History re-written OR Watergate is the Clinton's fault
Historical revision is nothing new. As Winston Churchill and George Orwell both noted, "History is written by the winners." Usually though, this rewriting of history is put on hold until the battle is...
View ArticleTed Cruz and guns: How wrong is he?
As usual, the Republican Party has fielded many more Presidential candidates than the Democratic party. Also as usual, they have the greatest variety of crackpots up for office, with Ted Cruz leading...
View ArticleA vote for Cruz is a vote for a stronger democracy
I'll be brief. Cruz is so demented that voting for Cruz in the primaries is a service to democracy and to the Democratic party. Ted Cruz is articulate, but he is also at least borderline delusional....
View ArticleA Poem for the Unborn
I have a friend who loves angels. She has angel statues all over the place. Now I'm not going to comment on whether that verges on idolatry - mainly because I don't care, but among all the other angels...
View ArticleBroken Clocks
Back when all clocks were analog and they all had hands, there was a saying, "Even a broken clock is right twice a day." In other words, even if someone is a moron, through the law of averages, they...
View ArticleThe Realities of For-Profit Healthcare
By now we're all used to the idea that the “free market” is no longer free, except perhaps at the small business level, and that real competition is dead - replaced by companies that are “to big to...
View ArticleThe Robots Are Coming, The Robots Are Coming!
I realize that this is a political blog-site, not a technological one, but Autonomous Vehicles (AV) are coming, and they will be wonderful for ecology, human safety, energy independence, and people....
View ArticleReligious Revelation! The S-FSM Church is Formed!
Hello all of you out there in KOS-land. I bring you Good News! I, a long-time Pastafarian and ordained minister, have finally been granted a revelation and Good News by our Most Holy Noodle, the FSM!...
View ArticleWhy Democrats (and Independents) should support repealing Obamacare
I have posted many unpopular hated opinions on DailyKos, and this will, I’m sure, be equally unpopular. Trump has the lowest approval rating of any president since records have been kept. It’s...
View ArticleI post unpopular opinions on Daily Kos
I frequently post unpopular hated opinions on Daily Kos. Not because I hate everyone, or because I like to troll, or even because I’m a closet neo-con (I’m not). I post them because, unlike Trump’s...
View ArticleWhy don't we have a TIMELY fact-checking corp?
Here’s what I don’t get.Every time Trump is caught doing or saying something stupid, either he, or one of his Whitehouse lackeys will step up to “defend” him. Their responses are very predictable. They...
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