Beware the Idiots of March
March 6, 2021(Illustration: A coin issued by Brutus in the autumn of 42 B.C., encrypted with EID MAR (Eidibus Martiis – on the ‘Ides of March’), and was found here). By Eva M. Hardly a surprise. However,…
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Senate Passes COVID Relief Bill 50-49 — No GOPers On Board
March 6, 2021Finally, this monrning after way-too-much bullshit: Details via The Washington Post just a bit ago: The Senate approved a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan on Saturday, as Democrats muscled through a marathon debate — and…
The American Dream Still A Nightmare For Most Americans
March 5, 2021(Illustration found here). “The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.” — George Carlin When I was growing up in the 1950s/1960s the so-called “American…
Study: Sometimes Privileged Don’t Know They’re Privileged
February 2, 2021In this era of bluster, lies and pretense, could a new study from the UK (and apparenty most concerned with Brits) also be present in the US, that is, why do people of priviledge sometimes…
Krugman On Whether Biden Should Okay GOP COVID Package: ‘No, No, 1.9 Trillion Times No’
February 1, 2021America is at a nasty precipice, and whether we go over and down, or turn and walk smartly to the nearest bridge-crossing will be known in the next few days, if not sooner. We’re not…
Day One Of ‘Square One’
January 21, 2021Yesterday was one of those watershed-type days. Personally, I received an excellent follow-up medical review at UC Davis off my cancer surgery more than two years ago (next exam in a year), and nationally, Joe…
Getting T-Rump To Sign COVID Package Like ‘Defusing A Bomb’ — ‘Bigly’
December 28, 2020Although the T-Rump did sign the COVID bill last night, it was torture to get hin to do it, emphasis on a mentally-disturbed asshole-prick (h/t on the tweet Daily Kos): The news article mentioned above…
Time Tight Toward COVID/Spending Bill — T-Rump May/May Not Sign (UPDATE: T-Rump Signed!)
December 27, 2020UPDATE: ‘Per CNN: President Donald Trump has signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, according to multiple sources, averting a government shutdown that was set to…
T-Rump A Nefarious ‘Fucking Baby’
December 26, 2020Raining here this Saturday morning in California’s Central Valley — and once again feels like it’s raining all over the world, especially in Florida where the T-Rump sits his big ass blathering about nonsensical shit…
GOP COVID Relief Bill: ‘Nickel-and-Diming Benefits For Jobless Workers’
December 22, 2020In the laborious era of the coronavirus there’s been a couple of bright slices of light recently, one of course, the vaccines, and the other a hard-accomplished COVID-19 relief bill passed this week by our…