We’re warming up and playing. I glance up from my music and I involuntarily jerk, because the President of the United States is standing about ten feet in front of us looking at us and smiling. […]
Is California Governor Gavin Newsom a real idiot or is this just a role he is playing by calling for an impossible-to-achieve constitutional amendment? […]
Ron Powell is missing in action. We haven't heard from him in a while and we're woried. The embedded article shows a side of Ron I personally never knew about before. (Click the link in the story.) […]
The odds of the Democratic party holding onto the Senate in 2024 are frighteningly high against that outcome. It is going to be a long election night. […]
Ronald Reagan presided over the real beginnings of American wealth polarization, which has resulted in the vast majority of Americans not seeing gains in America’s economy. […]
When I was growing up, houses had doors, doorbells, and door knockers. I can’t think of how many doors I have approached and either rang the doorbell, or knocked. […]
I have enjoyed finding agreement among friends and strangers, and I have enjoyed disagreements. Sometimes I learned a new perspective, and other times I learned how flawed perspectives were constructed. […]
Adherence to the rule of law is a bedrock principle of the Department of Justice, and our nation’s commitment to the rule of law sets an example for the world. […]
A couple of weeks ago, during our most recent debt ceiling negotiation, Trump advised, “if {the GOP} doesn’t get massive concessions, you’ll have to do a default”. […]
These two men are philosophically opposed. Each sees the other as his inferior, motivated by hate. Each is determined to not subordinate himself to the other because of their philosophical differences. […]
However, today, while racism is an underlying force that has driven the evolution of 'Trumpism' toward full-blown fascism, everyone on the MAGA right is in denial re actually being a racist... […]
The real blood and guts of the “switch” that gets flipped is all mental energy. It happens in the mind. Learning a choke hold might as well be basketball, or swimming, or wrestling class, but the ability to kill comes from deciding to.
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Why does the establishment cadre of journalistic enterprises and journalists appear to be hell-bent on being complicit in the rise of Fascism in this country? […]
The suffix "Ism" means adherence or the following of an ideology, while the suffix "Ist" indicates a person involved in a certain activity, field or mindset. […]
You're a racist if you deny or are indifferent or unaware of the fact of the effect and impact of historical and contemporary racism on the daily lives of average black and brown citizens of this country... […]
I began to wonder a little more, but just then I stepped in front of the paper box. I reached into my pocket for a quarter, placed it in the slot, opened the box and removed the top paper. […]
If an overwhelming majority of the younger generations think and feel as this young woman does, we're on the right track, headed in the right direction... […]
Many states have become autocratic laboratories that have shown themselves to be increasingly more comfortable with the fascist tactics that are reminiscent of Mussolini and Hitler. […]
Ars Poetica brings writers and visual artists together. April is poetry month! This is a description of my experiences with Ars Poetica at the Collective Visions Gallery in Bremerton, Washington. […]
I believe that mathematics is a highly specialized language created to empirically explore and explain the existence of the phenomenon of the physical environment... […]
Hartmann is spot on. In my view, his assertions here are indisputable and indispensable to an understanding of the political divide in this country... […]
"The House Republican plan for the debt ceiling is about protecting the wealthy and the well-connected from paying their fair share in taxes — nothing more and nothing less." […]
Finally, I would make the suggestion that any reparation cash payments distributed on request, be made to the oldest black Americans first for obvious or even glaring reasons....
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There was a time when advocating violence as legitimate political expression in public discourse was sufficient disqualification from holding elective public office. […]
In 'The Godfather' saga, assassination was more than a way of doing business. It was apparently a way of life for the men at the highest levels of the criminal organization and enterprise depicted in the book and films. […]
The current World Cup moment belongs to Argentina and their greatest player, Lionel Mesi.
However, for me, World Cup history still belongs to Pele, the greatest of all time. […]
"If Trump were a black man, he’d have been indicted, prosecuted, and convicted by now and, he most certainly would be disqualified and barred from seeking any office in the future…"
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A student of modest capacity would be able to make a substantial and solid case against Trump upon successful completion of the first year of study at a law school anywhere in the country... […]
The fact that Trump is a loser and has a knack for picking electoral losers should be crystal clear to anyone paying half-hearted.attention to the proceedings. […]
Just ahead of the midterm elections that in involve the highest of the high stakes in the American political process, Biden speaks out on the fact that this time, Democracy is on the ballot.. […]
Features of many adobe structures in new Mexico include the warm orange tones and soft edges of the adobe, contrasted with the sharp turquoise blues of windows and doors. […]
Today, Desantis is openly and publicly seeking and taking credit for his inhumane treatment of migrants seeking refuge from violence and oppression... […]
Several hundred years of British empire and colonialism and the British Monarchy ensured that the racist rationales and justifications were spread to the four corners of the world. […]
Michelle Obama calls out, nails, and destroys the sons and daughters of American White Privilege in one of the most insightful and poignant speeches ever given during a special event at the White House. […]
Activist Investor ValueAct buys a 6.7% stake in the New York Times Company but they are probably not going to be able to change the way the Times operates […]
It's a funny thing. Back in the sixties and seventies, we were all sure that the FBI WAS a criminal enterprise that spent its time spying on the anti-war movement […]
The thing about Trump, the huge thing about Trump, is that he gets it. He’s the Only Sane Politician. Everything that’s obvious to you but not obvious to the politicians and the media […]
I didn’t hear anything in the morning when it happened. I was downstairs getting breakfast. I don’t think any shots were fired at the FBI building. […]
An astute constitutional originalist or textualist might easily conclude that forced pregnancy is subsumed into the phrase; "involuntary servitude". […]
Trump's MAGA movement and cult resonates, either intuitively or instinctively, with nearly half of the predominately white American population who America 'belongs' to white folks... […]
You're going on about your business doing ordinary things on an ordinary day when, all of a sudden, bang, bang, bang, bang, your existence is shattered by gunfire. […]
You want effective gun control?
I've said this repeatedly:
Advise and urge black people to exercise their 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms... […]
In 'Faith v Fact', Jerry A Coyne raises a key question: whether the drama of 'creation' inevitably culminates in humans (or something like humans) who are capable of acknowledging the playwright. […]
This particular path comes from wondering about Palestinian self-determination. I’ve noticed that the Palestinians seem far more concerned with getting the Jews out of Israel […]
Sometimes age startles me. I’m looking at buildings in the US that were around for at least a quarter of a century before Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi were born. […]
I didn't mention racism in America because there's a racial aspect or component to virtually everything that can be identified for inclusion in this inventory... […]
Like everyone else, presumably, I spent a lot of time on YouTube during COVID. I ran across a few musicians whom I thought were worth learning about. […]
A leaked memo indicates that five members of the sitting Supreme Court of the United States are on record favoring the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal […]
Black people have been saddled at birth with the burden of overcoming this social, political, legal, and cultural barrier through the entirety of the history of this country. […]
Vladimir Putin recently brought up the idea of using nuclear weapons. When he talked about invading Ukraine he wasn’t bluffing. About using nuclear weapons […]
Quora is a site where people pose questions and whoever feels like it answers them, with or without listing credentials. I sometimes find questions I’m interested in answering […]
It has been said that democracy is not the best form of government, but it is the best we have. I find this analysis to be valid because it allows for choice, and the accountability for those choices. […]
Today is a little different, though. Did you notice? The tanks are back. In our American morning, there is still a sort of silence. We can pretend that coffee time is the same, but tanks are being called to an assembly in Europe and the noise is rising. […]
Frankly speaking, diplomacy, as such, won't work with an individual who is incapable of responding to anything other than the power of money and military might. […]
Growing up in the late 20th century in Ohio which was on its comedown from the bustling 60s created a certain kind of sense of humor that you had to develop in lieu of going crazy. […]
And while I listened to this song years ago, over and over, “in my mind and in my car…”, this portion was uniquely interesting. “You were the first one. You were the last one.” […]
Individuality became a power to rival the power systems created by humans since humans settled onto plots of land and started declaring ownership of it…and the people on it…and women. […]
The impact of Kings speech and the nonviolence of the Civil Rights Movement can be heard in the speech given by LBJ as he addressed a joint session of Congress in 1965... […]
Scientists squabbling over whether Pluto is a planet proves one point beyond a shadow of a doubt: scientists can be just as stupid as anyone else. You probably don't care whether Pluto is a planet...but here's a news flash: Pluto doesn't care either.,
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”Will this institution survive the stench that this creates in the public perception that the Constitution and its reading are just political acts?” […]
It begins with the disregard of fundamental human and civil rights and the declaration that the very presence of the "other" in the general population is somehow fraudulent and illegal... […]
The defense attorney here is the embodiment of 'living history' and provides us with the opportunity to relive history in real time without the need for a dramatic reenactment... […]
"In general, the reason the Democratic Party always sounds so helplessly incoherent is because its lawmakers are trying to simultaneously appease their corporate donors and look like they are fulfilling their public promises to fix problems created by those corporate donors. […]
Subsequent to a contempt citation, the presiding officer of the chamber can be instructed to refer the matter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. […]
Now, a lot of people have no idea or interest in the Cat Fancy, which is worldwide. Most people if they appear interested at all, assume it is like the AKC dog shows shown on tv. Yes and no. […]
there are a lot of politicians and judges…not really trying to reduce the number of abortions in America by the most logical means, which would be reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies, putting the lie to what this issue is really about. […]
When lies and hypocrisy are treated as the rhetorical and moral equivalents of truth and fact In public discourse, reason and reasonableness no longer matter. […]
Bill Baird gave a single condom and some contraceptive foam to a female Boston University undergraduate. He was promptly arrested for violating the Massachusetts Crimes Against Chastity law in 1967. In 1972, SCOTUS overturned the law. […]
The top House Republican said his party would retaliate against any company that cooperated with an order to preserve the phone and social media records of G.O.P. lawmakers […]
Most accidents are caused by people who are drunk, high on drugs, whacked out on prescription pharmaceuticals, sleep-deprived, distracted by their electronic devices, in the midst of relationship ending screaming matches with their soon to be ex-partners, […]
Currently, 16 vaccines – some requiring multiple doses at specific ages and times – are recommended from birth to 18 years old.
Some are required before entering public school. […]
It is virtually impossible to confer substantive, viable, and enforceable civil rights upon people whose basic human rights are not acknowledged and respected. […]
Given what most of us write and post, the possibility exists that a piece can be discovered by the likes of MSNBC or CNN, and deemed worthy of national exposure. […]
Even so, hitting the road was somewhat liberating. We had been planning for a month or so to join our friends on a camping trip on an island in Lake Champlain. Last summer it was difficult to see what the future would look like […]
If America doesn't continue to evolve toward a multiracial, multicultural egalitarian democracy it must surely devolve into a plutocratic autocracy predicated on white supremacy.... […]
Sometimes I see his own will independent of mine. I have stood and watched, with him not engaged with me, and watched the force with which he has galloped off toward something that caught his interest. […]
Her act of extraordinary courage and presence of mind has changed the course of world history and the nature of the conversation about police misconduct and the need for meaningful reforms in law enforcement. […]
Legislative bipartisanship is little more than a rabbit hole the exploration of which will accomplish nothing more than the waste of the time remaining on the legislative clock that will run out by the end of July. […]
Now, we are into another adjustment. We have to find out how to live together. We have been, “on a break”, as Ross and Rachel used to say, from the cast of “Friends.” Our break, however, hasn’t been romantic… […]
Since testimony began on March 29, at least 64 people have died at the hands of law enforcement nationwide, with Black and Latino people representing more than half of the dead. The average was more than three killings a day. […]
Einstein — “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” […]
The premiere took place in Vienna on May 7, 1824, nearly 100 years ago this month. Despite its unpracticed and under-rehearsed presentation, the audience was ecstatic. […]
If Israel wants East Jerusalem to be considered other than occupied territory, it is incumbent on the Israeli government to treat the Arab population there like they are treated within Israel’s borders and not like they are treated in occupied territories. […]
Losing to people who would destroy American Democracy and establish an Americanized version of apartheid, rule by the white minority, is not an option. […]
The older man at the beginning is powerful already. His concern is about the loss of power, and displaying the trappings of power helps to project it. The younger man is pursuing power... […]
Given the current political climate, proof of vaccination may well become an element of exercising the right to vote, travel, see a movie, or a ball game. […]
The Biden administration wants to ban menthol cigarettes because menthol cigarettes, long most popular among communities of color, have been targeted by advocacy groups that believe menthol cigarettes are a "gateway" product in the mistaken belief that menthol cigarettes aren't as "harsh" as regular cigarettes. […]
And at the time Lincoln was singing that song of America, Jesse James was playing a different tune. And judging from James’s popularity, many Americans were listening to a different tune. […]
One night in Hollywood Division I had to work with an officer that I really didn’t like. This guy was the cliche’d stereotype of what everyone hates about police. […]
[T]here is professionalism among police officers. There are agencies which have higher standards than others. The criticisms I hear lately are moronic. […]
It’s a one sentence post. There’s no sense in reading an excerpt, particularly given that this excerpt contains one more sentence than the post does. […]
The poll — which was conducted July 9-12, before the death of civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis — found that a majority of voters, 56 percent, say that American society is racist, while 40 percent disagree. […]
A Democratic president from Texas--a Democratic president who had been a segregationist for most of his career--finally and firmly embraced civil rights. […]
These tricks will work on an acoustic piano. If you hold down a key gently enough for the note not to sound and hit the right other key sharply, a third predictable note will ring. […]
depending upon the breed of fish and the country where it is eaten, anywhere from 25% to 50% (or more) of the fish you eat may not be the fish you thought you bought, and this is a problem that permeates the wholesale fish industry, retail fish sales, and the restaurant trade. […]
Ever since the Coronavirus first struck, I've been wondering how will such a virulent virus affect immunosuppressed people. More importantly, how will immunosuppression regimens affect the vaccines […]
"The teenager who recorded the viral video of Derek Chauvin detaining George Floyd at a Minneapolis street corner has taken to social media to open up for the first time about what she documented in her neighborhood nearly 10 months ago." […]
I have had few experiences with government services since my time in the Marines, so my impressions of them basically remained from that time. Well, things have changed, and not for the better […]
On August 29, 2011, I published a post on Open Salon called “Governor Perry’s Flirtation With Secession.” I’m reprinting it here, with an epilogue. […]
Both men wanted the same thing: socioeconomic equality for Blacks in America, but based on their experiences, they formed two contrasting opinions on how to get there. […]
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection."
----MLK […]
Many Republicans had become so crazed and incensed over the mere thought of a black man in the White House that they had literally lost their minds to the notion that: "If they'll elect a black man, they'll elect me too!" […]
"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." […]
a) (1) A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct. […]
What if Farrakhan and the event organizers had chosen to ignore and violate the terms and parameters of the permits issued and march up Pennsylvania Avenue with the expressed intention to storm the Capitol? […]
Resolved, the Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate: […]
The idea of bipartisanship is exactly what we all know it to be...unless it isn’t. To the point, I think this recent Tango with the GOP over governance, and the desire to do so in a bipartisan manner, is a litmus test for how committed they are to the United States […]
If this ripoff tells us anything, it is telling us that the people who support Donald Trump believe that other people who support Donald Trump are so stupid that they will believe this drivel, and they might be right. […]
"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; ... if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle."
------Sun Tzu […]
Sure enough, the zombie rose again. Watching this process repeat with this concept and others over the past couple of decades, I began to wonder about the capacities of human intellect broadly. […]
When it started publishing press releases about its Doomsday Clock, the rationale for the clock was that it was predicting how close the world was to a specifically NUCLEAR holocaust. After the Soviet Union finally collapsed on December 26, 1991, the prospect for a world-wide nuclear war faded, a fading accelerated by nuclear arms reduction treaties...SO WHY IS THE CLOCK STILL TICKING? […]
Well, it has gotten very quiet around here for the past few days. I find myself starting new articles, getting a couple of pages into them, and then grinding to s stop thwarted by a feeling of utter futility triggered by the perception that nothing I say, write, or do is going to make any difference […]
I keep wondering why the Capitol Police did not open fire on the rioters when they breached the perimeter. That is the standard operating procedure in such situations but as far as I have been able to determine, only one shot was fired, killing a rioter. […]
In honoring his legacy, it should be noted that his method and approach to making an accusatory case for equality and justice, ensconced in the effectiveness of rhetorical lamentation, is sorely missed... […]
The thing we need to address right now is that it appears that people within government are at least sympathetic to the insurrectionist’s position, if not totally aligned. […]
Unless all or most of these conditions are met, there can be no National unity or healing, and we can look forward to nationwide repetitions of what took place in the Nation's Capitol last week... […]
Hawley does not fit the profile of an insurgent, a rebel, or an insurrectionist. Why in the world would Hawley sacrifice a comfortable future within the establishment to raise a fist in front of an angry mob […]
Now that the Democrats have somehow managed to grab onto the reins of power by their fingernails, some of us are already writing off the Biden administration by declaring that they will blow this chance to remake reality. Shame on US. […]
Once the news showed the attempt at breaching the Speaker’s suite of offices, I began to think of the riots in Los Angeles when I was a police officer. Back then, I was closer to Nately’s age, but had a dual perspective between Nately’s and the old man’s. Not only was it my job to keep the peace, but I was also a young Black man. […]
While it is true that BLM would have been met with a different response, the comparison is not apt. What results from such comparisons is that movements like BLM are considered to be complementary opposites of groups like Q-anon, or even broad, enthusiastic Trump support […]
There are people here who were very supportive and I want to thank you. Oddly, that’s most of the people here. Not everyone here knew me at the time. […]
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the District has six local law enforcement agencies employing 4,262 sworn police officers, about 722 for each 100,000 residents. This is the highest proportion of police officers to citizens of any state or territory. […]
And now I’ll say something I never expected to say in my lifetime: How the police have treated Black protesters would have been more appropriate yesterday than how they treated those White protestors. They are terrorists and traitors. […]
There’s nothing I can add to this explanation of why there was little or no fear of a police presence or a police response to this seditious riot at the capitol today… […]
A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with a Vitamin D deficiency during a quarterly blood test. I started taking 10,000 IU of Vitamin D3, taking 5,000 IU in the morning and 5,000 in the evening. Since then, I started having more difficulty getting to sleep and staying asleep. […]
A typical white male, "law & order", Republican is now suggesting that street violence is a legitimate response to failure at the polls and in the courts.... […]
A couple of years ago, I was diagnosed with a Vitamin D deficiency during a quarterly blood test. I started taking 10,000 IU of Vitamin D3, taking 5,000 IU in the morning and 5,000 in the evening. Since then, I started having more difficulty getting to sleep and staying asleep. […]
Anyone who believes he or she had an Ozzie and Harriet, Currier and Ives, Norman Rockwell, or Irving Berlin kind of "White Christmas", needs to seek and secure professional help immediately... […]
3 PM: I have removed several hundred bogus accounts...but new ones keep flooding in because they already know the location of the registration form.. For the moment, if you see any bogus comments attached to your posts, please remove them manually, until I come up with a more permanent solution. […]
In light of the recent spate of presidential pardons, it should be apparent to most conscientious Americans that something must be done about excessive and/or abusive use of the Presidential power to pardon. […]
If we don’t straighten this wealth and income disparity shit out, American Democracy won’t be worth shit, and it will be gone by the end of the century…. […]
"It is difficult to get a man (or woman) to understand something, when his or her) salary depends on his (or her) not understanding it."
Upton Sinclair […]
I am usually not a huge fan of painting with pink. It is challenging to get it to look the way a flower looks, delicate and natural. The danger is always that it pink can be insipid or look like stomach medicine. […]
...MLB commissioner Robert Manfred announced that the Negro Leagues are now recognized as Major Leagues by Major League Baseball. What that means is that Negro League stats now count, which of course affect the player and team rankings. […]
Quite a few people are questioning whether the continued refusal of the Republican party to accept the results of the recent election might not constitute sedition. I did some extensive research on this subject some years ago and I do not believe that anything has changed since then but, No, it is NOT sedition. […]
Hello Old Friends, I've missed you! Insta and FB are poor substitutes for the kind of communication a good blog can do. It's been a long time since I made a blog post. I hope this means I'm back with you. […]
If you go to Step by Step Instructions on the Members Drop Down Menu, the link to the Step by Step instructions is at the top of the page but I will also drop that link here: […]
Hello to all my old blogging friends! Kosh has been very helpful with getting me started here and I'm hoping this post works. If it does, I will surely be back. It's been an eventful couple of years. […]
I'm a closet foodie, something I admit with a somewhat guilty conscience given all of the hunger and food insecurity in the world. Nevertheless, as a closet foodie, my secret passion is Ethiopian cuisine. The fact that a country that has long been associated with recollections of famines has one of the most unique and flavorful cuisines is one of life's strange ironies. […]
I had the good fortune of meeting and getting to know the woman in the photo. When I was a teenager she came to visit when my Dad was in the hospital with colon cancer. […]
The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of
complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of
the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially
cognizable interest in the manner in which another State
conducts its elections. […]
Despite the Court packing efforts of Trump and McConnell, the Supreme Court is likely to unanimously vote against the Texas suit, thus snuffing out the last remaining chance of a favorable legal outcome for Trump and his supporters... […]
"The teenager who sparked a global movement with her video of George Floyd's final moments will receive a prestigious award Tuesday night for her courage." […]
Operation Warp Speed (OWS) is a public–private partnership initiated by the U.S. government to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics. […]
Was feeling about half past dead. Just need some place where I could lay my head. Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed. He just grinned and shook my hand, “genocide” was all he said... […]
The contagion is the most troubling aspect of this problem because it limits our strengths and exacerbates our weaknesses. Our strengths include working together, as the invention of civilization intended. Our relevant weakness is the mere act of being together is part of the problem with contagion, and irritates what we dislike and mistrust about each other […]
This occurred in North Dakota however the reality is that it can, and most likely will, occur in any state where there are large rural areas without street addresses designated by 911 administrators. Interestingly, the entire problem goes back to 911 enabling legislation. […]
The movie industry isn't in trouble...yet...but the motion picture exhibition business, and the distribution system, are in deep, deep trouble. Once upon a time, motion pictures were a novel innovation. Today, not so much. […]
Now that the Republican party has lost the presidency and failed to recapture the House of Representatives, Republicans and the more stupid Democrats in Congress, along with the chattering classes, will immediately resume their "National Debt" hawkishness. […]
There is an editorial currently running on the National Review's website that begins with the following statement: “There are legitimate issues to consider after the 2020 vote about the security of mail-in ballots and the process of counting votes..." […]
With all of the speculation about the illegal things Donald Trump may have done, he did this right out in the open and we never even blinked: he voted illegally in the 2020 presidential election. […]
I have introduced a new functionality that lists every article ever posted on BindleSnitch by Author. You can access this function by clicking on the Members link on the main menu and selecting ARTICLES BY AUTHOR.
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Let’s say there are two friends or associates across different cultural backgrounds who either work together or just enjoy one another’s company. And, within an ordinary course of events, one friend describes to the other a third association who is inarguably racist. […]
News about the status of the website. Latest update. Because of Robert's abrupt departure, I am worried about what will happen when we encounter catastrophic failures, which are inevitably inevitable. In the division of labor, I designed the site and Robert handled background programming issues. That could be a fatal problem. […]
We gathered for the wedding on a private island where TJ and Janie had another home. At the center of this island community is yet another golf course, and yet another club. Clubs are at the center of TJ and Janie’s life. […]
Here's a short list of the cancellations that must be contemplated consistent the with the recommendation to avoid intimate indoor and outdoor gatherings... […]
I find this interesting because I am not entirely sure what their angle is. There is already a 10pm closing time for bars and restaurants. Maybe this is to avoid closing other businesses, and allow citizens to make essential errands without necessarily weighing on businesses directly. […]
Got a call from Frank, my old handyman back east. He phones periodically, but always towards the end of the year to remind me about Dr. Who – I send him a CD of the previous year's episodes every Xmas. He doesn't have TV and used to come to my place to watch. Not welcome in everyone's house […]
That headspace didn’t exist like that when I was 13. It was all dancing on the grass in front of anybody...in a speedo. By the time I was 21, I could low crawl up to you in the dark, grab you from behind and slit your throat, without you hearing a sound. […]
During the Women's Suffrage Convention In 1851 white women were expected to choose between the Abolitionist movement and the Women's Rights Movement.....
Racism was on the ballot in 2020, but the majority of white women chose Trump anyway. […]
Emily W. Murphy, the administrator of the General Services Administration, has yet to recognize President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. for the transfer of power to begin. […]
This isn't over yet...and it won't be over until the fate of the two Senate seats from Georgia are decided when Georgians go back to the polls on January 5, 2021. Joe Biden's very slender margin of victory in Georgia should not encourage us to expect these races to go in our favor. […]
The assumption being made here, and it’s a surprisingly common one, is that in the workplace the choice is between Merit hiring and Affirmative Action hiring. […]
I've known Algis Thomas Kemezys for so long that I can't remember when we first encountered each other on Open Salon. He's an award-winning photographer, artist, and filmmaker. I've written several poems about his photography and artwork over the years, He's going through hard times right now....this poem is intended to bring him good cheer from an old friend. […]
After all that has been revealed and all that has occurred, nearly half of the electorate remains solidly in support of the individual who appears to be hell-bent on the ‘deconstruction of the administrative state’, the dismantling of the democratic process, and the outright destruction of American Democracy. […]
It wasn't until the early 60's that there appeared to be a seismic shift in political party affiliation from Republican to Democratic in the black community nationally... […]
We hate shopping at Wal-Mart but since the prices at the Wal-Mart Supermarkets are up to 20% less for the same items at Publix, and we are on a very limited income, we would be fools not to shop there. Today, however, we were quite shocked by one of the changes they have made to the store. There are no more cashiers. None. […]
At a time when a would-be dictator must be defeated by an overwhelming margin, most polls show the race for the presidency is within the statistical margin of error or simply too close to call. […]
In his mind, he determined that since the virus would do the most harm to people of color who lived in 'blue state' cities, there was no real need to declare a national emergency and react and respond accordingly... […]
The very concept of herd immunity has been widely misrepresented in the media. Herd immunity, according to the practice actually established in veterinary medicine, is accomplished by SEGREGATING healthy, uninfected members of the herd and keeping them isolate […]
That is what the unseen experience is like in the US, and why it is so clever to have commentary with a horror theme. It fits for the unseen and the unheard. […]
So what he was actually saying was:
You cannot be elected to public office in South Carolina if you’re a liberal young African-American or immigrant. […]
Under review. Context of this post may be wrong. ks
Answer: “If you are a young African-American, an immigrant, you can go anywhere in this state. You just need to be conservative, not liberal.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, 10/9/20 […]
I understood that he wouldn’t care if people he didn’t know got sick with COVID-19. I didn’t know that not caring would extend to people he interacts with all the time personally. […]
On February 7, 2020, Donald J. Trump told reporter Bob Woodward that COVID-19 could be transmitted through the air, that it was very dangerous and that it would be difficult to contain, saying, “This is deadly stuff,” Why, then, did Donald Trump - having admitted to knowing this - launch an anti-mask crusade that is largely responsible for the spread of the epidemic throughout the United States. […]
Now that DJT has contracted COVID-19, reality has taken some strange twists. If DJT becomes incapacitated, he would have to turn the presidency over to Pence, who would become acting president,...unless or until Pence comes down with it. At that point, Nancy Pelosi becomes Acting President. […]
The [photograph] above came into my mother’s possession (electronically) a few days ago. She’d never seen it. I think she was told it was taken in 1910 in Jamaica Bay, Queens. I think it may be a bit more recent, like maybe 1912. In any case, certainly over a century old.
I knew three people in the photograph. […]
A poll was just conducted by the Yale School of Management. They polled attendees at Yale's Chief Executive Leadership Institute CEO Caucus. These guys like Trump because of his tax and regulatory policies, right?
Wrong. […]
Last night, though, I found myself quite surprised. Donald Trump shocked me. You might think this is a criticism of Trump’s conduct. It isn’t. Trump’s conduct did not shock me in the slightest. The thing I can not get my head around was what Trump did not do. […]
If Trump isn't beaten by landslide proportions, on the ground at the polls, on election day, we may well lose the fight to retain and secure our democracy.... […]
The NY Times has reported that Donald Trump paid $750 in taxes in 2017.
Well, that’s how most people are reading it but, strictly speaking, that’s not what the Times reported. They reported that he paid $318,672 in taxes in 2017.
That’s a pretty big difference. Why isn’t Trump calling anyone on this? Why isn’t he talking about the other $317.922? […]
Who among us knew that there were at least five extinctions that set and reset the table for human beings to come into existence and 'dominate' life on the planet? […]
Saturn is quite a bit dimmer than Jupiter is, even though Saturn isn’t all that much smaller. It is, however, roughly twice as far from Earth as Jupiter is. That’s the main reason it’s dimmer. So I look at them and because I know that I can visualize the depth, that Saturn is dimmer by virtue of distance. I’ve never really been able to do that with celestial objects before. […]
If you don't do anything else online today, it is absolutely essential that you watch and absorb the information and insight of this extremely enlightening video... […]
The winner is promised $1 million and headlining a show in Las Vegas. The show turns out to be two performances of a variety show, and the million is paid out over forty years. […]
I am naturally curious about people, so I have logged lots of useless information, just as a preoccupation. In all of that time, and through all of those trials, the only thing as slippery as the subject of weight is racism. […]
So, you might ask, what’s so bad about that? Isn’t art to be interpreted? Yes. Art should be interpreted. It is fluid and flexible, and if interpretations help one to enjoy, then do so. […]
the shofar didn’t originally exist for the High Holy Days. It existed as a sort of ancient siren, a call to action, often with military applications […]
Packing the Court is a violation of tradition, but so is refusing to vet the Supreme Court nominee of a sitting President. Both are technically legal. The fuss will be asymmetrical. That will be the height of hypocrisy and we should treat it as such. […]
Should the Trump-McConnell-Barr cabal succeed in getting a Ginsberg replacement installed before January of 2021, the proverbial rock shall fall through the bottom of the legal, political, and social fabric of this country toward a depth of hell that even Dante would have been hard put describe... […]
Donald Trump wants to take control of the curricula of the American public school system and is trying to give that control to members of organizations with ties to conservative think-tanks in an attempt to subvert the educational system to suit his belief systems. […]
Hive Mind: Do I keep the cardiologist? Do I stay with the oncologist? What are the odds that the next doctor will be better than the last one? Not good, because it is the system itself that is completely broken. Information overload. […]
What happens after an alcoholic or addict reaches bottom is they start to develop new habits and priorities that will help them remain clean and get prosperous. That’s exactly what I expect to happen to the United States. […]
Anyone who believes that a Trump 'win' in November can't or won't signal the end of American Democracy doesn't have sufficient intellectual wherewithal to pay attention... […]
Everything about this man is interesting. It is difficult to know where to begin to describe him. His story is just so interesting. I guess the best way is to just relate how I came to know him. V arrived at my door to do demolition to my old bathroom with his 16 year old son. […]
The lowly but indispensable 5-in-1 Painter's Tool is experiencing a surge in popularity with some versions now that the painter's tool can now perform up to 15 functions. So, yes, you need one....but be careful where you buy yours.
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