“People are working long hours for low wages, they’re people who are really worried about what’s going to happen to their kids. But I think what they have done is responded to Trump’s false message, which suggests that is if we keep Muslims out of this country, or if we keep scapegoating Latinos or Mexicans … More Quote of the Day
There is little question that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered. A small poison dart of the sort used by the Kenyan Luo tribe, which just happens to be the tribe of Obama’s Kenyan father, was found in the wall behind Scalia’s bed. Luo tribesmen are notoriously short-sighted, and the assassin obviously missed. It … More Antonin Scalia Was Murdered!
“I was raised the old-fashioned way, with a stern set of moral principles: Never lie, cheat, steal or knowingly spread a venereal disease. Never speed up to hit a pedestrian or, or course, stop to kick a pedestrian who has already been hit. From which it followed, of course, that one would never ever — … More Quote of the Day
When it comes to humour, nearly all of us live in more than one world. I long engaged in the classic cliché of locker room humour. For years I traded outrageous, sometimes very funny, jokes with my workout partner that neither of us would have ever have told in our other worlds. One particularly offensive … More Donald Trump as a Clownish Christ Figure
“While the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by those happy few. This imbalance is the result of ideologies which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation. Consequently, they reject the right of states, charged with vigilance for the … More Quote of the Day
Because both our birthdays come in January, just after the major holidays, my wife and I have always had rather muted birthday celebrations. Because our wedding anniversary comes in September when the educational institutions both of us worked for all our lives are just gearing up for a new academic year, our anniversary celebrations … More A Valentine’s Day to Remember
“The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil. We see before us a huge community of producers the members of which are unceasingly striving to deprive each other of the fruits of their collective labour…I am convinced there is only one way to … More Quote of the Day
It has been common for left-wing American intellectuals to claim that there is really only one American political party with two wings, both of which essentially serve business interests. The massive backing both Democrats and Republicans traditionally get from Wall Street and other big money supports the one-party thesis. But the rise of the so-called … More Can Bernie Sanders Win?
“Whenever you think the Tea Party can’t get any dumber, they get dumber. Now they’re in love with Donald Trump. Because nothing says ‘We’re serious about fiscal responsibility’ quite like a billionaire whose corporations have filed for bankruptcy three times.” ― Bill Maher
“Haitians mix mud with margarine and salt and sun-bake the tiles as a means to stave off hunger pains. That’s how much Washington screwed up Haiti.”—Matthew Pulver, “Bill & Hillary’s hyper-capitalist disaster: How the Clintons can apologize for a decade of deadly policies” http://www.salon.com/2015/05/06/bill_hillarys_hyper_capitalist_disaster_how_the_clintons_can_apologize_for_a_decade_of_deadly_policies/
No Harm Spilt 