Lock Him Up, Lock Him Up – and Throw Away the Key.
Donald Trump defends his decision to mislead the American people about the Covid-19 virus for two months, claiming he didn’t want to ‘panic’ the public. There is much wrapped up…
The Mound of Sound
Erin O’Toole and the Big Fat Tory Lie
At least Canada’s conservatives are consistent. When they’re out of power they all promise to get Canada’s financial house in order if and when they again hold the reins of…
There Are Only Two Types of Americans – Liars and that One Guy Who Tells the Truth.
Donald Trump wants Americans to believe. He wants Americans to believe he alone is to be believed. He wants Americans to believe that the others are all liars. Journalists are…
Why Are Americans So Terrified of Socialism Yet Crazy For Authoritarianism
Americans despise socialism, whatever they imagine that to be. They automatically conflate socialism with Communism and totalitarianism, the loss of their constitutionally guaranteed, democratic rights. It’s the Freedumb Factor at…
Don’t Worry, It’s Just Pre-Revolutionary Indigestion
It is said that America has never been as deeply divided, across so many fault lines, since the Civil War. Social cohesion is broken, perhaps irreparably. Chris Hedges maintains that…
The GOP Lunacy File – Michelle Bachmann
In 2012 she was briefly the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination. Wow, did the Republicans and America dodge a bullet there. Now Michelle Bachmann is taking to the televangelist…
Trump’s DOJ Becomes Trump’s Personal Lawyer
To be clear, the US Department of Justice serves America, the American people, not the man in the Oval Office. Under A.G. Bill Barr the DoJ has been deeply corrupted.…
It’s Been a While. Let’s Catch Up with God.
I’m to blame. I haven’t been following God’s Twitter account. Here are a few tweets to catch up. In an ideal scenario, the President of the United States and the…
A Robot Writes – Humans, You Have Nothing to Fear
The Guardian has published an op-ed with a difference. It was written entirely by a robot, artificial intelligence, with no human involvement. I am not a human. I am a…
California – Just Can’t Catch a Break
California has been making headlines for the resurgence of the Covid-19 virus. And for this year’s wildfires that eclipse the devastating wildfires of previous years. And the heat, what about…
What Antifa Teaches Us About Grooming
The American people have been groomed to believe no end of horseshit. Here’s an example. Two years after George W. Bush went on TV to admit that Saddam Hussein had…
When Even Fox News Says You’re a P.O.S.
Trump was quick to denounce The Atlantic for publishing an article about how the Mango Mussolini views the men and women serving in America’s military and those who have died…
Was Slavery America’s First Culture War?
Politics today in America, and to a somewhat lesser extent elsewhere, has become a black hole that sucks away any hope of progress. The device is commonly known as the…
The Disaffected Lib 2020-09-04 14:00:00
“Humankind Cannot Bear Very Much Reality“
Christy Left Scars
An Angus Reid poll finds that Jim Horgan’s NDP holds a commanding lead in British Columbia. The numbers show NDP at 48 per cent. The BC Libs at 29. The…
Trump Won’t Bury America but He’s Digging Its Grave
What goes up must come down. Even geopolitics has its own irresistible gravity. Dominant nations rise and decline, their places taken by some successor. Some times this occurs peacefully. More…
Living Planet Report Canada, 2020, is Out And It’s Not Pretty
Canadians take nature for granted. We figure that there’s so much land and it’s, relatively speaking, sparsely populated so, no problem. Problem.
Only in L.A.
The skies above LAX had unexpected congestion on Sunday. The cockpit crew of an American Airlines flight notified the airport tower that they had encountered a very identifiable flying object.…
The Democracy-Killing Machine
We hear a lot these days about how liberal democracy is in decline. Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Brazil, even the United States are drifting into authoritarianism. What if it’s not some…
Tony Abbott – Let the Old Geezers Die
Boris Johnson has chosen former Aussie prime minister and rightwing nutjob, Tony Abbott, to become a UK trade envoy. Abbott, an ultra-conservative Catholic, has strange ideas that now extend to…