Life lessons


We forgive someone to the degree that we love them, back them to the degree that we appreciate them, and listen to them to the degree that we respect ✊ them

Seriously???


Unbelievably before he is even inaugurated, Donald Trump has challenged the integrity of a true American patriot CIA director John Brennan, by comparing his methods to "Nazi Germany", seriously.
Trump, in the tactics he uses, remind me very much of those old third Reich boys, and is kind of like a binge eater at McDonald's criticizing weight watchers.

Careful what you wish for


As it has become painfully obvious that it will be way easier to repeal the affordable care act then to replace it, Republicans are now facing one of the ultimate "be careful what you wish fors", they now have to keep realistically, the unrealistic promises they've made.

(((WE'RE NOT ALL THAT PREJUDICED)))

The alt-right while in their terms are just "not anti-Semitic", interestingly has a unique way of noting Jewish writers with whom they disagree with  the fascinating "triple parentheses”. This was well pointed out in the New York Times Sunday news of the week in review by an article on the alt-right by Christopher Caldwell when they use the following device regarding Jewish names just like (((this))). I get it ((((Mr. Trump)))).

LEAVING (THE EARTH) IN SMOKY PLACES

A recent study which is appearing in all the major news outlets said even someone who smokes one cigarette a day, (this is by the national Cancer institute apparently), as compared to non-smokers shows that those who who said they smoked but again had LESS THAN ONE cigarette a day have a 64% increased risk of early death from heart disease as well as cancer.

Melania's vision

How could we have missed the irony here, George W. Bush candidly admitted he virtually never read, and Laura Bush made her signature issue literacy. Barak Obama confessed he ate far far too many cheeseburgers and Michelle Obama made her name on (among many accomplishments) a state of the art vegetable garden. And now Ivanka  Trump has made a speech claiming as first lady she would work against the culture of "falsehoods or derisions" and bullying. Yes where would she be able to find a source of that......

Friday Fauxlosophy


Thomas Jefferson: "An ignorant people cannot remain a free people."

Exception to the rule


Research shows without a doubt that both the George W. Bush administration and the Barack Obama administration would not hire anyone in the cabinet or other White House position who had problems with their tax returns INCLUDING not being willing to show them.


Some Americans, alas, plan to vote for an exception to that rule.

High Holidays  Prefer a clear conscience to good reputation

Information

Information is invaluable tool, the speedier it gets there the sharper it is.

The Oracle vs The Donald


There is one (1) of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency decided separately from the rest of the state in Nebraska. Warren Buffett, "The Oracle of Omaha" is so determined that Donald Trump NOT BE our next president that he is personally volunteering to drive Democratic voters to the polls in that contested district.  Yeah yeah we know Donald, if he's so smart how come he's not rich?

The Oracle vs The Donald


There is one (1) of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency decided separately from the rest of the state in Nebraska. Warren Buffett, "The Oracle of Omaha" is so determined that Donald Trump NOT BE our next president that he is personally volunteering to drive Democratic voters to the polls in that contested district.  Yeah yeah we know Donald, if he's so smart how come he's not rich?

The Oracle vs The Donald


There is one (1) of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency decided separately from the rest of the state in Nebraska. Warren Buffett, "The Oracle of Omaha" is so determined that Donald Trump NOT BE our next president that he is personally volunteering to drive Democratic voters to the polls in that contested district.  Yeah yeah we know Donald, if he's so smart how come he's not rich?

Birds of a Whacky Feather


Watching that young man climb the Trump Tower to get an audience with Donald Trump and work for his election, all I could think of is a bat shit crazy fan supporting a bat shit crazy candidate

Newt vs Facts


Can anybody besides Newt Gingrich deny that since 1990 crime has gone down and the economy has gone up?