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The GOP is The Most Dangerous Organization in America

guest opinion Opinion: Just cowards, enablers, and fascists in matching flag pins, Joan Westenberg writes Joan Westenberg 08 Apr 2025 3 min read The Republican Party is a hollow, decrepit husk. It is not a political movement. It is not a governing apparatus. It is not even an ideology with any internal coherence. It is a decaying vessel for a set of impulses: authoritarianism, greed, cruelty, nostalgia, and fear. And now, with the party marching in lockstep behind a man openly exploring how to violate the Constitution to seize a third term in office, it is fair to say the Republican Party...

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This is Why it’s Okay to be Angry at Anyone who Voted for Trump

guest opinion Opinion: They were warned about Project 2025, autocracy, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and we’re suffering the consequences because of their ignorance, John Casey writes John Casey February 03 2025 7:00 AM EST I have a message to anyone who voted for Donald Trump, particularly those who thought he’d lower their food and gas bills, or those who questioned whether Kamala Harris was a good candidate: your stupidity is revolting. You deserve all the tyranny that is about to befall you — and unfortunately, the rest of us who heeded the waterfall of warnings about Trump and voted for Harris. I’m laughing about how obtuse...

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Legalized Murder is OK; ONLY In America

Celebrating… || CEO Thompson || Victims of Policy || Operational Practices || Metrics Prove the Malady|| Progress No More || Where? Celebrating a Killer is the Wrong Response I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.– Mark Twain It has been 45 days since an assailant with a 3-D printed gun shot and killed the CEO of United Healthcare on the streets of Manhattan. Immediately, before we even knew the name of the assailant, people were celebrating both the assassination and the supposed hero. Except — at least in my book — heroes do...
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Saturday, December 21, 2024, is the Winter Solstice!

Some people like to say different, however the real reason for the season is Axial Tilt. Our pale blue dot spins on its axis with an inclination, a leaning, not at a right angle to the rays of the Sun. That tilt is 23.44 degrees, and as we move about the Sun, that tilt points in the same direction, giving us the Seasons. On the Winter Solstice, the lowest latitude where the Sun can appear directly overhead is called the Tropic of Capricorn. That is where it sits on the Winter Solstice and no other day of the year. In the...

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Homeless Heroics in Houston

Through no Fault || Overarching Crisis || Asking Ourselves || Solution Houston || Update 2407.31 One city works to solve a national embarrassment Through No Fault “When I pulled up to the house I knew something was wrong,” Art told me.  Yet it would be several days until he found out his world would soon be turned upside down. Art1 greeted the well-dressed man with Brylcreemed hair and an adulating assistant returning from the front door.  “Would you happen to know if Mr Smith2 is available?” “That’s my landlord.  I hardly ever speak to him.  I think he has a bunch...

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A Brit Said it Right About Trump

British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read The ex-Prez with indictments for criminal conspiracy and theft of official documents, and who is the only gov. official TWICE impeached, who shared secrets with foreign nations, is somehow the GOP nominee for the next election. So, footballer (soccer) Nate White asks the following question: “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety,...

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Nikki Haley Will NOT Save the GOP

Her latest debate performance shows just how out of touch with reality she really is Former South Carolina Governor and Secretary of State Nikki Haley is, for some reason, over 20 points behind pussy-grabber DJTrump in the polls. And although she is nowhere near the threat to the republic he is, after watching the latest tete-a-tete with Desantis, I’ve changed my mind. Originally I thought if the primary comes to TX and DJT and her are on the ballot, I’d switch my party to the letter R, despairingly cast my vote for her as a bullet against DJT, then the next...

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Making a Hero

The Newest Houston Hero Disagree, maybe, we must. I will acknowledge there are valid arguments on both — indeed all — sides of this argument. And no matter where you place your bets in this discussion, the only certainty is it’s one we must have. On January 9 at a small but well-reviewed restaurant called Ranchito Taqueria #4 here in Houston, as diners peacefully munched on tacos and tostadas, a lone gun-wielding thug entered the scene. Wearing gloves and a medical mask, he pointed a handgun at the customers, threatening the lives of several patrons. He demanding wallets and money. The...

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Thankful for Whom?

Today, America is celebrating another feasting festival known as Thanksgiving, where supposedly the nation unites with family to feast on turkey and watch the Detroit Lions once again embarrass themselves in their annual nationally televised upset. This year, 2022, is the 401st Thanksgiving. Yet each year, more and more people are becoming familiar with the story behind the holiday, and how it is, more than any other American holiday (with the possible exception of July 4), an indictment of white expansionism and colonialism.  We see depictions of pilgrims breaking bread with Amerinds (American Indians) wearing full headdress and velum loincloths; men,...

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“. . . Not As I Do.”

The horrors and hypocrisies of the anti-choice movement know no bounds The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health is easily one of the worst, most short-sighted decisions since the September 24, 1789 passage of the Judiciary Act.  In the 85,009 days between its founding and this disastrous decision, the Court has made several ghastly decisions, most of which have been rescinded or overruled by subsequent Congressional law. One of the major problems with the entire hearings in Dobbs which lead to the final ruling is the lack of professional medical guidance.  In the original Roe v. Wade decision,...