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Coping With Society

More proverbs, mantras, aphorisms and precepts; because that’s what we really need! Boredom is a luxury. Drama feeds on itself while everyone else starves. Agreeing to disagree is the beginning of the argument, not the end of it. An opinion is only as good as one’s ability to back it…

Proverbs

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Coping With Society
Coping With Society

4 days ago

The Tragedy of This Supreme Court

Recent rulings rolling back established civil rights, like abortion, have been described by some legal experts as a “tragedy” for this current Supreme Court. “That’s the tragedy — one of the tragedies — of this opinion today is that it destabilizes the Court,” said MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance. “Will…

2022 Elections

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The Tragedy of This Supreme Court
The Tragedy of This Supreme Court

6 days ago

You Better Watch Out

I used to hear it more than I do now. “Judaism is a religion of law; Christianity is a religion of love.” After all, they have Santa Claus. Who doesn’t love Santa Claus? Especially now that Trump made it politically correct to say “Merry Christmas” again. But seriously, in the…

Anti Semitism

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You Better Watch Out
You Better Watch Out

Jul 21

Zany Misadventures in Great Replacements

“If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must, we have to have one religion,” proclaimed General Mike Flynn to the sanctuary of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, packed with QAnon devotees, Infowarriors, white supremacists, Christian nationalists, the economically anxious, and assorted other superpatriotic conservatives…

Replacement Theory

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Zany Misadventures in Great Replacements
Zany Misadventures in Great Replacements

Jul 18

What Good are Headlines?

Zany Misadventures in News, Weather & Sports I take the morning newsfeed with my coffee. We got a real clickbait problem. Scientists Think They Found Remnants of Noah’s Ark: Scroll, scroll, scroll. Read, read, read. Nothing but a catalog of explorers with various scientific credentials over long chunks of history…

News

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What Good are Headlines?
What Good are Headlines?

Jul 13

American Hellscape 2022

You might believe that America is going to hell in a bucket. And as we watch our basic rights of privacy, assembly, and worship (or not) fade to the color of a Supreme Court associate justice’s robe, you would be correct. But if you are a consumer of the right-wing…

Propaganda

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American Hellscape 2022
American Hellscape 2022

Jul 7

The 4th of July Parade

Along with flaming barbecues and exploding fireworks, the Fourth of July parade is among the more iconic images of the US Independence Day holiday season. I am fortunate enough to have experienced parades from the vantagepoint of both audience and marcher. I always got as much of a kick out…

Right Wing Extremism

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The 4th of July Parade
The 4th of July Parade

Jun 27

A Beautiful Night for Roller Derby

It had rained heavily earlier in the day, but the evening shaped up beautifully by the time of the first whistle on the covered outdoor rink of Franciscan Health Pavillion at Bulldog Park in Crown Point, Indiana, on Saturday night, June 25. There was some concern among the officials and…

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A Beautiful Night for Roller Derby
A Beautiful Night for Roller Derby

Jun 25

The Supreme Court Just Crossed a Dark Line

We have all been waiting, because we all saw it coming. The Supreme Court announced its decision overturning federal protection of abortion rights under Roe v Wade on Friday afternoon, June 24, 2022. At stake is a woman’s bodily autonomy. At stake is the liberty for every woman of child-bearing…

Abortion Rights

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The Supreme Court Just Crossed a Dark Line
The Supreme Court Just Crossed a Dark Line

Jun 24

Trump’s Plan

The Republican narrative insists of its grievances over “election integrity.” But the evidence being produced and displayed by Rep. …

US Politics

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Trump’s Plan
Trump’s Plan
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