The Hall of Fire

I just saw the news on Facebook. While I didn't always agree with him, I respected him, which is more than I can say for vast swathes of the Republican Party nowadays.

With news like this I never have anything but clumsy words: I'm so, so sorry to hear about it.

River wrote: ... a very scary Russian (no, seriously, he looked like Frankenstein without the bolts)

I have a pretty good picture in my head.

Also, my entire family would flat-out disown me if I got involved in something like this. You bet mine would, too. Trump Jr's would not, unless it turns out to be in their absolutely collective self-interest to do so. Then I think he'd be kicked out. I think you hit even closer with class than with...

May sanity prevail through humor, because common sense and reality turned out to be useless.

( Loved Colbert's face too! )

I agree with Frelga . I've seen so many pollyanna remarks today "Oh, this changes everything!" No, it changes nothing. Trump Jr can be perfectly open and frank about breaking the law because breaking the law no longer matters in America as long as you are in power. The GOP openly places pa...

So how about those tweets the NPR twitter account sent out yesterday? https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/07/05/trump-supporters-mistake-npr-tweeting-declaration-independence-calling-for-revolution/23017129/ https://twitter.com/NPR/status/882313133863436288 These are the people who call themselves...

There's nothing illegal about selling guns and ammo. I don't know whether there's additional hoops before you can sell those online, but if he's running his business lawfully they should process his payment.

In the case of Trump, he spent his campaign money years ago by getting his name into the American consciousness by claiming "success" on the back of a massive inheritance and bully tactics. There's plenty of - I'll just step out and say it - stupid people around who think Donald J. Trump i...

As a no party preference voter, the disenfranchisement of anybody who doesn't want to vote party line Dem or Rep is very frustrating. This is a country that prides itself on freedom, yet every election you have to pick the red door or the blue door, and even if you get to pick a different color door...

Yes, and it was not "Death Panels" either, to pluck something similar, but from the conservative side instead of the liberal side, off the top of my head. And so on and so forth. Characterizing a political or philosophical opponent's position in an inaccurate / more evil / shorthand / etc ...

Meanwhile-meanwhile, it appears that Donald Trump's brand new personal Russia Investigation lawyer found some time to threaten Berkeley Breathed for posting photoshopped pictures of Donald Trump wearning Bloom County swag. 'cause that's serious business, ya know.

Absentee ballots sent in ahead of time may affect the outcome in a state as sparsely populated as Montana. I read an article written by one of the Fox News reporter witnesses, and immediately afterwards read Gianforte's campaign's nonsense statement. That statement was disappointing, to say the leas...

I read that yesterday. It stayed with me all day and into the night. I did not read any comments on it. There's a whole lot that I could say about it, but my thoughts are not marshaled. I expect that it would be a difficult conversation to have with many people, because to have any kind of in depth ...

Frelga! Thanks for the smile. It is always comforting to know math still works.

Their president lost the popular vote. Their president is widely unpopular. They are not the majority. If they continue to steal representation from the majority and force their special interests through they will have to accept that that will lead to a revolution --- and in a democracy, no less. It...

That's really food for thought. Thanks for sharing!

Or are you saying Republican politicians will go to more (evil) depths than the more respectable Democrat politicians would? I dunno. I've always thought they were far more like each other than any of them are like us. Well ... shucks. Let's see: ““Meals on Wheels sounds great” ... “we're not going...

"Don't worry, Trump will never be president". - The delusional past. We'll see. I'm afraid I think Frelga is right. Republican politicians are all too ready to lick the sweet, sweet droplets of power off of whichever boots are available. A few principled ones like McCain have been making s...

I just hope the US survives in spite of the throngs of self-serving party-above-all idiots who will try to close ranks around the massive incompetence and corruption that now hold power. But until the message truly reaches the grass roots nothing can change, and those roots have been very carefully ...

At this point, I don't think that matters. The EC on H1 visas is being drafted right now. At least we will know soon whether we stay or go. I would say I hope common sense, majority opinion, and general capitalism prevails, but ... :( I feel for you, I cannot even imagine the stress. ( I feel stres...