Month: September 2019

Getting the American People to Impeachment


Reading time: 5 minutes
Right now less than half of the electorate support impeachment. How can we get the American people to impeachment? We need to use behavioral economics principle that people hate risks (impeachment) but will take a risk to avoid a loss, but what loss?

What does end up in the spam queue of a blog?

From the Spam Queue: E-Waste Recycling, Pandora, & Non-Surgical Nose Jobs, the Wonders of Commenting Bots


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In the banality that is the spam bot delivering mass comments to blog posts, every now and again is born a wonderfully absurd and highly unlikely yet somehow human seeming comment. These rare creations are to be cherished and spread as widely as possible for they are crown of our time’s cultural creation. Here is one such comment worthy of your time and consideration.

The Fascisting of America: DNI Blows Off Laws and Congress, Autocracy Blooms, Impeachment is Imperative


Reading time: 3.5 minutes
In the latest and greatest sign that we are sliding down that slippery slope into fascism, the DNI blows off laws and Congress to protect the Ol’ Pussy Grabber’s potentially treasonous promises to a foreign leader and not to protect our democracy from the encroaching fascism of the Ol’ Pussy Grabber. How do you like them apples?

Call Your MoC about the Deporting Sick Children for the Week of Sunday 8 September


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This one is simple: We don’t deport people to certain death. If we have to legislate empathy, kindness, and mercy because some of our elected and appointed officials lack those qualities, then we will.

Let’s get her done. Let’s call our MoC’s and tell them to protect the children and their families on the medical deferment program from the capricious whims of a narcissistic desperate depraved administration.

‘Get a Weapon’ — A Story of Deployment, Sexual Harassment, and Sexism from The Atlantic


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We need to develop everyday empathy with the people we encounter in our daily lives. That is to have a better understanding of their experience and our contributions to it.

This is a reblogged story of a woman’s experience working in Iraq shortly after the fall of Baghdad. It helped me understand the constant corrosive nature of sexism on women, which can easily be extended to the constant corrosive nature of racism on PoC’s.

Trump’s mental health is now a “national and global emergency” and will lead to his “disgrace and downfall” Dr. Bandy Lee


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We’ve been talking about Trump’s mental health since he descended the gold scented elevator seemingly a lifetime ago. But, now things are serious and we mean it this time. Now, we are reaching imminent danger to self and others. While we’re not talking suicidal shooting rampage, we are talking about destroying the country or even the world.

Your Call Your MoC about Restoring Medical Deferments for Immigrants — the Week of Sunday 1 August


Reading time: 4 minutes
If you are as outraged as I am and I hope the rest of the nation is, then you gotsta call your MoC about restoring he deferrals of deportation status for people with serious medical conditions and others who used to receive them. If our Christian charity hasn’t been codified in the hearts and minds of our elected officials, their appointees and hirees, and our electorate, then it orta be codified into law, don’t ya think?

Call your MoC and urge them to be a hero and write the legislation.

Call Your MoC about Restoring Aide to Ukraine — Week of Sunday 1 August 2019


Reading time: 4 minutes
Do your part to stop the US from being a pawn of Putin’s Russia. Urge Congress to stand up to Trump and Russia and pressure the administration into releasing the $250 million in military aide to Ukraine before the budget and money expire on 30 September!

Call your MoC and tell them to put as much pressure as they can on the administration and speak out publicly in favor of releasing the funds.

Call Your MoC about Protecting the Tongass National Forest — Week of Sunday 1 August 2019


Reading time: 4 minutes
The Trump admin wants to destroy the world and end humanity as we know it. There is no other explanation for why they are being so destructive to the environment. We must enlist the aide of Congress to stop them. Call your MoC about the assault on the Tongass National Forest today. Make your voice heard. Be part of the solution. Make the call!

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