Refusing a test?!
Okay, folks, just a brief note here as I’m on my phone and not at my laptop. So, now top Republicans are refusing to be tested for COVID-19?! Do you know what CDL* holders go through if they refuse a...
View ArticleTo Vax or not to Vax: an open letter to public servants
So, I’ve been talking to coworkers and other public servants about this whole vaccination thing. I’ve followed public discourse on this issue. And, I’ve come to the conclusion that we are now at a...
View ArticleHumans is humans
I’ve been chewing on this idea for a while, looking at all the different angles, weighing all the facts before us. This is my conclusion:To all those in print and tv news, this is what I want to hear...
View ArticleTrue Power Whispers
Regarding the last debate between President Biden and the blustering idiot, let me remind you of this old saying: true power whispers. It does not need to speak loudly, only passionately. It speaks...
View ArticleAppeasement Never Works
Ok, folks, lemme give you a little story set in history. I know most of you will tune out as soon as I get to something you don’t want to hear or when I write something you don’t like, and that is your...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Sex
As I have said in previous posts, I am an amateur historian, a comic storyteller (even if my humor if a bit darker after 11/5/24), and a smart-alec. If you leave a comment without thinking, expect a...
View ArticleMy Lessons on Power
I was just listening to Ari Melber’s interview with Robert Greene. A number of things rang true for me. These things made many events in my life make sense in a way that they never really did before....
View ArticleBig Idea of the Day: Power
Here’s the thing about what the Tangerine Terrorist is doing in the opening days of his new administration: he is trying to convince you that you have no power. And, he is wrong.Power, in this country,...
View ArticleBig Idea of the Day: Racism and Power
Here’s the thing about racism in American politics: it all goes back to the old canard of divide and conquer. The book, Nixon’s Piano, lays out how playing the racism political card throughout history...
View ArticleBig Idea of the Day: the Power of Language, Part 1
As any traditional anywhere in the world will tell you, language has power. Words matter. Definitions of words have meaning. That is why the Tangerine Terrorist is so slap-dash with his salesman...
View ArticleBig Idea of the Day: the Power of Language, Part 2
Here is an important, big idea: the Tangerine Terrorist is weak. He has always been weak, he will always be weak. This idea is important because, while he holds the most powerful office in our country,...
View ArticleI am heartbroken and angry, so here is what I’m going to do
We had a heartbreaker of an election. We have an insurrectionist sitting in the office of POTUS. We have a Democratic Party as the opposition party. And, we have an enourmous number of fellow citizens...
View ArticleBig Idea of the Day: Managing the Deluge
We all know that the Tangerine Terrorist will flood the zone with a sorts of nonesense. It is his only trick as a failed, fraudulent, snakeoil salesman. I’ve written before about his only tactic:...
View ArticleBig Idea of the Day: Remember to Laugh
I know these are bleak days. I know there is a lot going on in politics and in everyday life. I know a lot of people are stressed and not feeling like it’s appropriate to laugh. But, ya gotta find...
View ArticleBig Idea of the Day: Pettiness as Intimidation
The Tangerine Terrorist and his flying monkeys are busy! Not only are they flooding the zone with all kinds of nonsense, issuing unConstitutional and illegal memos and sending obviously incompetent...
View ArticleBig Idea of the Day: The Blame Game
By now, we all know that whenever something goes wrong, the Tangerine Terrorist will immediately blame somebody, anybody else. Even though he wants to be ‘the guy’ in charge of everything. The buck,...
View ArticleDietrich Bonhoeffer’s Definition of Stupidity
One of my uncles shared a ten minute video that seems to sum up everything that is going on today. The narrator explains who was Dietrich Bonhoeffer and how he came to his theory of stupidity as being...
View ArticleBig Idea of the Day: Well, 💩
We are now in a bloodless coup. The Tangerine Terrorist and his co-president, South African apartheidist and tech oligarch, Elon Musk, have been busy this weekend. They are taking control of as many...
View ArticleWe Can’t Just Wave a Magic Wand
I have been saying this to people for years. This is what I’ve been warning about for years. I’ll say it again and again until all y’all comprehend the irreversible damage the Tangerine Terrorist and...
View ArticleBig Idea of the Day: Voltaire
I am a francophile. I adore many French philosphers and authors. I am also in love with the French language as being the proper language for expressing big ideas and exploring political discussions....
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