[Content warning: discussion of Nazism, navel-gazing, and disorganized mental meanderings. I don't promise coherence, but commentary and feedback are welcome ( Read more... )

Apparently I piss people off when I write this stuff. This is your up-front warning ( Read more... )

Last time I was uncertain whether or not to wear a safety pin. I'm still open to comments and discussion, but for now I'm wearing one ( Read more... )

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/losing-the-popular-vote-wont-rein-in-president-trumpRead more... )

(Brief aside: your word for today is "kakistocracy")

Today I'm wearing a safety pin to work. I've been debating about whether I should do so - whether I have the right, whether doing so will help or hurt. Last night over dinner I discussed with silentq and she suggested I should do it. Further input is sought.

Here's a bit of my thought process...
( omphaloskepsis )

Pack boxes to be sent to overseas troops next month [1 ( Read more... )

Dear #notmypresident people: oh, yes he is. Just like Barack Obama was president for all the people who voted against him (twice, some of them) and all the people who were scared of a black man in the White House. Obama is (was, will have been) their president. And soon Donald J Trump will be our president. Yours. And mine ( Read more... )

I am nohow happy about the outcome of the national election, nor much cheered by the results in Congress. The four MA ballot questions all went the way I voted. But gather 'round children and let old DrWex tell you a story of how we've been here before ( Read more... )

http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/10/second-presidential-debate.html

This is a sadly accurate, and kind of funny, summary of the most recent "debate" which was a debacle of bullying, gaslighting, lying/denial, and utter flailing incompetence.

...I can be pretty sure she did [get death threats and had stalkers ( Read more... )