I believe so much of the damage that Trump and MAGA are doing comes from not knowing what makes a man. One much wiser than I said some years ago that for some who want to be a man, a “real man”, and don’t know how to be a man seize upon a substitute - the way to be a man is to make people fear you. And millions of males wanting to be “real men” latch on to this pretend manliness, and we all suffer the consequences.
Friday, November 29, 2024
Substitute manhood - fear
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
How Trump’s racism will cause inflation and food shortages
The president elect seems to be hell bent on delivering his economically suicidal campaign promises.
Friday, November 15, 2024
America voted to end the Constitution
Trump is choosing cabinet members now. And all are pretty bad choices but some are horrible beyond imagination.
Tulsi Gabbard is to be the DNI – Director of National Intelligence. Which means she is above the CIA and the FBI, etc. So she gets all the intelligence of America. She is “connected” to Russian tyrant Putin and Syrian tyrant Assad. As far as I can tell, she is an actual agent for Putin. So, we can expect her to feed U.S. Intelligence to Putin. Which Putin will find invaluable. Which means that all of our allies know that they can no longer share military and diplomatic intelligence with America. Which means American intelligence will be fatally crippled and will never fully recover, regardless of who future presidents are. So Putin wins. Oh boy…
Pete Hegseth is to be the head of the Department of Defense. This is unbelievable. The DOD is the largest organization in America with over three million people that he is supposed to manage. He has no managerial experience. He was in combat, I believe as a Captain. Not a General. He has not led a military organization as a one star, two star, or three star General or as an Admiral. To say he is unqualified is to be overly polite. His only “virtue” to Trump is that he wants to fire all women, all blacks, all gays, all “woke” hires in the military. Goodbye American military excellence. Putin is sooooooo pleased.
Matt Gaetz is a pariah in the House of Representative, under investigation for sex trafficking a minor, and infamous for showing lewd videos on his phone to House members of the young “women” that he had sex with after taking drugs to enhance his disgusting exploits. They were supposed to be impressed by this for some reason. To say he is a disgusting pig is to be overly polite. He is to be the head of the Department of Justice. His only “virtue” to Trump is that he will illegally attack and destroy all the people who Trump wants to attack and destroy – all who criticized the hyper-sensitive and pathetically fragile little Donnie. Putin is ecstatic.
But, you say, the Constitution says that Cabinet picks have to be approved by the Senate (Advise and Consent clause) and these despicable choices are not likely to be confirmed. Are you kidding? What confirmation process? Why is there a Confirmation Process in the Senate? Oh, the Constitution says there is to be a Confirmation Process. Who cares? Trump will just use his Constitutional power to adjourn the Congress and have his nominees be appointed as Recess Appointments, and that will be the end of it.
Constitution? Trump doesn’t need no stinking Constitution (paraphrase from the great Humphrey Bogart “Sierra Nevada film as he was about to be shot by Mexican bandits to steal his gold)
Oh well. The Constitution was nice while we had it.
BUT – damn it, this is still America and we have nearly a quarter of a millennium of Democracy and the Constitutional rule of law. I firmly believe that America is going to wake up and come out of the hypnotic trance that this TV celebrity has induced on his cult. I believe America will prevail over these autocrats. But, meanwhile, watch out, America.
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
American democracy mortally wounded - by Americans
Monday, November 11, 2024
Economic benchmarks
- Inflation - 2.4% per the U.S. Bureau of Statistics
- Unemployment - 4.1% per the Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S Govt)
- GDP Increase last 12 months - 2.8% per the Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S. Govt)
- Deficit - $1.83 trillion per U.S. Treasury
Sunday, November 10, 2024
Times that try men’s souls
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Putin wins the American presidency
Monday, November 4, 2024
Women, you don’t have to tell anyone
Women, voting is private. You don’t have to tell anyone. You don’t have to tell your husband. You don’t have to tell your father. You don’t have to tell your church. You don’t have to tell your pastor or your priest. You don’t have to tell your PTA meetings. You don’t have to tell your family. Lie if you have to.
You get to vote privately. This is America
Roe Roe Roe your vote. For you. For your daughters. For your granddaughters. For your nieces. For your neighbors.
Don’t let them steal your power. Don’t let them steal your freedom. Don’t let them steal your own decisions and choices.
Vote…take your power back…
Friday, November 1, 2024
Where is Batman when we need him?
Donald J Trump, insane candidate for president, beloved by the MAGA “Republican” Party, just promised to EXECUTE his Republican critic, Liz Cheney. I feel like we are in a Batman movie, and the villain (The Joker? The Penguin?) is running for president.
Always believe the threats of fascist autocratic psychopaths
But there is no Batman to save the day. Batman is us, the voters. This man is insane, literally, a psychopath.
VOTE