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I mentioned political rants yesterday in my intro post, although I actually don't do many because most of you who read me have similar views, but... *points to heading*   You may want to pass on by while I vent, scream, and froth at the mouth.

In case you've been living under a rock for the past year or so, the Cult of Trump refuses to accept ( Read more... )

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... is for the moderator to have an air-horn. The moderator says, "Thank you, X." If X (looking at you, Pence), keeps speaking past the 5-more-second mark, the air-horn goes off. "BLA-A-A-ATTT!!!" He's no more courteous than Trump, just quieter about it. Asshole.

AND for the moderator to say -- when the candidate says, "First let me respond to ( Read more... )

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In the recent election, my deep-red half of the state actually elected a Democratic representative -- Xochitl Torres Small -- by a ridiculously thin margin, but we did! I am pumped; the previous Republican rep -- Steve Pearce -- was a sanctimonious blowhard who consistently voted against anything that would help the ordinary citizens, and for ( Read more... )

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The cable companies are still trying to make the Internet more profitable for them and worse for everyone else, including all the businesses on it. You can add your name to the petition going to the FCC. (Sometimes I wonder if these things actually help, but can't hurt to try ( Read more... )

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I never know how useful these things are, but it can't hurt. Here is a petition to the Obama administration to --

ETA: It seems that the title is confusing to some people. It refers to teaching students to ask and receive consent from their partner before engaging in sexual activities. IE, teach them that one partner being 'woozy' and unable ( Read more... )

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I just got an email from my congresscritter, a deeply-red Republican. (I voted for the other guy.) The email read:
Dear friends ( Read more... )

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I think most of my American friends realize that Congress and the Senate are "broken". One huge problem in the Senate is that one senator or another registers a filibuster, and proposed bills don't even reach the floor for a discussion. No deliberation about good and bad points, no effort to compromise for a workable solution, just -- nothing ( Read more... )

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My brother answered my rebuttal. Tired as I am, I had to respond:

Even if all the death and suffering they have caused is the work of the crackpot fringe, it sure seems they have way way more of those types than the rest of the worlds religions put together.Because that's what the news chooses to highlight. I did some Googling ( Read more... )

I don't talk politics with my brother -- I suspect he's a hard Republican. I know he's a guns-rights advocate which, fair enough; he was in the military, uses them responsibly, and taught his sons to do so ( Read more... )

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Because this is too good not to embed in my memory banks.

In a thread at Shakesville, JudyBlue said, "What is it lately with all the conservatives whining, "Despising my bigotry is intolerance tooooo ( Read more... )