Bamboo, Watermelons, and Rainbows

Have you ever asked yourself, why are so many GOP political theories race and gender-based? The latest is that voter ballots in Arizona were smuggled in from China. The GOP … Read More

Trump's 'election fraud' claims now prove themselves to be quantitatively fraudulent

Researchers at Stanford and U. of Chicago, Eggers, Garro, and Grimmer, today demonstrated quantitatively how the election was never “stolen”, but rather framed by false media frames in order to … Read More

Anti-Capitalist MeetUp Open Thread

I recently came across a typical Twitter argument about the CIA promoting modern art as propaganda. The usual distorting tweet-discourse occurred but what remained are somewhat paranoid discussions of whether the CIA supported Modern … Read More

Kitchen Table Kibitzing Friday: Forward to the Past

x “It's called a merge commit, Marty! It's a directed acyclic graph! We need to bisect and revert, and then use interactive rebasing possibly with a cherry-pick. What aren't you … Read More

Twitch your nose and it will magically disappear.

I am so sick of stupid.  I am sick of parents putting their kids in danger right down to being canaries in a coal mine.  The people who believe the … Read More

Horseshoe ideology riots: RCP endorses Biden, a jealous QAnon claims Trump as its own

 If as the Trump campaign says, “Joe Biden is an empty vessel for the radical left,” Trump’s septic tank overflows for the radical right. Needless to say, RWNJ’s will claim … Read More

Trump defending racist statues is not a hill on which to die, not even a suburban one

It is more of a comment on Trump’s “cancel culture” that the Aurora, Colorado police would bust up a crowd of violinists peacefully demonstrating a bias death. x Police showed up in … Read More

18 states have increasing cases of COVID-19 as Trump still thinks WWI ended in 1917

Still in a first wave doesn’t mean that like ramps, they can be both “long and steep”. And the lies keep coming. x I stopped counting a month ago, when … Read More

Vichy GOP collaboration: why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles for #BunkerBoy

It’s worth reading Anne Applebaum’s Atlantic article “History Will Judge the Complicit”, or does the GOP wish to reveal the truth of conservative principles as oxymoron. “The question now is whether … Read More

From Zero to 1,000 in 30 Days

February 26, President Trump said to his fellow Americans, “And again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to … Read More

Trump claimed virus a hoax, now Trumpists say it’s a hoax to remember they said it was a hoax.

Whatever you might think of David Frum, he does seem to have the number of the phenomenon called Trumpism especially as it is now trying to save itself before the retreat to … Read More

It Is NOT Just In The Age of Trump That Politicians Doubled Down On Mistakes.

So Bernie Sanders is still defending that he said nice things about Fidel Castro, Daniel Noriega, and the subway system in Moscow, and Sanders is only doubling down on his … Read More

It doesn't matter who wins the primary. Russia Again ! We have to stop this.

So when do we start interfering in Russian elections?   I know ..I know… we can’t do that but this crap is an act of war.  We are a soverign nation or … Read More

Bernie schools Chuck Todd on counteracting Trump socialist attacks

Bernie Sanders appeared on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd. Chuck tried to make an issue with the problem Bernie would have with his self-ascribed Socialist moniker if he became … Read More

As Steve M. Says: Being A Republican Voter Means You Never Have To Apologize.

I really do not care anymore if Republican politicians ever apologize for their lies, insults, and harmful policies.  Yes, apologizing is the human thing to do because no one is … Read More

The GOP is now the party of Russian disinformation; Sen. John Kennedy is the latest dupe

During the impeachment hearings last week, I kind of wanted Fiona Hill to float down from the ceiling after the lunch break like Mary Poppins and spank the ever-living crap out … Read More

One More Year Of This Stuff (OMYOTS) … some wacky items today

A distortion that probably didn’t need publicity because the sample is flawed. “The survey from Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday found that 47 percent of registered voters polled said the … Read More

To Every Kossack…Are you angry about today? Go to you state candidates and Rock the Vote !

Hey you communists, libtards, snowflakes and now included outside the democratic party..The NEVER trumpers./s..OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HUMAN SCUM.  We need to unify regardless what they do or call us.  We … Read More

“Dude gotta go” … majority in favor of impeachment and removal

The Trump meltdown seems not to have had much effect, other than enhancing Speaker Pelosi’s image with women as Gallup polls a majority in favor of impeachment and removal. So … Read More

SC-Sen: Former Senator Barbara Boxer (D. CA) Successfully Gets Under Lindsey Graham's (R) Skin

Received this e-mail today from the former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D. CA), in support of Jaime Harrison’s (D. SC) U.S. Senate campaign: Former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D. CA) When … Read More

For Republicans, Communist and Socialist Are Substitutes for the N Word.

Ask anyone who was a member of the civil rights movement back in the days, and they will tell you how many of the white racists always insisted that the … Read More

Lindsey Graham viciously attacks 'The Squad' — manages to bootlick while keeping his lips moving

Lindsey Graham appeared on everyone’s favorite intellectual black hole this morning (i.e., Fox & Friends) to regale the three alabaster dopes with his own brand of projection and unhinged racism. … Read More

Third Strike in the Middle East?

The Washington Post had an op-ed this morning — Our new Saddam Hussein — that got me to thinking about our insistence on repeating the same mistake in the Middle … Read More

Miami GOP Chairman Led Proud Boy Assault on a Democratic Party Campaign Headquarters.

Think Progress “Now another Republican has been connected to the Proud Boys. After an angry mob confronted and cursed at House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a campaign event for Donna … Read More

Republican Senators Should Heed the Lesson of the Communists Under Stalin.

Stalin had this nasty little trick he played on those who supported the Russian Revolution and were part of the political establishment.  Stalin would single out a faction of the … Read More

Elections in Iceland Liveblog: On The Head of a Pin

Saturday, October 28th: it’s election day here in Iceland. Always a Saturday, because what sort of country would schedule elections on a working day?  Seriously, people!  😉  Some background information: … Read More

I got a ride in a Time Machine !! Back to when CIA re-pitched Iran as “Ming the Merciless”

CIA needed a substitute for Naziism and Communism. Wahhabi Islam, al-Qaida are financed out of Saudi/GCC. They wouldn't do. Even later as ISIS and all the lovely Muslim Brotherhood death … Read More

“Islamic terrorism” oxymoron runs up 819,000 usages on Da Google

There's more involved here than words. “Islamist terrorism” is what you want to say when you talk about ISIS and al-Qaeda. They are properly “Islamist” because “Islamism” and “Salafism” are … Read More