They Tried It in a Small Town

Note the Following: 1.  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/7-people-found-dead-oklahoma-shot-head-apparent-murder-suicide-authori-rcna82773:  Defendant on trial for child porn kills teens  2.  https://abcnews.go.com/US/ny-man-charged-murder-shooting-woman-wrong-driveway/story?id=98655167   :    Small town resident shoots woman who accidentally drove into his driveway. 3.  https://www.npr.org/2023/02/17/1158003226/mississippi-shooting-deaths-arkabutla :  Gunman kills ex-wife, stepfather and four other people. And just for the record, https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/map-gun-death-rates-lower-cities-than-rural-counties-rcna81462. : Two decades of data indicate that gun deaths have been higher in rural towns thanContinue reading “They Tried It in a Small Town”

Genius!

Perhaps I finally understand Ron DeSantis’ brilliance. He is going to permit Florida’s department of Transportation to study the feasibility of using phosphogypsum as a paving material for Florida roads. Phosphogypsum is a byproduct of producing one type of fertilizer. As phosphogymsum decays, it produces radon, a radioactive gas that causes cancer. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/09/1174789570/florida-roads-radioactive-paving-phosphogypsum. Although thisContinue reading “Genius!”

Trump and his Ilk

He is the Id of the American White Male. This group of people see how Black, Latino, Asian, Gay, non-Christian, and female people are so much more VISIBLE than they were in the 1950’s. That’s it. That’s all of it. From this paranoid fixation, combined with demographic realities we have 70 million mostly armed malcontentsContinue reading “Trump and his Ilk”

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)”

Portrait of What’s Missing In this Country

Although this article ( https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-gun-shop-owner-shutters-store-mass-shootings-targeting-childre-rcna87116 ) was from a major news network, I haven’t heard much about it in any other media. A Georgia gun shop owner grew tired of children getting murdered or injured by guns, and feared what could be done with a firearm he sold. He maintains his support of the SecondContinue reading “Portrait of What’s Missing In this Country”

If We Just Take Their Bullsh*t…

When the Republican Fear Manufacturing Commission declares with zero evidence that gay people and drag queens are all exclusively responsible for child molestation in this country and we say nothing…independents will start to believe them. Moreover, saying nothing officially makes us all look like feeble pushovers. We have to give it back to them andContinue reading “If We Just Take Their Bullsh*t…”

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”

Attention: “We do not have a climate change problem. We have a how else can the fossil fuel industry make $1.5 Trillion per year problem.”

–Simon Brice Connor, Cambridge University

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”