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• It's Friday Fun-day, Let's Enjoy a Little Schadenfreude

  So not only do we have the failure of Donald Trump to be a success at anything, including the planning of his own inaugural festivities, we have Melanoma Trump... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Like White on Right, Er, Rice

  

  There has been a rise in white supremacy supporters, and other racists. There has been a rise in supporters of religious intolerance, misogyny, and intolerance... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Happy Solstice from Penigma

  It's winter.  In other news, it has snowed in Hawaii and most recently in the Sahara desert.Last night for the northern hemisphere it was the longest night of... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Macro and Microcosm: My Novel Experience with a Conned-servative Trump Supporter

  

  I acquired a new facebook friend who is a conservative Trump supporter. He differs from many Trumpanzees in that he is an atheist, but in many respects we have... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It is International Human Righs Day Today, December 10th

  

  Sadly with the rise of fascism in governments, not only in the US with our president elect and many of those on the right who are his advisors or in congress,... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It's Not Broken, So Leave It Alone

  

  A 13th century French representation of the tripartite social order of the middle ages – Oratores: "those who pray", Bellatores: "those who fight", and... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Trump's Control Tower

  Donald Trump's Press Secretary, err. I mean Campaign Manager, KellyAnn Conway, a woman credited with getting Trump essentially to shut up in the last 3-4 weeks... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• So Twitter is Going Nuts Ridiculing -- and Correctly So -- Donald Trump's Reques...

  This was my favorite - from Raw Story: cmacs @Leafer1 Of course #IvankaTrump needs top security clearance, how else can Donald ask her "Do these shoes go with... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Safety Pin and the Paper Clip, Past and Present History

  

  The safety pin is an anti-oppression symbol being worn post the Trump election as a push back against acts of bigotry by Trump supporters, against the harassmen... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Cartoons from the Rest of the World - a Late Friday Fun Day

  

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  Posted on 12 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• I Will Not Kumbaya with Trump

  Kumbaya from the Urban Dictionary: blandly pious and naively optimistic The Kumbaya Law: In any conversation where some of the participants hold an opinion to... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Salon ✔ @Salon Our First Black President Wil...

  Salon ✔ @Salon Our first black president will have to hand over the White House to someone endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan. Just let that sink in. ... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• We're Screwed. But God Bless the UK; They Can Still Make Us Laugh.

  I read this on the BBC Facebook Site about the Donald Trump win.The rest of the world is in horror as much as the educated part of America over this election. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• While We Wait for the Election Results, Reich Tells It True

  

  If we are to heal the divisions of this nation, we need to undo the right wing evil that disenfranchised too many voters. Only those elections that represent th... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Franken Calls for Hearings: Apparent Violations of the Hatch Act and the Evidenc...

  

  Our Senator, the excellent Al Franken, is calling for hearings on FBI director Comey. The issue will be the application of the Hatch Act. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What is Wrong with Trump Supporters? They Don't Know the Difference Between...

  What is wrong with Trump supporters is the same thing that is wrong with Republicans generally.  They believe things which are not only false, but foolish. Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Friday Fun Day

  A friend of my co-blogger Pen and I likes to make up "laws" that explain complex things in foolishly simplistic ways to conservatives. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• More Friday Fun Day.

  The WaPo came out with a news piece covering "Melanoma" Trump, speaking about what she will do when she is first lady.No porn-posing illegal immigrant... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Mocking Right Wing Evangelicals and Trump, the Chaos-for-Chist Candidate

  

  I have a funny to share with you, dear readers. I was reading about how Trump is the radical right wing evangelicals' and God's chosen "Chaos candidate". I was... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Scary Halloween, the More Things Change the More They Stay the Same

  

  The following is a reprint from seven years (and one day) ago. It is worth a repeat here in part because it is fun to laugh at the overly but sincerely... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY