A millennial’s plea to Boomers and older GenXers.
A few years ago, I wrote the piece titled “Boomers Must Take Some Blame And Help Fix Generation Y Unhappy Problem” without any malintent. I was raked over the coals … Read More
Category: Millennials
WYFP? don't call tankies Cheugy, it's the new “neat” or “nifty”
MFP is neologisms that get sticky. Cheugy is the latest, being a term that Generation Z calls Millennials, perhaps it’s the revival of more postmodernism. Generation Z consumer-brand attacks on … Read More
Membership in US Churches Has Dropped to 47%
The Gallup Poll has results that may seriously rattle everyone’s assumptions of American society and politics. From 1937, the first time they started asking about church membership, to 1999, about 70% of Americans told Gallup … Read More
Aaron Hurt, a Republican says he will never vote for a Republican again and did something about it
Aaron Hurt, a Conservative Republican, has had it with the GOP. He joined the Republican Voters Against Trump. His interview with us says it all. Aaron Hurt, a Republican no … Read More
Democrats better for economy, AOC did it, Indivisible Houston’s Daniel Cohen on DNC, & More.
The economy does better under Democrats so why does Trump lead in that poll? Indivisible Houston President Daniel Cohen speaks on DNC & more. AOC did it. Indivisible Houston’s Daniel Cohen speaks. … Read More
91-year-old activist James Lawson slams plantation capitalism at John Lewis funeral
One of the best and honest speeches given at Congressman John Lewis' funeral was by James Lawson, an activist of activists from the early days. The words of James Lawson … Read More
Trump's petty revenge fantasies have killed thousands but we're worried about that bruise
Like the Trump administration, four years of missed appointments and scheduling problems. Also there’s a film Trump has blocked for four years. Trump needs to rearm or he won’t win. … Read More
Fox News Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Texas 45-44
Some more big news today out of Texas courtesy of Fox News’ latest poll: x 🚨New Texas poll from Fox News: BIDEN 45TRUMP 44 CORNYN (R) 46HEGAR (D) 36 CORNYN … Read More
Fox News Poll Has Joe Biden Beating Trump In Pennsylvania 50-42
Latest news out Pennsylvania courtesy of Fox News’ latest poll: With most Pennsylvania voters concerned about catching coronavirus and nearly six-in-ten believing the Trump administration was too slow to act, … Read More
For those who argued we can't afford a true safety-net now screaming shut it down
The screams and demands to shut everything down to stop CVID-19 can have a bitter echo to the young. Right now data suggests those under 50 and especially those under … Read More
AntiCapitalist MeetUp: Getting Trump out the WH – The End of History and splitting Whig-hats
If electoral victory is a mouse to be caught, the color of the cat deployed doesn’t really matter. Matthew 21:12 He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of … Read More
An Open Letter to Millennials (All the President’s Sins)
During the William J. Clinton Impeachment trial in January of 1999, Republicans were fond of using the phrase, “ a man who would cheat on his wife would cheat on … Read More
Climate models suggest global food system crisis at hand; dust bowl scenarios now locked in.
We know from the National Climate Assessment that climate disruptions to agriculture over the past 40 years has increased and, will only worsen as the climate crisis continues to unfold. … Read More
Nabilah Islam – Atlanta has its own AOC and she is ready and able.
I had heard of Nabilah Islam from a friend in Georgia. She was impressed with the millennial’s policy positions. But most importantly she said she knew how to deliver them. … Read More
Impeachment coverage must not stifle Medicare for All and other progressive issues
Cable channels and traditional media are saturated with impeachment coverage. Healthcare rates remain unaffordable. We cannot ignore the Medicare for All battle and others. Let's walk, chew gum, read, and think at … Read More
No, the GOP won't abandon Trump no matter what for one reason: he's the last.
Long before Trump, today’s GOP lost any ability to be constructive on just about anything. If something is good, they reflexively oppose it. People having healthcare? Oppose. People going to … Read More
Trump-supporting friend posts something shocking on Facebook. It made my day.
One of the most disheartening things I deal with on social media is confronting the fact that some of my veteran friends have accepted Donald Trump, or at least his … Read More
Not all executives are selfish and thoughtless; some are victims of Powell memo indoctrination
When one has close friends of all classes, occupations, education, and social status, it is hard during times of flux not to see them all as dependent variables in an … Read More
Is Nancy Pelosi Saving the Politics by Shading the Messengers?
< p class=”is-empty-p” style=”text-align:justify”> Speaker Nancy Pelosi needs to be careful not to throw shade at the millennials she accused of being Twitter creations this past weekend. I believe that … Read More
NC-Gov: Two New Polls Give Gov. Roy Cooper (D) The Lead Over Lt. Gov. Dan Forest (R)
Two new polls were released recently on the upcoming Governor race in North Carolina. First, from the conservative group, Civitas & Harper Polling: The latest Civitas Poll has found that … Read More
Democrats Gained 6% Among Rural Voters Between 2016 and 2018
http://www.msn.com/… While it is likely that rural white voters will again vote for Donald Trump and the Republican party in 2020, analysis from the Catalist, a Democratic analytics firm, shows … Read More
GOP on track to destroy Social Security in 15 years. If Dems win, we can fix doing one thing
Welp, us Gen Xers and Millennials might be boned out of retirement: Social Security's trust funds will be tapped out by 2035, according to an annual report released Monday by … Read More
GOP on track to destroy Social Security in 15 years. If Democrats win, we can fix by doing one thing
Welp, we Gen Xers and millennials might be boned out of retirement: Social Security's trust funds will be tapped out by 2035, according to an annual report released Monday by … Read More
“All politics is personal.”
and that was only one of many memorable lines in one of the most remarkable political speeches I have ever heard. My wife called me down when Mayor Pete came … Read More
The Analysts Failed Badly In 2016, They Look Like They’re Going To Fail Again In 2020
In a 1991 James Fallows wrote a piece in the Atlantic trying to explain what exactly he found so obnoxious about the magazine, the Economist. To do this he related an anecdote … Read More
TX-Sen: Ted Cruz's (R) Lead Over Beto O'Rourke (D) Is Shrinking Fast One Week Before Election Day
So here’s some big news today out of Texas: Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz leads challenger U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, by 3.6 percentage points among likely voters in … Read More
TX-Sen: FiveThirtyEight.com, “Why Our Model Thinks Beto O’Rourke (D) Really Has A Chance In Texas”
FiveThirtyEight.com has a great piece that makes a strong case that Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D. TX) has a great shot at unseating the incumbent U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R. TX). … Read More
Nike's Kaepernick ad is the canary in the coal mine for the dying GOP
The 39-month-long MAGA enema Trump supporters have voluntarily subjected themselves to has evidently waterlogged their brains, which is why so many of them are burning and defacing their very expensive, … Read More
Senate Democrats are Insane
I am sorry. Forget about what you think about Al Franken. If he stays that seat is ours until 2020. Case closed. If he resigns we have to contest it … Read More
How We Feel. I Found This To Be An Accurate Summary
Why we are looking for something else rather than more of the same: http://www.theguardian.com/… And yet, I found it hard to be shocked by some of the revelations of the … Read More
