There’s an old joke about a psychiatrist who was trying to see if he could change an optimist into a pessimist and a pessimist into an optimist. He took two children, one very optimistic and one very pessimistic. He put… Read More ›
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TRUMP MAKES ME MEAN – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I don’t consider myself a mean spirited or a vindictive person. I avoid conflicts with others and I don’t think about revenge when someone slights me. My friends and family consider me a nice, decent, even sweet person. I even… Read More ›
I SAID I WOULDN’T BUT I DID IT ANYWAY – Marilyn Armstrong
I said I wouldn’t donate money to anyway, but I sent $6 to Elizabeth Warren. I couldn’t help myself. I have so little money to give to anyone, it’s always a hard choice. Despite having no money, I try to… Read More ›
POLITICS AND RELATIONSHIPS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I recently read an autobiography by the Saturday Night Live actress, Rachel Dratch, called “Girl Walks Into A Bar…” I enjoyed the book, particularly the adjustment of a single 44-year-old woman to motherhood, a committed relationship, and co-parenting. Rachel started… Read More ›
EVERYTHING NEW IS OLD AGAIN – BY TOM CURLEY
If you ever watched the TV series Battlestar Galactica (the newer one, not the original) you’d remember the overall theme of the series was that everything that happened in the show has happened over and over and over again. That’s… Read More ›
THE RACIST BONE’S CONNECTED TO THE … HIP BONE? – BY TOM CURLEY
“I don’t have a racist bone in my body!” “He doesn’t have a racist bone in his body!” I’ve heard that phrase more times than I can remember over my life. It’s a defense that racist people say when they… Read More ›
WHEN YOU GET TOO OLD TO BE COST-EFFECTIVE – Marilyn Armstrong
DISCOVERING I’M PART OF THE EMERGING DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE (ALSO LEFTWING, SOCIALIST, AND NO DOUBT COMMUNIST) If you have asthma or any kind of chronic medical problem that requires continuing care and medication, that’s the message you are getting. We have… Read More ›
DO WE WANT TO ELECT ANYONE? – Marilyn Armstrong
I was just glancing through another post on The New Yorker asking whether Joe Biden is electable. I have read similar stories in the Washington Post and other newspaper, online and offline about every potential candidate. It’s almost as if… Read More ›
Trump and America’s Xenophobic Soul: Reblog – SHINBONE STAR
Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
In the 1956 movie “Forbidden Planet” the characters come to the realization the monster that’s been steadily kicking their ass is a projection of the id from the subconscious of the ridiculously pompous Dr.…
A week later dust and ashes from the Midterms are still smoldering – REBLOG
Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
Rep.-Elect Deb Haaland was elected to (N.M. 1st Dist.) as one of the nation’s first two indigenous congresswomen in history. The dust and ashes of the midterm elections aren’t settling — they’re smoldering. Democrats…
THEY’RE NOT YOUR FATHER’S GOP – THE SHINBONE STAR – REBLOG
Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
The Andy Thomas print “The Republican Club” hangs in Trump’s White House office. After the results of Tuesday’s elections were pretty much tied up tight, I couldn’t sleep. In part, I was wondering how…
FORGET FEAR. FORGET RAGE. LET’S TALK ABOUT DISGUST – BY TOM CURLEY
Elisabeth Kubler Ross defined the five stages of grief. They are Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. The tragedy that is this current administration and Republicans, in general, have created a completely different five stages of grief. Shock, Denial, Anger,… Read More ›
WHY YOUR VOTE REALLY DOES MATTER – Marilyn Armstrong
I hear a lot from many people, including in my own family, that “my vote doesn’t matter.” The reasons given range from “I live in the country and it’s just the votes in the cities that make the difference.” There’s… Read More ›
LET IT BE – Marilyn Armstrong
As did many others, I thought a few people might develop a conscience and a spine and not put Kavanagh on the Court. We thought someone might use their head for something other than a hat rack and realize jailing… Read More ›
Don’t Make Brett Kavanaugh The Poster Boy For Ignominious Defeat
To keep kicking the Kavanaugh can down the road is just what President Donald Trump’s emerging November election game plan has in mind. It is doubtful he had a plan before Kavanaugh was nominated. For the first time in Trump’s… Read More ›
OH HELL, WE ARE REALLY ALL BRUCE BANNER NOW – BY TOM CURLEY
As I’m writing this I’m watching the circus that is the Senate hearing on Bret Kavanagh. Lindsey Graham and the Republicans on the committee are making complete asses of themselves. Graham is literally screaming at the top of his lungs…. Read More ›
