Category Archives: Religious Fanatics

Freedom Caucus loses its only copy of Cliffs Notes for 7th Grade Civics (Again)

The bar for petty, juvenile behavior has once again been lowered by House extremist Republicans who joined with Democrats to block a bill intended to protect gas stoves. This was a reaction to the debt ceiling deal, which despite all the evidence to the contrary was merely a deal to pay off the country’s debtsContinue reading “Freedom Caucus loses its only copy of Cliffs Notes for 7th Grade Civics (Again)”

Hard at Work

Working on a lawsuit against the local elementary school. I am tired to exhaustion with the huge number of books in its library that sell their agenda without even a glimmer of shame. The Scarlet Letter, Macbeth, A Tale of Two Cities, Romeo and Juliet, The Outsiders, An Introduction to Biology, all of them promoteContinue reading “Hard at Work”

Why the U.S. is Becoming Unlivable

A) Women’s rights are drying up more quickly than Lake Meade. This process has been catalyzed with Republican support for the kind of misogynistic myths that would warm the heart of Phylis Schlafly. Examples include “women should remain in violent marriages,” and “A rapist should have access to children born from his attack.” Margaret AtwoodContinue reading “Why the U.S. is Becoming Unlivable”

Are We Coming to Our Collective Senses?

What I have always found so frustrating about the rise of Trumpism is not that he was such a revoltingly bigoted and ignorant grifter, but that he had so many mindless followers who were praying for him to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue so that they could ignore it. It appears, mercifully, that the crestContinue reading “Are We Coming to Our Collective Senses?”

Apolitically Speaking: the Concept of a M*A*S*H Reboot

This TV show originally dropped when I was in first grade and it ended when I was a junior in high school. I started watching it regularly when it was in syndication and I watched the 1983 finale, along with enough viewers to make it the most watched scripted television broadcast in history for theContinue reading “Apolitically Speaking: the Concept of a M*A*S*H Reboot”

Me? I live in the United States of Oceania

With a rightist billionaire taking over CNN, and Florida and Texas trying to get rid of investment funds that don’t buy fossil fuel stock (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-25/esg-pros-say-republican-anti-woke-bashing-hurts-regular-savers ), western U.S. states crossing their arms like there is no water crisis, and red-state neighbors thinking they have a right to know why someone visited an abortion-legal state, it’sContinue reading “Me? I live in the United States of Oceania”

Life on the Rez — A Cowboys and Indians Movie it Ain’t

     I’m old enough that I remember the anti-pollution ad featuring a native fellow, dressed in traditional garb, paddling through the woods and then coming upon the garbage that signals that white people have been there.  The closing shot shows him staring stoically at the camera with a tear falling from his eye.    As hokeyContinue reading “Life on the Rez — A Cowboys and Indians Movie it Ain’t”

Another case of “Sorry, I guess we were wrong.”

If HIV was put on this earth by God to punish homosexual behavior and/or intravenous drug users, was God also involved in the lab work performed to create Truvada, a drug  that helps prevent HIV? I’m just curious. Also, just out of curiosity, who is the tall blonde in this commercial? The Pill (shameless promotion).