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Sep 03 2018
Solidarity Forever
A DocuDharma and The Stars Hollow Gazette tradition. Solidarity Forever When the union’s inspiration through the workers’ blood shall run There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one For the Union makes us strong Chorus Solidarity forever, solidarity forever Solidarity …
Sep 02 2018
“Our country is in serious trouble.”
“We don’t win anymore.We don’t beat China in trade. We don’t beat Japan, with their millions and millions of cars coming into this country, in trade. We can’t beat Mexico, at the border or in trade.We can’t do anything right. Our military has to be strengthened. Our vets have to be taken care of. We …
Sep 01 2018
Digging a Hole
Feeling kind of Boris The Spider. I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where it will go I’m filling the cracks that ran through the door And kept my mind from wandering Where it will go And it really doesn’t matter if I’m wrong I’m right Where …
Aug 31 2018
Hello! We Still Kidnap!
Y’know. If you’re Brown. Still separated: Nearly 500 migrant children taken from their parents remain in U.S. custody By Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post August 31, 2018 More than a month after a court deadline passed for the government to reunite families divided by President Trump’s border crackdown, nearly 500 children remain in U.S. government-funded shelters …
Aug 31 2018
It’s The Same Building Only With A Nice Gold TRUMP! On The Top
What’s your problem with that? Nafta Talks Between U.S. and Canada Turn Tense as Deadline Looms By Alan Rappeport and Ana Swanson, The New York Times Aug. 31, 2018 Trade negotiations between the United States and Canada turned tense on Friday morning, as both countries struggled to reach agreement on several key issues and President …
Aug 30 2018
Chaos, Is A Ladder!
What is this Game of Thrones thing? Oh… well, you know, new episodes of American Pickers. ‘Winter is coming’: Allies fear Trump isn’t prepared for gathering legal storm By Philip Rucker, Carol D. Leonnig, Josh Dawsey, and Ashley Parker, Washington Post August 29, 2018 President Trump’s advisers and allies are increasingly worried that he has …
Aug 27 2018
No NAFTA?
There is probably much less here than meets the eye. Readers know I’m no fan of Neo Liberal Trade Agreements for the benefit of Multi-National Mega Corporations, particularly those which detract from a Country’s Sovreignity and ability to regulate for the benefits of its citizens. On the other hand I wouldn’t trust Trump to know …
Aug 27 2018
Oops, John’s Bad
John Oliver’s next episode is September 9th. Stephen has new episodes starting September 3rd. Seth Meyers returns September 5th as does Samantha Bee.
Aug 26 2018
Democrats Democratic?
People forget that the debacle of 1968 led to serious Democratic Party reforms that included among other things the wholesale replacement of Caucuses (notoriously corrupt) with Primaries. Then Dr. George “DFC” McGovern, B-24 Liberator pilot who flew 35 combat missions over German-occupied Europe, lost in a landslide to Richard “Not A Crook” Nixon because being …
Aug 25 2018
My Sister’s Catholic Wedding
In youth and folly my sister married someone I can hardly characterise as a gentleman who happened to be at least ‘socially’ Catholic (my activist brother married Catholic too, I’ll have to tell you that one sometime) and as was customary in his family it was a full bore, sanctified, butts in the pews Church …