The Hall of Fire

It's a good tactic. Works about 90% of the time, I think? Maybe more? Less if you're dealing with a savvy person? Somewhere around there, anyway. And when it fails, you can also just ignore on point questions, which I believe is the next most favorite tactic of people who don't want to be called out...

I agree with Faramond and with the linked article. Completely. Seriously - both Faramond 's words and the words in the linked-to article is well worth saying. And it should be said from all sides. This is something that is way beyond conservative or liberal - it has to do with basic humanity. It is ...

I agree with the general gist of the viewpoints mentioned in that document, Nin. Of course there are people who do not agree with that sort of world view, but I find that for what I want out of life that is the best sort of approach.

So CNN did avert their eyes from Congress/Trump long enough to post it to their front page eventually. I hope that these victims, and all the others murdered before them, will not have died in vain, and that this nonsense will stop in the US eventually. There's still a long way to go to build up mom...

Where did the media go bonkers? I didn't follow much news over the weekend so I missed it.

Another beautiful day in the United States with more people shot to death in what apparently started as a domestic incident and then spilt over to innocent bystanders at a nearby elementary school. Shooter had a semi-automatic rifle and a couple handguns: http://www.kcra.com/article/4-dead-shooter-k...

I walk out the office keys in hand, car key at the ready, and to my house, house key handy, without even pausing to ask why - but all the same knowing I do it so I can have a shot at escape if need be. Does that make sense? I just do it because I have to be cautious and on guard. No man I know does ...

My text editors at work and home are littered with saved documents of posts that I wrote up but never made. One of those saved posts is in response to something posted on this board awhile ago, but it has become relevant again with the topic of this thread. I will try to pull that thought into a coh...

Maria - your daughter's Facebook post is excellent for the most part, but she's going to have the people who need to read it most shut down and get angry at it because of this line: I'm not saying every Republican is racist. But this country put a man in charge on an agenda that has hate and fear a...

As you may be aware, the Twitter account "Yes, You're Racist" has been busy identifying and outing white suprematists. Here is an article about one such man, Peter Tefft, and his father's response. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/north-dakota-dad-denounces-white-nationalist-son/ar-AAq5Jpt...

Looks like someone finally made Donald Trump read something off of a teleprompter: http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/14/politics/trump-charlottesville-latest/index.html “Racism is evil – and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including KKK, Neo-Nazis, White Supremacists, and othe...

South Africa has had to deal with its past since it became a democracy. For years the monuments and statues of the Apartheid era dotted the cities and towns of South Africa. And for the most part, they still do, even 23 years later. ( a mere 23 years later, compared with the Civil War ). Examples: V...

A poll based on the fevered imaginations of whomever conducted the poll. Democrats have just as much reason to fear Trump suspending the election as Republicans had to fear Obama doing so. Good grief, there's enough to fear in the world without creating things from imagination. Thanks for the repli...

Well ... I don't recall President Obama throwing around accusations of election fraud after he won the election, so ... you reap what you sow?

Polls are not necessarily accurate, but I find it a little disquieting that half of Republican voters poll as saying they would happily heave the country's democratic processes out the window: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/analysis-in-a-new-poll-half-of-republicans-say-they-would-support-po...

The ACA allow people who were previously denied coverage to obtain coverage. That is where I draw the line of whether insurance does more good than harm. Any alternative that places coverage out of reach for people who need it and who pay a reasonable amount of their income towards it does more har...

We got our insurance through ACA for about a year because it had better coverage, more providers, and was less expensive than what my workplace offered. I switched jobs and the insurance through my employer is better now because they impose additional fees if you do not do a yearly checkup through a...

At least I got a few good laughs out of Moochie's short-lived tenure..... Or is this really what most Americans are...? Remember - Trump lost the popular vote and has very, very low approval ratings (though still disturbingly high, imo). Okay, "most" was a poor choice of words. Most Ameri...

... Literally can say nothing else, because I didn't even bother finding out more about him, because I expected he wouldn't stick around for long, because apparently all Donald Trump is good at is "You're fired!" How did America come to this? Or is this really what most Americans are, and ...

We got a letter like that from one of our doctors a few years back. Bid the doc farewell. Not sure what kind of money they think common folks have when they throw out that kind of subscription prices.