You cannot trap the ‘magic rat’: Trump, Congress and geopolitics
The ‘magic rat’ is simply the mechanism by which an unconscious and terrified mind instantly switches its attention from something frightening to something more pleasant to avoid having any time to consciously engage with the presented information.
Pablum for the Masses
“This year, 2016, we have more of the same absurd rhetoric and propaganda aimed at the masses. Make America Great Again for Benito Trump, Courageous Conservatives for Ted Cruz, Fighting For Us for Hillary Clinton, A Future to Believe In for Bernie Sanders and Kasich for America for low key John Kasich.”
Lisa Ring and the People’s Party
Lisa, I hope that since you are a Demexit, you’ll push hard for a progressive convention.
Supreme Court slices and dices 1789 law protecting non-citizens
International law in the 21st century has expanded to include the protection of human rights.
The two 500 lb. gorillas in the room
Who needs the super rich? I don’t. Do you?
Cassius was correct
How many Amerikans, like the good Germans in 1940, cheered the carpet bombing of Iraq, and the subsequent invasion?
Earth to Portland: Dispatch from the nation’s problem child
It’s time for us to show the world that Portland is a town of peace warriors. Let’s practice activism that everyone can participate in, including our children.
They stole his safety net!!
The new Trump/Republican health care bill will see to it that many of the very foolish people who stood on the street corners, or carry his stickers on their cars and trucks, will one day be shocked when they or their relatives can no longer get into a nursing home via Medicaid.
Red Menace # ?????
Instead of having a real 'War on the Pandemic' both the Republicans and Democrats still wish to create a new and better Cold War!
The shame of injustice
Everything that causes injustice must be uprooted, within the structures under which we live, but also, and perhaps more importantly, within the consciousness of the individual.