Death Culture
Now that Texas, Georgia, and Florida Republicans have left America by subverting the right of every American to vote, let us look at the rest...
an America First Caucus declares “infrastructure millennium”
The new America First Caucus advances the demand of the previous guy that all future public buildings should look like the neoclassical architecture often called Federalist. Not...
Minerva @ Midnight: after previous guy's indictment, a trumpist jail-break in the offing?
Previous guy colluded with Russia, led a Capitol insurrection, and is not rotting in a prison cell. But if it happens, could there be enough secessionist...
Secession fantasies continue
Neofeudalism redux: more playing into the hands of the Russian support for syncretic RW groups in the US. For the US, it is an act of...
shades of the Andrew Jackson inaugural, “King Mob the Second” was crowned on Wednesday
Staring at the Andrew Jackson portrait in the Oval Office must have had a stochastic effect. Like Nixon talking to portraits, Trump decided he’d go out...
“…an assault perpetrated by domestic terrorists who were fueled, incited and assisted by POTUS.”
https://twitter.com/RepJayapal/status/1347274132006821896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Trump is "a dangerous person who should not continue in office...this is an emergency of the highest order." — Nancy Pelosi https://twitter.com/Politics_Polls/status/1347293610727903234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw “Orchestrating a...
Revising the invention of tradition(s): more on the Garrett Felber affair at U. of Mississippi.
This continues the diary of two days ago. Nostalgia is a coping mechanism at the place known for its association with William Faulkner. Oxford Mississippi is...
GA-Sen A & B: Beto O'Rourke Hits Back At Texas GOP's Idiotic Secession Threats
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) organization, Powered By People, in support of Jon Ossoff (D. GA) &...
a Confederacy of Dunces reigns as the Texas GOP considers secession after its sedition stunt fails
The apartheid country of Trumpland’s confederated states seems still an idea in its infancy. The chairman of the Texas GOP floats secession after SCOTUS loss:...
The Parting with Lincoln
There are varying theories on how hypnosis affects the state of mind. Some believe a hypnotic trance is an altered version of one’s being, while...
The Kraken Caucus in a GOP Congress joins the sedition parade of losers
The Kraken Caucus makes itself known. GOP sedition messaging harkens back to the 19th Century, except Trump's lost cause won't rise again. This time it’s...
John Brown's Body lies a-moldering in the grave
Old John Brown's body lies moldering in the grave, While weep the sons of bondage whom he ventured all to save; But tho he lost his life while struggling for the slave, His...
The vindictive disabled canard could tank the economy in the next 11 weeks #TrumpDepression
It moves… there will still be monkey business even as one good sign has been put into place: xGood evening, one and all. Please note that the...
Red-Secession?
If the expected Bluewave rushes over the levee of American politics and washes away the dirt of tyranny; are we looking at a red-secession? If you...
The Panic does not Fall far from the Trump
George Washington shepherded the United States through the War for Independence and presided, literally, over the birth of the nation, without panic. Abraham Lincoln guided...
In three quotes, Republicans admit the 'great party switch'
Republicans and their amen corner in the right-wing media are trying to perpetuate yet another hoax on the American people. In a nutshell, they claim...
Portland reveals performative authoritarianism in Security Theater: “Trumpster …for President”
So much Tom “Lando” Cotton secession in a three block area of Portland, even smaller than Seattle’s CHAZ/CHOP neighborhood. Defenders of the Portland operation point...
Joe Biden had a shocking response on Confederate statues I did not expect
Joe Biden made a statement that the Right-Wing is likely to go wild about. He did not condemn protesters removing symbols of oppression, statues, but...
Bullets, Batons, and Freedom from COVID-19?
Let me begin this piece with a concession, my politics lean more in the direction of ANTIFA [anti-fascist] than Tea Partiers and the latest crop...
Happy New Year!
Archives photo: Yours Truly with PDA Senior Advisor, Russell Greene, at theClimate Emergency March with Greta Thunberg in Los Angeles Together, let’s change the world! ...
An open letter to Nikki Haley from the briefly reanimated corpse of Jefferson Davis
Sunday, December 15, 2019 Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia Dearest Ambassador Haley, I am writing from the distant past to offer some modest thoughts about your...
Robert Jeffress is Donald Trump’s minister of hate
By now, Americans have grown accustomed to incendiary rhetoric from the raging right. Nevertheless, the past week witnessed some truly explosive eruptions from some of...
Catalonia/Spain: On track for the crisis to escalate by Monday
The situation in Spain isn’t exactly getting better. And now it looks like the first real deadlines may have been set in the escalation of...
Kurdistan, Part II: The Middle East threatens to fall apart. More.
Yesterday, I posted a diary with a long (but still staggeringly incomplete) history of Kurdistan. Which brings us to more recent events… When 2017 began,...
Spain: One Day Later (with a FAQ + Update)
Obviously, our collective attention has been focused on tragic events that are, for Americans, much closer to home. But the situation in Spain continues to...
Spain draws closer to the edge
Things are… not going well in Spain right now. How to breed an infertile, mentally disabled king, who soils himself regularly, and sparks a regional war...
Mr. President, Confederate leaders were not “fine people.” They told us so.
Defending the indefensible on Tuesday, President Donald Trump traveled back in time to deploy the “both sides do it” talking point to explain the Civil...