WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders says he doesn’t plan to divulge additional information about his health, “I think we have released a detailed medical report, and I’m comfortable on what we have done,” the 78-year-old Vermont senator said during a CNN town hall on Tuesday. This is bizarre [...]
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Explaining Democracy to Bernie Sanders
RHETORIC MATTTERS! BERNIE OUGHT NOT SOUND LIKE LENIN! Last night at the debate in Nevada, Bernie was asked if he should win the nomination if he goes to Milwaukee with more votes than any other candidate but not a majority. Bernie said “yes,” because that was the will of the people. He[...]
THE Ave Challenge: Who is this?
A. A Black Samurai B. A Nigerian playing a Samurai C. A clown in blackface D. A child’s drawing E. A Kenyan warrior[...]
Why I Do Not Feel the Glow from The Trump Sugar High
The sad fact is that the current stock market highs have little effect on most Americans because only a few percent of us actually benefit. Though millions of Americans own some stock through retirement programs, the effect of this ownership is diluted because the individuals lack the voting power a[...]
A Republican Asks Whether I Favor Bernie
Chris Vance, former chair of the Washington State Republican Party, is now a strong part of the anti Trump movement. Unfortunately, Chris sees our 2020 election as some sort of Manichean conflict between extreme rightism of Trump and extreme leftism of a faction of the Democrats. Chris asked me[...]
The Fake M4ALL Debate
Sighhh … Now we have the moderates proposing M4A WWI .. the latter an abbreviation for “whoever wants it.” Sadly both M4A and the WWI variant are frauds unless they make huge cost cuts. For Bernie, M4A focuses on insurance profits. It is easy to demonize execs making 10 milli[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: On abortion, the Quran Comes Close to Telling the Story of Life
Fundamentalist Christians say abortion is murder because life begins at fertilization. Did they learn this from the Quran? In western religions, divine revelations can not be updated. Jews, Christians, and Muslims .. each claim that the Torah, the Christian Bible or the Quran as the definitive wor[...]
A Long View of Limbaugh and the Medal of Freedom
Dick Brass It’s ok. Over the next few months, Rush’s own body will torture, emaciate and finally kill him. It will be agonizing and he will die gasping for air. Then, for a couple of decades, history will piss on his grave for all the evil, vicious lies told by this hate spewing psycho sack of [...]
No, I am neither Dem nor Rep
I am neither a democrat or a republican. I base my politics on the ideals and ideas of two Americans .. Jefferson and King. They defined .. for me .. America in terms of opportunity. I judge political ideas by whether they promote equal opportunity for Americans but also for all humans. I also u[...]