
Let me start by saying Betsy DeVos is exactly the kind of Calvinist Fundamentalist Over Privileged Racist that are unfortunately common in Michigan. She’s a tad wealthier, crazier, and more racist than most but even my relatives, when I wanted to visit a house I had spent a good deal of time at in my …
Jul 03 2018
Shredding (Not The Good Kind)
Buzzfeed is kind of a weird site. It’s unabashed click bait, I’m looking at it now and they’re featuring 21 Photos That, Despite Their Best Efforts, Are Not Of Butts, 25 Facts About The FIFA World Cup That Every Football Fan Should Know, 21 Foods Around The World That’ll Make You Want To Book A …
Jul 02 2018
No Collusion
Just the normal Washington D.C. corruption. Maybe. Donald Trump, Anthony Kennedy and the “boy” at Deutsche Bank: Not just about the money by Jesse Kornbluth, Salon July 2, 2018 As a way of looking at a presidency that is enamored of every possible felony — self-dealing, conflicts of interest, emoluments, collusion with foreign governments and …
Jul 02 2018
Cohen-cidence?
Absence of Evidence is not Evidence of Absence. We have known knowns, we have known unknowns, and we have unknown unknowns. It would be irresponsible not to speculate. So if you didn’t spend yesterday under a rock (and you should have, Heat Index 116) the most encouraging news of the day was the George Stephanopoulos …