RSS

Posts Tagged ‘USA’

January 4th, 2017 - 11:42 pm § in Politics

PRESIDENT TRUMP: Meet your new dowser-in-chief

President Trailerpark apparently is going to appoint this guy to run the USDA: “Elected in 2003 as Georgia’s first Republican governor since 1871, … his most famous act was his response to a crippling drought in 2007: he led a public prayer for rain in front of the state capitol. &[...]

January 3rd, 2017 - 10:44 pm § in Politics

The fake billionaire: Is Trump poor?

Condensed from Daily Kos (read original article here): “Trump is not only ‘not a billionaire,’ he carries so much debt that, relative to his hard assets, he’s poor, especially with respect to cash flow through cash intensive investments such as resorts, etc, where one has to pay [...]

January 3rd, 2017 - 11:29 am § in Politics

GOP Congress guts ethics oversight

Republicans didn’t even wait for Congress to convene.  Behind closed doors Monday, they crippled independent ethics oversight of Congress by putting it under their supervision and giving themselves power to end investigations of their own corruption.  Is this what Trump means by “drain[...]

January 1st, 2017 - 8:45 am § in America, Donald Trump, Hypocrisy, Politics

Celebrate The New Year With Trump Matches

STRIKE & BURN “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag — if they do, there must be consequences — perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” Trump tweeted.[...]

December 13th, 2016 - 12:17 pm § in America, Hypocrisy, Politics

Racial Politics is A Toxic Soup for Dems

David Brewster Here’s a fine-grained look at the state of racial politics in America. Among the provocative assertions: minorities do better economically in red states; as minorities move up the economic ladder they drift toward Republicanism (Trump did better with college educated black males[...]

December 7th, 2016 - 1:11 pm § in America, Donald Trump, Politics, The Ave Scene

What is the FPS?

Donald Trump Taps Border Hawk, Commandant of Guantanamo To Head DHSI have a personal reason to be scared of General Kelley. The scary part of the Trump appointment for me is something called “The Federal Protection Service.” Originally part of the INS, the FPS was created as part of Hom[...]

December 1st, 2016 - 1:06 am § in America, Donald Trump, Hypocrisy, Politics

Is Italian Fascism a Lesson for The US Under Trump?

AS TRUMP AND HIS MINIONS THREATEN THE FREE PRESS …ARE WE HEADED TO MUSSOLINI’s Italy? Observers continue to draw parallels between President-elect Donald Trump and the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. But the similarities – narcissism, opportunism, authoritarianism – coexis[...]

November 25th, 2016 - 7:02 am § in Misc., Religion

Should Our Ballots Be Private?

Our religious community is hosting a “ballot party.” We are invited to bring our ballots, stamps, voters’ pamphlets and political propaganda. The session will have a “master of ceremonies” to guide the discussion. When WA went to mail-in ballots, I worried, “What [...]

November 16th, 2016 - 9:23 pm § in Politics, Religion, The Ave Scene

SCROTUS: Supreme Court Republicans of the United States

What happens if SCOTUS deadlocks 4-4?[...]

November 16th, 2016 - 2:03 am § in Politics

Man Bites Dog: Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham Calls For Senate Investigation Into Whether Russia Hacked DNC  [...]