Dr. Rick of Maine and Malta
regardforall.bsky.social
Dr. Rick of Maine and Malta
@regardforall.bsky.social
Incremental progressive, centrist social democratic, utilitarian, tax and spend liberal humanist
I wrote to our Republican Senator of Maine, Susan Collins, today to weigh in on the vote in the upper chamber coming up soon on the Trump budget proposal. Please follow my lead and write to your Senator as well.
It may help.
June 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Judge Wilkinson, a conservative Republican, released this ruling Thursday evening. It eloquently demands the proper action for the U.S. government regarding bringing Mr. Garcia back to his family. Throwing people in a prison without due process and without charges is a crime against humanity.
April 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Opioid related deaths (overdoses either intentional, best characterized as deaths of despair, or unintentional because of erratic levels in illicit purchases) are all tragic, but there is absolutely nothing about the Trump tariffs that has anything to do with them. Note this graph:
March 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
During the American Civil War, the cost to "buy your way out" of service, was typically $300 which allowed a draftee to pay the government instead of serving in the military. Check the chart below to see how much it has cost to buy your way out of a war with Putin ($355.54 so far):
March 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I was at the typewriter again this morning writing to our Walter Mitty-ish Senior Senator from Maine attempting to see her actually show some vertebrae:
March 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
More visitors than ever are discovering our second home:
December 12, 2024 at 6:04 AM