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There's nothing like the specter of gun control discussions to get the patriotic blood boiling and the cries of support for our beloved Constitution flowing like the blood after a mass shooting. The religious are often criticized, rightfully so, for cherry picking the pretty parts of their texts, but our freedom loving, apple pie eating, …
I think it's time to fully test the system. Let's see if the dam will hold.
This is a great read. Dead Man Lying by Lucian Truscott for Salon
The degree of corruption in this President and his Administration is so exhaustive it's difficult to quantify. From the level of dishonesty on all things--from the most petty to the most consequential--the complete ignorance of, and most disgracefully, the complete disregard for the law, the Constitution and our bedrock principles of democracy, to the overt …
This is a truly astounding document, but what makes it so is that it isn't irony or satire. The President of the United States has proclaimed that the date of his inauguration as the 45th man to lead the nation is a day of patriotic devotion. Par for the course, to use a metaphor near …
Cities ablaze, gunfire in the streets, decaying structures collapsing all around us. Anarchy has taken hold in America and the rule of law has broken down. Looting and pillaging is job #1 in these United States, as our crumbling schools produce illiterate drones who stumble out into the impoverished wasteland to die in gun battles …
Today marks a significant event in the history of the United States, as Donald J. Trump, an admitted sexual predator, will swear on a stack of Bibles to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. This oath will be immediately violated as the man is himself a …
I don't know why it's so difficult for people to shake the concept of belief out of their skulls, but the dangers implicit in this mentality are currently on display in truly frightening ways. US Intelligence Agencies have concluded that Russian Intelligence Services penetrated the US Government's IT resources. Link to the Report The stolen …
My initial reaction to the 2016 Presidential election was something like an incidence of physical trauma. I went to bed before the dust had settled, but I had no illusions that a Clinton comeback was in the offing as I slept. I proceeded through the early morning hours in a somber mood, and looked about …
I'm sure there's a name for this kind of empty grandstanding, but my vocabulary is limited and my patience for Googling has been tested of late. Claiming in hindsight that one could have, or more boastfully would have, excelled in some particular event or occasion if one so desired is one of the many fatiguing …
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