Year: 2017

We can’t un-crazy crazy,

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We can’t un-crazy crazy, but we can each try to stem the madness. It begins with simply caring: By looking up from our cellphones and making eye contact; by asking the checkout girl about her day; thanking the garbage collector; doing favors without a scorecard; giving away money because someone needs it more. Kathleen Parker Yes, … Read more

Pence’s record

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I’ve heard a lot of people talk about the desire for Trump to be impeached early on in his presidency, but it’s becoming clearer by the day that Mike Pence as President would likely be far worse for America <blockquote>‘Mike Pence said you should not only take away money from HIV and AIDS programs, he … Read more

That’s capitalism, baby!

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CUBAN SAID… “Look, you have to ask yourself what’s the market for a former president giving a speech, right? So, first of all, Ronald Reagan was paid more than a million dollars for speeches in 1989.  He went to Japan and gave two speeches.” Boom!  Cuban hit Fox News wear they live with that quote.  … Read more

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

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“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.  In small clumsy letters he wrote: April 4th, 1984. He sat back. A sense of complete helplessness had descended upon him. To begin with, he did not know with any certainty that this was 1984. It must be round about that … Read more

Rachel Maddow Fans

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There are a lot of people who sat out the election because they didn’t like the choices they had to chose from. Now there are a lot of people who are thinking, well he is president, we can ride this out. He will learn how to be president as he performs the duty of office. … Read more

Being “better than” is not sufficient

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Being “better than” is not sufficient A Kaiser Health News article titled “Preexisting Conditions And Continuous Coverage: Key Elements Of GOP Bill” lays out the pitfalls that the Trumpcare snake oil salespeople are peddling. The following anecdote from the article is probative. Before he was diagnosed with head and neck cancer in 2015, Anthony Kinsey often went without health … Read more