Far East Cynic

Who will obey the orders?

And why would they casually disregard a sacred oath? One of the biggest lies too many Americans are telling themselves these days is that “our institutions will protect us” if Donald Trump is reinstalled as the most powerful man in the world. It would be laughable if the consequences were

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The items they routinely forget

One of the amazing things I read this weekend was that Republicans are still trapped in a bubble when it comes to the 2020 election. Writer after writer has talked about election integrity while not understanding what the term actually means. One writer recently decreed that it is the Democratic

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Why do they cling to lies when they are so easily disproved?

I have an acquaintance who writes a blog that is useful for little in terms of gaining knowledge but does provide helpful insight into how closed the minds of Trump supporters are and how utterly disturbed the conservative minds are. I consider myself to have some unique insight here, as I was

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About that criticism of Tim Walz…..

On Wednesday, Senator JD Vance of Ohio accused Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota of quitting the Army National Guard two decades ago to avoid being deployed to Iraq. It is worth remembering that JD Vance did one enlistment in the Marine Corps and then left the service. On the other

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An excellent summation.

Of the damage to the American Republic that the Roberts Court has accomplished in the last 20 years. As one who is old enough to remember Thurgood Marshall on the Court as well as many others, the current crop of conservative Justices, brought to you by the slime at The

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The nameless servants of evil ( Part 2)

One of the trite amorphisms used by conservatives and others repeatedly is, ” We are not a democracy; we are a Republic.” As if the two terms are mutually exclusive when they are meant to be used together. The United States is a Constitutional Democratic Republic with its governing officials

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The nameless servants of evil (Part One)

I have not been able to post for the last two months for many reasons. It’s been a hard couple of months. Between making a pilgrimage back to the sacred soil of my Alma Mater and then on to Shopping Mall – which, thanks to both of them being unmasked

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The great surrender

When the story of this third decade of the 21st century is told ( if it ever will be), the level of the United States’ response to a worldwide pandemic will stand out as one of its worst failures. The laggard and selfish response of a significant industrialized power, who

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Stephen Colbert nails it.

By highlighting the absurdity of the GOP attempts to gaslight the nation: Over at Trump’s propaganda network, they appear pretty unhappy about it. Gutfield is terrible. Kudos, however, to Betty Cracker for finding this and reporting on it. I dislike the expression “a hit dog will holler” because no one

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A year later and the danger still lurks close by

It has been a year since the unwarranted and thoroughly evil insurrection against the Capitol occurred. “A mob breaking windows, kicking in doors, breaching the Capitol. American flags on poles being used as weapons, as spears. Fire extinguishers being thrown at the heads of police officers. A crowd that professes

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