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I absolutely do NOT UNDERSTAND the Republicans, of all people, embracing Putin’s little poodle. WHAT THE HELL?? Where are the Reagan Republicans now!!?? I’m definitely a product of the Cold War, but I’ve also known quite a few Russians, …

David Brin • Author, Futurist, Public Speaker Nick Hanauer’s 2014 appeal to his fellow billionaires to consider the one trait that all schools of psychology call central to sanity – satiability. Hanauer tells other members of the rising p…

Flashback to the fifties and sixties.. When I was maybe 10-12, my parents wanted to build a bomb shelter in our basement. A family of five at that time, the youngest wasn’t born, yet. I talked them out of it. No plumbing. Air tight, on…

Whether we want to admit it or not, the world sees all Americans as RESPONSIBLE for Trump & his sickening, stupid, cruel administration. Makes one rethink our reaction to Germans in the time of Hitler, doesn’t it. With empathy we never …

I finally left a Trumper speechless. He was talking about how he expected construction projects to pick up after the first of the year but everything is very slow. I said that I knew some reasons why, but he wouldn’t want to hear it. But…

Rep. Adam Smith: TSA workers, the Coast Guard, FEMA, these agencies protect Americans every single day, and they should not have to suffer through this. I don't support holding them hostage. The administration already has the money to keep …

Many of the European issues have been caused by Trump. Indeed his actions often impact on world markets and world trade. We are quite entitled to focus on the problems in the USA. We watch human rights being destroyed by Trump, Neom and Ic…

What Trump & Republicans are causing to happen: “The European Parliament has no authority to do anything related to the USA, so they are not going to legislate to help you. Their job is us to ratify EU policies. All authority lies with th…

Update on the Lil Grey neighborhood cat: She hasn’t been by in several days, & she had just purrfected her routine with me: Arrive at dawn & annoy the squirrels on the patio by sitting on Sammy Squirrel’s favorite chair right next to the ki…

As I was just telling a friend, I’ve got a quandary tonight. The lil neighborhood cat comes by almost every morning, sometimes again in the middle of the day, but tonight she came back after dark, didn’t even want another cattacino, just wa…

For my friends here who are cooks: The Saucier's Apprentice: A Modern Guide to Classic French Sauces for the Home By Raymond Sokolov Wonderful Book -- But Be Prepared to Spend Serious Time... By Thriftbooks.com User, June 7, 2004 If you…

Hedge fund billionaire Rob Citrone, a friend and former colleague of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, purchased more Argentine bonds shortly before Bessent announced a financial package for Argentina in September 2025. This was part …

Ever had something you really wanted to do but had no idea how to figure it out? I’ve thought so many times about a guy I used to slightly know, back in the 80’s, who was remarkable. He lit up the room just by walking in the door. Everybo…

“I cannot stand by while a country is invaded, a democracy bombarded, and children killed with impunity. I believe that the only way to secure U.S. interests is to stand up for democracies and to stand against autocrats. Peace at any price …

Politico: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ended its plans last week to block data brokers from selling consumers’ personal data — including financial information and Social Security numbers — to third parties. Experts warn that the…

The 250 year celebration of the USA is going to SUCK if we’re not a functioning democracy by then. If instead we have a self proclaimed King of America and an obsequious Congress, a wholly owned DOJ, FBI and intelligence agencies, a Pent…

Timothy Snyder: We all have our foibles, our whims, our vulnerabilities. But when one person has unchecked power, irrationality becomes unchecked. Donald Trump thinks that everyone is always ripping him off. If he were the president in a no…