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Dismissing Comey and James' cases is probably the best thing that could have ever happened to Halligan.
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Dismissing Comey and James' cases is probably the best thing that could have ever happened to Halligan.
Bolsonaro is facing 27 years. Imagine what could have been if DJT had gone to trial.
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Bolsonaro is facing 27 years. Imagine what could have been if DJT had gone to trial.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need. -William L. McKnight, businessman and philanthropist (11 Nov 1887-1978)
If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need. -William L. McKnight, businessman and philanthropist (11 Nov 1887-1978)
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need. -William L. McKnight, businessman and philanthropist (11 Nov 1887-1978)
If you put fences around people, you get sheep. Give people the room they need. -William L. McKnight, businessman and philanthropist (11 Nov 1887-1978)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I love my country too much to be a nationalist. -Albert Camus, writer, philosopher, Nobel laureate (7 Nov 1913-1960)
I love my country too much to be a nationalist. -Albert Camus, writer, philosopher, Nobel laureate (7 Nov 1913-1960)
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I love my country too much to be a nationalist. -Albert Camus, writer, philosopher, Nobel laureate (7 Nov 1913-1960)
I love my country too much to be a nationalist. -Albert Camus, writer, philosopher, Nobel laureate (7 Nov 1913-1960)
Can you imagine what we would do if another country bombed American boats off of any of our coasts?
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Can you imagine what we would do if another country bombed American boats off of any of our coasts?
What do you think the odds are that Lindsey Halligan will suffer the fate of many other Trump's attorneys and lose her license to practice law?
October 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
What do you think the odds are that Lindsey Halligan will suffer the fate of many other Trump's attorneys and lose her license to practice law?
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. -Desmond Tutu, clergyman (7 Oct 1931-2021)
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. -Desmond Tutu, clergyman (7 Oct 1931-2021)
October 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. -Desmond Tutu, clergyman (7 Oct 1931-2021)
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. -Desmond Tutu, clergyman (7 Oct 1931-2021)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back. -Gore Vidal, writer (3 Oct 1925-2012)
Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back. -Gore Vidal, writer (3 Oct 1925-2012)
October 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back. -Gore Vidal, writer (3 Oct 1925-2012)
Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back. -Gore Vidal, writer (3 Oct 1925-2012)
I'm old enough to remember when it was scandalous for Bill Clinton (not president at the time) to meet with the Attorney General on the tarmac for a minute because his wife was under investigation. Now we have a president openly telling the AG who to prosecute.
September 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I'm old enough to remember when it was scandalous for Bill Clinton (not president at the time) to meet with the Attorney General on the tarmac for a minute because his wife was under investigation. Now we have a president openly telling the AG who to prosecute.
Trying to take control of the Federal Reserve, universities, museums, and private industry. Dare I say that these moves smack of communist rule?
August 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Trying to take control of the Federal Reserve, universities, museums, and private industry. Dare I say that these moves smack of communist rule?
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. -Russell Baker, columnist and author (14 Aug 1925-2019)
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. -Russell Baker, columnist and author (14 Aug 1925-2019)
August 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. -Russell Baker, columnist and author (14 Aug 1925-2019)
Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things. -Russell Baker, columnist and author (14 Aug 1925-2019)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
No amount of belief makes something a fact. -James Randi, magician and skeptic (7 Aug 1928-2020)
No amount of belief makes something a fact. -James Randi, magician and skeptic (7 Aug 1928-2020)
August 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
No amount of belief makes something a fact. -James Randi, magician and skeptic (7 Aug 1928-2020)
No amount of belief makes something a fact. -James Randi, magician and skeptic (7 Aug 1928-2020)
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong. -Karl Popper, philosopher and professor (28 Jul 1902-1994)
We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong. -Karl Popper, philosopher and professor (28 Jul 1902-1994)
July 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong. -Karl Popper, philosopher and professor (28 Jul 1902-1994)
We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong. -Karl Popper, philosopher and professor (28 Jul 1902-1994)
It helps that he's adorable.
July 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It helps that he's adorable.
Have I mentioned how much I despise Charlie Kirk?
July 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Have I mentioned how much I despise Charlie Kirk?
According to PBS News Hour -
February 2025 was the first month since the 1980 Refugee Act's passage that the U.S. did not admit a single refugee.
February 2025 was the first month since the 1980 Refugee Act's passage that the U.S. did not admit a single refugee.
July 19, 2025 at 4:53 AM
According to PBS News Hour -
February 2025 was the first month since the 1980 Refugee Act's passage that the U.S. did not admit a single refugee.
February 2025 was the first month since the 1980 Refugee Act's passage that the U.S. did not admit a single refugee.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Literature encourages tolerance -- bigots and fanatics seldom have any use for the arts, because they're so preoccupied with their beliefs and actions that they can't see them also as possibilities. -Northrop Frye, writer and critic (14 Jul 1912-1991)
Literature encourages tolerance -- bigots and fanatics seldom have any use for the arts, because they're so preoccupied with their beliefs and actions that they can't see them also as possibilities. -Northrop Frye, writer and critic (14 Jul 1912-1991)
July 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Literature encourages tolerance -- bigots and fanatics seldom have any use for the arts, because they're so preoccupied with their beliefs and actions that they can't see them also as possibilities. -Northrop Frye, writer and critic (14 Jul 1912-1991)
Literature encourages tolerance -- bigots and fanatics seldom have any use for the arts, because they're so preoccupied with their beliefs and actions that they can't see them also as possibilities. -Northrop Frye, writer and critic (14 Jul 1912-1991)
Now DJT is saying he may take over cities like Washington, D.C. and NYC? This is right after he sends in forces to MacArthur Park in L.A.? This is not how we do things in the U.S. We have duly elected local officials.
July 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Now DJT is saying he may take over cities like Washington, D.C. and NYC? This is right after he sends in forces to MacArthur Park in L.A.? This is not how we do things in the U.S. We have duly elected local officials.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. -Robert King Merton, sociologist (4 Jul 1910-2003)
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. -Robert King Merton, sociologist (4 Jul 1910-2003)
July 4, 2025 at 5:09 AM
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. -Robert King Merton, sociologist (4 Jul 1910-2003)
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. -Robert King Merton, sociologist (4 Jul 1910-2003)
Crossing my fingers for Americans living in rural areas who may see their nearby hospitals close as a result of the Big Ugly Bill.
July 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Crossing my fingers for Americans living in rural areas who may see their nearby hospitals close as a result of the Big Ugly Bill.
Biggest crowd yet. It's time to get loud!
June 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Biggest crowd yet. It's time to get loud!
Sacramento showed up!
June 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sacramento showed up!
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (10 Jun 1915-2005)
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (10 Jun 1915-2005)
June 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (10 Jun 1915-2005)
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. -Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (10 Jun 1915-2005)
It seems fishy to me that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was sent to El Salvador because of a clerical error, but now he's been indicted for a crime he wasn't charged with before.
June 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It seems fishy to me that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was sent to El Salvador because of a clerical error, but now he's been indicted for a crime he wasn't charged with before.