Yup… Dave Bautista’s description of tRump is right on target.
Robert Reich: Kamala Harris in 90 Seconds
Robert Reich: Kamala Harris in 90 Seconds (well… a little more than 90 seconds)
IMHO, it is a very clear choice this election cycle, fascism and theocracy with tRump and Vance, or two genuinely good folks in Harris and Walz whom are running for office with service in mind as opposed to tRump’s need to self-aggrandize. And then there is Vance, ambition for ambition’s sake and a need to force his Draconian wrong-headed values on the rest of us.
Early Voting
Not sure what this portends in this obscenely deep red state of Missouri, but this is the line for early voting at a library close to our house. Missouri opened no excuse early voting starting October 22 and continues right up the day before election day, November 5th. From everything I have been reading, it is a very popular. This picture was taken on Friday, October 25th around 10:30 in the morning.
The line once inside the library was two or three times as long as the line outside as they had us snaking around like we were in an airport TSA line. All in all though, it went smoothly. From the time I parked my truck — we had to walk a ways back to the library — it took us an hour to vote.
Just as an aside, one thing I do not like about Missouri elections is Continue reading “Early Voting”
Quote of the Day – Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence. I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.
“We have not come this far without a struggle and I assure you we cannot go further without a struggle. We know now that government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob. ” ~~Franklin Delano Roosevelt during a campaign speech… which, though given 88 years ago in the Garden on 31 October 1936, rings remarkably contemporary, a speech for “the restoration of American democracy” and its “preservation”.
For an interesting read on the parallels of Trump and Adolph Hitler check out The Guardian article: A week before the election, Trump will hold his most unsettling spectacle yet
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Trump DUMPED By Evangelicals After RUTHLESS New Ad
Trump DUMPED By Evangelicals After RUTHLESS New Ad
Frozen Bird
This article needs just a tad of an introduction.
Being a man of certain age, I Am Official Old,I have some minor problems with arthritis, fortunately they are still not a daily preoccupation. The major culprits are my ankles, my knees, my left shoulder that was injured in a car accident, and my hands, principally my left hand. I broke the ring finger and the finger next to it on that hand many moons ago in a fight. Plus I wonder since Continue reading “Frozen Bird “
Why are Red State Citizens Poorer, Less Educated, & Sicker than Blue State Citizens?
Here is an interesting, short read from the pen of Thom Hartmann:
Why are Red State Citizens Poorer, Less Educated, & Sicker than Blue State Citizens?
The quick synopsis is that they are shooting themselves in the foot.
Just something to think about as you getting ready to vote in what seems like the most consequential election of my lifetime. I see this election as clear option between democracy and fascism, between inclusiveness and Christian Sharia law, between joy and a Draconian world view, between sanity and insanity, between the have-too-muches and the rest of us…
If nothing else you have to wonder why Elon Musk is pouring so much money into the tRump campaign. Musk is the epitome of self-interest, seeing himself better and smarter than practically every other person on the planet, willing to use and abuse just about anyone for his own ends. Wait, that describes tRump also.
Hell Has Frozen Over
That is the the only explanation I can think of if Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris are on the campaign trail TOGETHER. Hell has indeed frozen over.
It is amazing how many Republicans are coming out for Kamala Harris as they see tRump as an existential threat to our country.
May Jupiter bless them all.
JD Vance – Escape from L.A.
JD Vance is objectively a horrible man. I would call him the poster child for everything that is wrong with American politics, but there is so much competition in the Republican party, he would just be one of a rotating cast on that poster. To say I find the Republican party disheartening, would be an understatement.
Then there is his running mate, tRump. How a misogynist, racist con man managed to gain control of one of two major politic parties of the most powerful nation on the planet will keep historians employed for quite some time. How he managed to maintain that control as dementia became too obvious to ignore will also keep sociologists and political scientists occupied. I am sure there will be several doctoral theses written in all those professions.
There has been something niggling at the back of my brain for Continue reading “JD Vance – Escape from L.A.”
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #8,062
yeah I know you did not ask!
You should so be blessed – well cursed at times actually – with a mind such as mine, making all these weird connections between my rumored neurons. Just be thankful that I do not share all of my random thoughts.
Am I bad? A while back I put Trump’s Truth Social stock, ticker DJT, in my investment watch list. Why? Just to watch it tank. I has fallen from a high in the mid $90s to $16 or $17 a share.
Just as an aside, apparently MTG (Majorie Taylor Greene) follows the common stock advise of buying high and selling low. She invested $50,000 in the stock at its peak. So far she has not sold. Maybe she is holding out for Trump’s reelection, thinking it will recover.