“Love Your Enemy?” Forget That or Die. As a lifelong people watcher and pattern recorder I can’t help seeing and concluding that there is just too much forgiveness and feely touchy sentiment between my partner Democrats and our common enemies, Republicans. I’ll comment based on my observations. Democrats are easy Read more…
“First They Came…” by Martin Niemoller. First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out. Because I as not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for Jews, and Read more…
Once in a while a particular word sticks, like glue and Velcro, to my mind and I just can’t shake it. The word feels like a discovery, an unveiling to a puzzle or riddle. Just like that the word ” inappropriate” jumped up front into my mind while reading about Read more…
Generally speaking I find Donald Trump ugly, dumb, dangerous and ridiculous. Then I read this article by Greg Olear titled: ” Tinker, Tailor, Mobster Trump.” published March 31, 2020 here: @gregolear.com It traces Trump’s journey as a second generation “mobbed up”. The content of his article is logical and compelling Read more…
Today, September 21st, 2021, Reuters reported the following: ” Sudan says it has thwarted an attempted military coup and arrested all those involved.” This is how coup d’état’s have been handled throughout history. The United States is a violent and militaristic country known for it’s harsh hand yet the January Read more…
“Grown men and women who swore an oath to our constitution, elected by our constituents, possessing the kinds of college degrees I can only dream of have decided to join the mob and become something they are not, hoping we somehow forget who they were. They’ve decided to burn it Read more…
The Intercept is on fire this Monday morning! These are some of their headlines. All worthy of thought, discussion and action. “Your debt is someone else’s asset. Student loans, medical bills, credit cards. Americans are drowning in a record-breaking $15 trillion in debt.” ” Supreme Court ruling on Texas Abortion Read more…
It’s that time of the year again, December, edging towards mid December. The calendar is calling to us to glimpse back at the year and wonder about the year ahead. As a blogger I start writing little notes about how to acknowledge this event; the New Year. That transition we Read more…
You may recall HBO’s hit show, “Sex and the City’!? Carrie Bradshaw and the girls having fun and crying and then having some more fun. Maybe HBO should consider taking a close look into investing in a new show covering an old story: “Sex and the American Politician”. We all Read more…
In his words: ” In a country as rich as the USA, blessed with talented medical proffesionals, world-class hospitals , and research institutes, and an almost unparalleled capacity for technological innovation, the lack of Universal Health Coverage should be a national scandal.” Now the question is, why isn’t the lack Read more…
Donald J. Trump brought back the teachings and horrors of Adolf Hitler because of his fascination with the Fuhrer. His first wife told us that Trump had a copy of Hitler’s book on his nightstand and would study it often. We have watched and experienced in the flesh how Trump Read more…
Fascism being the political system where politicians and the in-place government favor the interests of corporations instead of and above of the needs and interests of the its citizens. The most infamous fascist, so far, was Nazi Adolf Hitler, who proclaimed publicly that the State and the Church were one. Read more…
” When Great Trees Fall” by Maya Angelou When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and elephnats lumber after safety. When great trees fall, in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air Read more…
No one can deny that Facebook and it’s offspring’s are a amazing, astonishing and awesome success. A social media platform with 2.89 billion subscribers, 56,604 employees and $9 billion in profits just this last quarter of 2021. The boy wonder Zuckerberg has succeeded beyond his own expectations. Unfortunately, the boy-wonder Read more…
By: Lisolette Hubner, Germany, 1929 “The rise of this blusterous man bewilders the educated among us, conjoins opposing politicians, agonizes our international allies, threatens minorities, spits on the disabled, and touches the hearts of those who just don’t know any better. Let’s stop propounding how mad this all is, and Read more…
Hillary Clinton: in the end she did not run 2020. We had hoped. Woman, Attorney, First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State, winner of 2016 Presidential Campaign, Advocate for human rights of women and children. Wife, Mother, Sister, grandmama!!! Warrior. So much has happened since the 2016 Russian Coup d’etat which Read more…
The five stages of grief and loss are: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. Being a woman has been a pleasure and a long ordeal. A forever fight for rights that I will never have. Hillary Clinton has represented the much needed balance in my tilted universe. I have a Read more…
1- The Pentagon has STOLEN trillions of dollars from us, repeatedly. We have done nothing about it. So, it’s okay? Check 2-Republicans have stolen trillions of dollars from OUR hard earned Social Security Fund. Will we ever be paid back? How dare I ask. Check, Check. 3-Women’s and Children’s Rights? Read more…
Justice is coming! for you TRUMP Take a close look at the meaning of collective unconscious: in Jungian psychology it is the part of the unconscious mind which is derived from ancestral memory and experience and is common to all humankind, as distinct from the individual’s unconscious. Take another close Read more…
As we look towards the end of 2020, in real time, in politics and in the value of our lives, it’s fair to say that we spent most of this year trying to believe our ears and our eyes. Our own government turned against us in ways never seen in Read more…