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Political Betrayal 3, Apocalypse Now edition

Jess Sessions, whose back-story includes the now excoriating letter written about his racist actions as an Alabama official in the 80s, by Coretta Scott King, with Senator Liz Warren being told to shut up by the vile, venal lizard face Mitch McConnell, the … Continue reading

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Political Betrayal: Groundhog Day edition and the Supreme Court Cave-in

President Small Hands/Big Mouth has nominated Neil Gorsuch to replace Antonin Scalia, the semi-recently deceased SCOTUS ultra-conservative. Gorsuch is clearly conservative, with potentially Scalia-like judicial mindedness. Perhaps he’s not a complete disciple of the, at times, radically pro-corporate, anti-working class … Continue reading

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Political Betrayal, part 2

On October 12, 2014 I posted a blog that took to task the Democratic party for its decades long descent into becoming “enablers” of the what has been an even much longer descent into corrupt and self-serving politics by the … Continue reading

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The Expurgated President

I’ve invoked Plato, George Orwell, Hunter S.Thompson, Ralph Kramden, The Onion, and Thunderclap Newman, among others in my last several pre and post-election 2016 postings in attempting to deconstruct the 2016 campaign for President. Now, in less than 48 hours, … Continue reading

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News of the Daze

The Russian ambassador is gunned down in an art gallery in Ankara. A crazed  truck driver from Tunisia plows into a crowd of Berliners gathered at an outdoor Christmas market. Tis the season! Happy Hollow-daze, people. Oh, and so many more examples … Continue reading

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Circling the (swamp) Drain

Steve Bannon. Scott Pruitt. Rex Tillerson. Jeff Sessions. Wilbur Ross. Rick Perry. Linda McMahon. Steve Munchin. Ben Carson. Betsy DeVos. John Kelly. Andrew Puzder. And others, including a few military Generals. In case you haven’t heard, all of these people are … Continue reading

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Destination Greenland (and a tip of the cap to Julie Samuels)

call out the instigators because there’s something in the air we’ve got to get together sooner or later, because the revolution’s here and you know that it’s right… Something in the Air Thunderclap Newman   Election, 2016. Sorting out that stunning … Continue reading

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Speak and be Heard. Or Not.

The people have spoken, as that post-election expression goes. Trump wins! A lot of re-thinking of our election process has followed, but only on the part of those who supported, well, anyone but him! Yes, the people have spoken, and … Continue reading

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8-11-24

Last Tuesday, November 8th, 2016, there was an election. A seeming impossibility when our now President-elect first announced his candidacy last year, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton. What at first seemed to be an absurd entry into the Republican line-up … Continue reading

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Fear and Loathing

Hunter S. Thompson. You might recall the man, especially if you are of the Boomer generation. He was a journalist. Of sorts. A reporter. Kind of. A chronicler of American culture, filtered through a self-proclaimed haze of drugs and alcohol. … Continue reading

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