Blame Hillary? Or her campaign advisers? Campaign as a party, damnit!!
I think our presidential candidate should use the bully pulpit provided by their position as flagbearer of the Democratic party mostly to persuade voters that the Democratic party has better policy...
View ArticleKamala Harris just now asked me to do this....
She emailed me the following message:Can you tell your story today of how the Republican attempts to steal our health care will affect you, your family, and your community?share your story (click...
View ArticleKen Burns’ Vietnam War: An Object Lesson in the Failures of the Objective...
Just now saw this review of Ken Burns’ documentary on the Vietnam War on the FAIR website. In one way it’s a bit hard on Burns for pulling his punches in criticizing the mindset of the policymakers...
View ArticleMinutes ago ... Republicans in Central New Jersey ran a "support tax cuts" ad...
On New Jersey Channel 12 (a news channel reaching Cablevision customers in Raritan area) the Republicans ran a commercial that began with a family of 4 in the kitchen saying how they have trouble...
View ArticlePrepping for doomsday
It’s not paranoid to entertain the possibility of hugely devastating events. Maybe some fool starts a nuclear war that escalates into World War III. Or an asteroid strike. Or, what makes me most...
View ArticleGunplay: defensive vs offensive
The problem with guns as defensive weapons is that aggressors using guns always have the massive advantage of surprise. And that defenders may make mistakes./----------So at 3am you are awakened by...
View ArticleTo NFL Players: Respectful suggestion -- stop kneeling — and start miming...
Kneeling -- rather than standing -- during the national anthem at the start of football games is a courageous gesture intended to protest police killing of unarmed American citizens. The draft evading...
View ArticlePredicted turnout in 2014 midterms: 'consistent conservatives' 73% ;...
The Economist, an influential British news magazine, had a very interesting analysis in its issue of November 1 2014, just before the 2014 midterms:"A survey by the Pew Research Centre finds that 73%...
View ArticleThe limits to printing money
I am intrigued by the limits to printing money de novo --- instead of borrowing money that has to be repaid to creditors and that adds to the national debt. Thought experiment 1: the case of no limits...
View ArticleProtect Johnson Amendment (removes tax exempt status of pastors who endorse...
The Johnson Amendment says that pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit should lose their tax exempt status.However back in May, Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to weaken the...
View ArticleAn extremely important diary - how Republicans might artificially fatten...
I think this diary by BradBlog, titled “Will Trump's Ringer at IRS Game 2018 Paychecks to Boost GOP Tax Scheme?” is extremely important … it describes a potentially devastating Republican strategy to...
View ArticleIt's time for some honesty about the true cause of 9/11
September 11 2019 is the 18th anniversary of 9/11/2001, a day made forever infamous by the killing of 2,996 innocent Americans and other nationalities at the World Trade Center in New York and at the...
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