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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
💬 12 comments · 1 like · Nov 21 · 4 weeks ago
Dr Oz? Are you kidding me? — Here's a man who built his career peddling quackery, miracle cures, and pseudoscience to millions, getting rich off their hope. He's just about universally condemned by the medical community for putting his financial interests ahead of patient welfare. Trump ran on a promise to get rid of the cronyism and corruption in politics. Many of his picks have been antithetical to this cause but this stands as the worst yet. Millions of seniors, disabled people, and low...
💬 9 comments · Nov 20 · 4 weeks ago
how will trump become dictator
💬 2 comments · Nov 14 · 5 weeks ago
Threat to Democracy? Look in the Mirror! — US Big Media outlets are outright liars. I don't know why anyone would trust a word they say. They just repeat what the Party political officer tells them. It's worse than it was in the Soviet Union. Have you noticed that liars accuse others of exactly the terrible things they themselves are guilty of? Fake news. Yes, everything that Hillary (who is obviously all over this) doesn't like is 'fake news'. In the meantime, the news outlets lied,...
💬 6 comments · Nov 08 · 6 weeks ago
The VP debate — I don't bother watching live political circus, and I didn't this time. I wasn't ever going to, except I accidentally came across a few seconds, and then couldn't stop myself. I watched it all the way through, then I watched it a few more times, dissected by political and body language experts of different leanings. I did it just to confirm that I wasn't imagining what I saw. Normally, I am extremely cynical. A few seconds of a politician doing their thing is enough for me to...
💬 12 comments · Oct 04 · 2 months ago
With a stroke of a keyboard, GDP has been revised UP by trillions or so, erasing a recession, and making the economy look far better for incumbent party in the election. This move is worthy of the Soviet Union! God help us. I don't like the alternatives, but at this point the Central Committee presents a clear danger. Most people worry about other things, but I worry about ra 'financial accident' that will take us back to stone age. That, and killing people. Not clear which fascist...
💬 24 comments · Sep 30 · 3 months ago
Central Park Bear Bicycling Accident — If you haven't come across it... 10 years ago a small bear was found dead in NYC's Central Park. It appeared to be a bicycling accident. It turned out to be a prank by RFK. I am ready to vote for that idiot. Can you imagine -- a US president with a sense of humor? In the opposite corner -- a prosecutor who refused to release prisoners for the fear of 'depleting the prison labor pool' in California. Shame!
💬 View post · Aug 05 · 4 months ago
Now that Biden has dropped out, Democrats have the opportunity to nominate a candidate who can beat Trump. The trouble is, they won’t. Kamala Harris is basically the second least electable Democrat after Biden. She dropped out of the 2020 primary for a reason. She was a horrible attorney general and she comes across to voters as exactly the slimy opportunist that she is. If Trump is the existential threat to democracy which many claim he is, then Democrats should act like it and nominate...
💬 23 comments · 1 like · Jul 21 · 5 months ago
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The Time is Now
💬 3 comments · Jul 04 · 5 months ago
US to become a failed state — Of course it already is, but now becoming more undeniably observable. So, when the DNC slips in Mr. Biden's replacement (which now has to happen) after the primary, we will be voting for a candidate appointed by the 'star chamber' -- Hillary, Obama, or whoever it is pulling Biden's strings. After all the propaganda about Democrats holding the gates of Democracy against the barbarians, this is a clear and well-planned semi-coup to keep control of the world without...
💬 7 comments · Jun 29 · 6 months ago
New York Times is Silent on Debate — Because it didn't go well for Biden... Not just the front page; there is no mention of the debate in the entire paper... Trump came off as a liar, which these days is normal for a politician. A bit scary but surprisingly civilized. Biden on the other hand, sounded like the cranky mean old fart and couldn't string two sentences together, and announced that he beat medicaid... I expected NYT to at least mention this event, which has opened up a public...
💬 6 comments · Jun 28 · 6 months ago
Why Trump will NOT be found guilty — Because they all do it. Hush money. Bribes from foreign officials. Trading stocks on inside information. Fake valuation of assets and bullshit loans. All the scumbag crooked politicians, in other words, all politicians do it. And they don't want to go to prison. And that is why this is just a show, and then Trump will go on like nothing happened, or even use it to his advantage, saying that the Democrats used the judicial system to undermine him. And...
💬 22 comments · 1 like · May 27 · 7 months ago
Red state vs. Blue state? — Have you ever noticed how the media refers to Democrat-dominated states as Blue and Republican-dominated ones as Red? My observation is that if you see a county-by-county breakdown of the country, only the major metropolitan areas are really all that blue in the first place. Rural areas in so-called Blue states are actually just as Red as any other state!
💬 14 comments · Feb 13 · 10 months ago
Special Counsel: Biden is too senile to punish — As obvious from his behavior, Biden is not all there behind the head gasket. Keeping a box of classified documents when you really shouldn't, we all know, is a crime; there are people rotting in prison for having a single page by accident. Special counsel basically stated that there is no point punishing this well-meaning little old man, because he can't understand what's going on. Kind of like don't kick the dog when you find that he ate your...
💬 7 comments · 2 likes · Feb 10 · 10 months ago
Seriously, start building more houses.
💬 12 comments · Feb 05 · 10 months ago
Solution to global crisis is actually simple — Surprize, it is related to housing prices.
💬 2 comments · Feb 03 · 10 months ago
What are some lesser-known, lesser-discussed political positions you either support or oppose? For example, I don't support mandatory minimum sentencing laws, and I believe companies should not be allowed to require arbitration clauses (only optional).
💬 6 comments · 2 likes · Feb 01 · 11 months ago
The Migrant Situation is Insane — Things are really crazy: Texas is blocking the border, the Feds are trying to come in and break the barricades and allow illegal immigrants in. Tens of thoushands of truckers from all states and even Canada are coming in to form a massive convoy to protest. The migrants are moving to the California border, where no one is stopping them. There are hundreds of thousands of people coming in. Previously Texas would load up buses and send them to New York City,...
💬 2 comments · Jan 31 · 11 months ago
Biden vs. Trump: we lose either way — [preformatted] This is pretty pathetic. I hate it when Trump is right, and he is right about Biden trying to start a war to get re-elected. Biden, or whoever the puppet master behind him is, has been working hard to stir up trouble. I really hope it does not go full out. Trump is a total criminal scumbag, but to be fair, Biden has not changed anything for the better. I think Trump is less likely to blow us all up -- he is in it to pardon himself and walk...
💬 48 comments · 1 like · Jan 30 · 11 months ago
