Thoughts on Taxes
Yesterday, August 3, 2018, at Netroots Nation I attended the 1-2:15 session "Why the Fight Over Taxes is Central to the Progressive Movement -- and Why it's Not Over." The panelists were Chad Bolt,...
View Article"Didn't you ever have a condom break?"
I’ve always gotten a naughty pleasure out of asking questions you’re not supposed to ask. I thought of this one at a session of Netroots Nation last Saturday morning, August 4, 2018, “No Choice:...
View ArticleTonight is the August Full Moon
This was posted by Hunter on Daily Kos the evening of August 22, 2013. Hunter usually turns his sense of humor loose on politicians, but in this gem he takes on farm...
View ArticleKavanaugh admires Rehnquist's dissent in Roe v Wade, and the facts don't fit...
Earlier today, reading an email from FactCheck.org https://mailchi.mp/factcheck/factcheckorg-weekly-update-tqvivpiak8?e=2e45e37b21I clicked a link that led here:...
View ArticleWhat planet is Senator Cornyn on?
I don’t usually even read the replies I get when I send an opinion to Senator John Cornyn. I skim through them, and they’ve all seemed to be puff pieces that don’t say much and don’t offer much...
View ArticleMy party line vote
I asked a good friend, who I think is as liberal as I am, for recommendations on some of the down-ballot races. He’s a lawyer and I’m not, so I thought he’d know some of the many judges on the...
View ArticleAn article worth reading in The Guardian, and a link to the UN Commission on...
An article worth reading in The Guardian, and a link to the UN Commission on Human Rights:UN special rapporteur demands inquiry into death of Guatemalan girl held in USExclusive: UN monitor calls for...
View Article"Closing the Southern Border" could be as bad as the government shutdown
Trump says he’s going to “close the southern border”. www.nytimes.com/…I’ve just sent this to my senators and to my very lame duck congressman.Donald Trump's latest threat, to "close the southern...
View ArticlePalatable gun control
Palatable gun controlLast night I watched some of the House of Representatives debate on the gun buyer background check bill. Some of the opposing speakers seemed shrill, but Bradley Byrne from...
View ArticleSide benefits of impeaching now or soon
Watching MSNBC I keep hearing about risks to the Democrats if the House were to go ahead and pass articles of impeachment. As I remember from when they impeached Bill Clinton, a LOT of things stop and...
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