Category: False Patriotism
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Maybe It’s Time For “The Big Die”
Donald Trump has lived “The Big Lie” long enough. The Big Lie itself has lived far longer than it had any right to live considering the fact that it’s one hundred percent pure bullshit. It’s absurd that such a thing as “The Big Lie” is even a “thing” to begin with! But then, it’s absurd…
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Confession: Sometimes, I Miss “Old Twitter”
I am a huge fan of Mastodon. I really enjoy the community I’ve found in the fediverse. I love what I’ve learned there about moss and mushrooms, El Greco and butterflies, this and that and pretty much everything in between. The big difference between the fediverse and a social media platform like, say, Twitter, is…
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Things Both Sides DON’T Do
Some day, when Donald Trump is behind us and the Republican Party lies beside the Whigs in the American History Cemetery, we’ll have to turn our gaze on the news media. The press utterly failed us at the moment we most needed them to fulfill their Constitutionally mandated role as the last check on power.…
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Trump’s Espionage Activities Started Well BEFORE He Became POTUS
Yesterday afternoon, America reasserted the rule of law. We The People federally indicted Donald Trump for crimes he committed against us. Though we don’t formally know the exact charges at this moment, the news media has sussed out a few of them: “willful retention of national defense secrets, obstruction of justice, false statements and conspiracy“.…
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America Is A Great Idea Poorly Executed
While it would be neat and tidy if every first draft was the final draft, it never ever works out that way. Hell, I don’t know why we even call it “writing” when all good writing is really “re-writing”. If we had any sense, we’d call it “re-writing” to begin with so everyone understood how…
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Seditious Conspiracy Cooties Are About To Infect The GOP
We all learned this important truth on the schoolyard. The last thing on earth anyone wants is cooties! Catching cooties is worse than just social death. It could spell long term doom. Even if you get a million miles away from a cootie, you can’t escape its stink. And nothing stinks worse than seditious conspiracy…
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Republican Kabuki: An Appreciation
On the one hand, the entire Republican Party is utterly full of shit. But, on the other, aren’t all actors? The GOP bailed on governing eons ago. It’s just not their thing. A sizeable chunk of the Trumpian base – the white supremacist core – only ever liked democracy when only they took part in…
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We’re Overdue An “America 2.0”
America is a great idea that its founders executed poorly. In their defense, they were products of their time: white, Christian, land-owning men who believed they were the epitome of creation. They weren’t, of course. But, also in their defense, their idea had merit. Human self-government is a magnificent thing! You just have to execute…
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Only Little Boys And Republicans Think Freedom Is Actually “Free”
“Freedom” may be the most abused, lease understood word in the entire English language. People seeking it don’t abuse it (they can’t – they don’t have it!). Rather, it’s the people who already have it who regularly abuse it – using their freedom to deny other Americans the same freedom. Libertarians define freedom as “you’re…