Is He a Danger to Himself or Others?
There’s a lot of disappointment and anger over the Dems "backing down" on deadlines in Iraq, as shown by the number of diaries during the last couple of days. I’ve tended to swing between feelings of...
View ArticleAl Gore and the Bully Pulpit
Sounds like the title of a Hardy Boys or Tom Swift novel, doesn’t it?Many of the Al will-he-or-won’t-he diaries and associated comments posted lately propose a dilemma: Al will have to forego his...
View ArticleAn O'Reilly Christmas
Just a brief post to show what I found splattered across several of the news groups today. Bill O's counterattack on the War on Christmas is going well, and the folks are zealously defending the birth...
View ArticleHey You Edwards Losers
I usually see one or more diaries like this in the list, but none right now, so I’ll try and fill the void. Most of these are usually a little more subtle than my title, but the message is the same,...
View ArticleFlyover States Deserve More Than Blue Ice
“Blue Ice” is a term for the frozen effluvia from lavatories that sometimes drops from airliners. Often onto red flyover states. States like Texas. It’s also dropping from the comments on some diaries...
View ArticleA Perspective of an Old on this Election
I’ve seen some diaries recently where some younger, passionate advocates of Bernie have been accused of, God help us, privilege. Not everyone, even us olds, is calling out privilege. I do believe,...
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Chickens Come Home to Roost In Houston (HERO)
From Monica Roberts at TransGriot, Houston Mayor Annise Parker to indignant constituent:Monica, as usual, calls ‘em like she sees ‘em:Well, as those of us who supported HERO tried to tell you peeps who...
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Caitlyn to Houston Trans-Activists: You're Irrelevant
Caitlyn apparently blew into Houston last week to do an Episode of I am Cait on Houston and HERO. One would assume that she would work closely with Houston trans-activists, including one of the...
View ArticleOf Cannibals, Male Bovine Excrement, and Athletic Gear
This is a response to several diaries recently which have asserted that we’re “cannibalizing” our party, or that some of the negativity here is self-destructive “bullshit”.I pretty much agree. But...I...
View ArticleGOP Officially Declares War on Transfolk
The GOP has decided that the retail war on transfolk being waged in the states is inefficient and is now switching to a much more cost-effective wholesale war at the national level. In a resolution...
View ArticleThe NRA's Score for the Week
Per www.gunviolencearchive.org the mass shooting stats for the past 7 days:March 12, 2016 California Oakland Killed: 0 Injured: 4 March 11, 2016 Michigan Detroit Killed: 1...
View ArticleHere's Your Apology
I’d just finished reading Brett Wilkins’ diary on hate crimes. Then I read another apologies-needed diary. OK. I apologize to everybody. Every freaking person that got offended by anything that...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren Tweet-Thrashes Trump
Tiny short post. In a followup to her speech today at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council event in Washington, D.C., she tweet stormed trump about his transition team and breaking his promise of...
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