Corporate America has been so embedded in one political party that many corporations & corporate-tied vested interests have, indirectly, provided financial support to the violent overthrow of our government. Since many in the GOP, almost exclusively an agency for corporate privilege, supported the violent overthrow of democracy – tacitly…
No doubt, in Putin’s invasion calculous is the weakened state of America’s democracy, a weakening with great contributions by a now seditionist GOP and a loud anti-democratic right-wing for-profit media, and even with contributions from corporate-influenced and owned mainstream sources as well. Mainstream media helps to amplify the hate…
Sick of the dumb, blind optimist? Well, join my club because the damn glass IS half empty, here!After many reads about the unintelligent and their need to belong to the cult of optimism, I will conclude that yes indeed, I am proud to be an intelligent pessimist. Pessimists don’t…
The Republican Party at one time was a vibrant party that worked for the good of the people, but during the course of over a generation has changed drastically. It has become nihilistic and negative, working for the demise of our democracy and primarily for its own authoritarian control.…
While democracy sinks, the media wants to assign blame for inflation. It wants to focus on the details of a partisan cat fight rather than discuss its background or cause. It centers discussion on Republican attacks on Big Bird rather than the issues involved. It is combative, not constructive.…
Do we need a tragic narrative to rouse us from our own stupors of pursued self-satisfaction? How about a story of self-indulged actions that lead to widespread tragedy and death? Perhaps the self-absorbed celebration of Refugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez, the couple who set off a…
The yellow rose of Texas has been frozen stiff, And the noble residents desperately need a lift. Four million lack power with the ERCOT grid, Ninety percent of Texas under its pesky lid. Wind power’s to blame, the untruly right does claim, While rabid markets & deregulation’s a…
The repercussions of several generations of corporate control of government and its private contracts with government has brought a heavy toll on American security. The most recent example is the Russian cybersecurity breach of government agencies, as well as major corporations. The breach in our cyberspace was discovered two…
Jan 5th, the night before Congress was to meet to certify the election, Michael Flynn with credentials seemingly dripping with treason, gave an interview to radical conspiracy hack, Alex Jones and told Infowars.com viewers that Donald Trump – with certainty – would serve four more years. He didn’t say…
By the time all the votes are counted, it will reveal that over 76 million Americans voted for Donald J. Trump, which constitutes almost 32 percent of eligible voters. With about 67 percent of eligible voters choosing to vote, Joe Biden’s margin will be about 5 million votes, the…