Saturday, April 29, 2017

Anybody remember the Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life"? We're Living it now

Excerpt: Paul Krugman, this morning, compares Trump to the horrifying 6-year-old of the "Twilight Zone" episode, "It's a Good Life." Explains Krugman: "It featured a small town terrorized by a [prepubescent Trump] who for some reason had monstrous superpowers, coupled with complete emotional immaturity. Everyone lived in constant fear, made...
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Friday, April 28, 2017

What Republican Reagonics "trickled-down' has done to our country--and to us

Unfortunately for all of us, far right wing Trump voters won't understand this and will continue to support Trump and other alt-right "leaders" whose greed and power lust are running us into the ground.  v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Trump's Tax plan: Screw the poor; Enrich the billionaires

TRUMP'S TAX PLAN: SCREW THE POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS; ENRICH THE BILLIONAIRES (Like HIM) By Karoli Kuns During today's rollout of the Trump "tax reform" proposals, Gary Cohn and Steven Mnuchin explained with broad strokes how the middle class and poor would be screwed so billionaires and corporations can pay less in federal taxes. Cohn, in a rare...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Borowitz:: Obama brutally attacks Trump with barrage of complete sentences (~.~)

LOVE it! (~.~)  I thought exactly the same thing when, after enduring almost 100 days in the Trump White House wilderness, we blessedly heard Obama speak once again with intelligence ...
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Monday, April 24, 2017

Trump and Obama: A Sharp Contrast

The contrast between Trump and Obama was made pointedly apparent today, with Obama's televised speech at Univ. of Chicago.  Although CNN and MSNBC carried the entire speech and Obama's followup conversation with young Democratic activists, ...
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Robert Reich: Trump's First 100 Days

  Donald Trumpby Robert Reich | April 24, 2017 - 6:22am— from Robert Reich's BlogTrump's failure to accomplish little or any of his agenda during his first 100 days is striking. But we should not forget the vast harm he has done in this comparatively short time – especially his degradation of the presidency.From early in the Republic,...
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Friday, April 21, 2017

Top psychiatrists at Yale conference warn: Trump has a "dangerous mental illness"

It's official: Top psychiatrists at Yale conference warn that Trump has a 'dangerous mental illness' Brad Reed Raw Story 21 Apr 2017 at 11:58 ET                    Share...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Perfect Advice Letter to Kim Jong Un -- I hope he heeds it

Dear Kim Jong Un: Watch out for Trump. He's even crazier than you. ...
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Monday, April 17, 2017

Vanity Fair article: The Inside Story of the Bannon-Kushner War

THE INSIDE STORY OF THE BANNON-KUSHNER WARhttp://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/jared-kushner-steve-bannon-white-house-civil-war?ncid=newsltushpmgnewsThe%20Morning%20Email%20041717EXCERPT: ...now, in full view of the country and the world, we are watching what happens when a president is elected on the basis of an incoherent and crowd-sourced...
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Saturday, April 15, 2017

Two Excellent 15-minute guided healing meditations -- Try them and see for yourself

A nice adjunct for physical healing...soothing for the mind and body.  We can all use a little soothing these days.  Plus, the woman has a beautiful voice, so pleasant to listen to... Today we are going to take you to ancient Japan on a guided meditation calledThe...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Update for Trump Voters (not that they'll care)

Polls tell us that most Trump voters will stick by their hero, the Donald, come what may -- no matter how badly/poisonously his Presidency affects their own lives and the lives of their children. The following article makes excellent factual points that all but 3% of Trump voters will either ignore or ridicule. As Fox (Faux) News viewers, they don't...
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Monday, April 10, 2017

Bill Maher: conservatives who aren't conservatives deserve a new name

Another winner by Bill Maher.  You can't help thinking of Dick Cheney and Dick Nixon (and even Rick Perry...close enough) while watching this verbal essay by Maher. I think of Mitch McConnell as the biggest one of all).  I hope everyone is ready for a rerun of asbestos in our homes and buildings -- and a return to the OK list from Trump's...
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Trump Administration: Disarray? Chaos? What would You call it?

Of the Trump administration, "disarray" would be a generous description  The Trump Administrationby P.M. Carpenter | April 10, 2017 Reuters reports that at the command of the fearsome Reince Priebus, the White House chief of stuff such as office supplies, "Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner met [Friday] … in a bid to...
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Friday, April 07, 2017

Bannon Bounced -- from Moyers & Company

Keeping up with the Kardashians, er, Trumps: Bannon Bounced by Todd Gitlin | April 7, 2017 — from Moyers & Company When the Commander-in-Chief isn't all attitude, he's all thumbs, so it's not exactly astonishing when he shuffles his lieutenants around like greased toys...
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Tuesday, April 04, 2017

A poem to soothe the soul in these troubled days

My favorite poem of all time is one by Rumi, the Persian poet. Whenever I look at the world and consider the problems of our time, such as the current Trump movie that is going on and on and on, this is the poem that consoles me and speaks to my heart.  Just wanted to share it with you today:Whoever Brought Me HereAll day I think about it, then...
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Monday, April 03, 2017

Important articles from the L.A. Times: Our Dishonest President and Why Trump Lies

FINALLY!  Our 4th Estate journalists are stepping up to the plate and telling it exactly as it is!  The L.A. Times Editorial Board is doing a series on Trump -- it is a scathing analysis of this extremely dangerous president and is very important for all to read.  This man is a disaster to our country and needs to be removed from office...
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Sunday, April 02, 2017

How Long Can Trump's Incompetence and Madness Go On?

We're all asking ourselves this question -- Trump's time in the White House seems like an unending horrific nightmare, and he's only been there a little over 70 days.  OMG!  And now he will be meeting with the Chinese...God...
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