From the start, Trump has been trying to convince his marks, I mean “voters,” that he’s some great deal-maker. So far, though, he’s failed to make any deals other than to sign the one the GOP Congress passed to lower taxes for the wealthy in this country so that everyone else could make up the …
Month: April 2018
Sticks And Stones
I tend to be attracted to people who don’t hate me, who don’t wish ill for me or for my friends and family. I’m not the only one. People are funny like that. I also tend to gravitate toward people who have compassion, empathy, people who can express themselves in a way I can understand …
Do What You Can
A couple of years or so into a new age in America, and I’m still starting almost completely over every day. It’s not just that the mistakes, scandals, and decline are so fast, but that even two years in I don’t recognize my country. Or myself. The phrase “crash and burn” keeps coming to mind …
CBO: Pay the Piper
Attn: “President” Donald J. Trump, Vice-President Michael Pence, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican Party ChairpersonĀ Ronna Romney McDaniel, GOP membership, and any other treason weasels of the United States of America I haven’t already mentioned Re: The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018-2028 We need to talk. This isn’t an …
Facts Matter
As I’m watching members of the Senate, people who clearly know nothing about Facebook, asking Mark Zuckerberg questions he couldn’t possibly answer honestly without a lot more information, I think back to how this started: information about FB users somehow got away from Facebook. It was supposedly information users consented to share via an app, …
Word of the Day: Intersectionality
I’ve been friends with a lot of vegetarians (and some vegans) over the course of my life. They all have different reasons and different ideas of what it means, but there was one that baffled me. My vegetarian friend suggests my son and I stay for dinner and tells me she is fixing a salmon …