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I had to wait a couple of days to write about the Uvalde slaughter of children and teachers. I had to wait because I was so angry. Angry that, again, we are going through the same set of senseless deaths. Angry that this happened while they were still burying victims
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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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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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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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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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I spent yesterday working on the site after we experienced a Denial of Service attack on Wednesday and Thursday. I’ve pretty well isolated where I think it came from and have taken proactive steps “under the hood” to keep it from happening again. Nevertheless, I am flattered that my modest
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According to Linked In’s own mission statement, the purpose of Linked In is: ” is simple: connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. … Today, LinkedIn leads a diversified business with revenues from membership subscriptions, advertising sales, and recruitment solutions under the leadership of Ryan Roslansky.” If
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On Twitter a couple of days ago, a brilliant guy named David Neiwert published a long Twitter thread on the tactic that conservatives and their deranged followers have used to discredit valid criticism of the atrocities they turn a blind eye to. The tactic is known as “waving the bloody
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Despite all the blowback from folks in certain circles and the continued whining of the surgeaholics, I remain firm in my conviction that getting the hell out of Afghanistan was the right thing to do. Most of the objections to the policy decision have no factual basis anyways – and
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It has been well over 7 weeks since I have had the will to put my hand to keyboard and write anything of significance. Sure, I’ve been attacking the usual idiots on Twitter and also been observing the closet fascists from my alma mater trying to wreak their havoc, but
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