Politicks

45's coup 2020

The purge so far:

Defense Secretary Mark Esper - fired via tweet


James Anderson - acting undersecretary for policy - resigned Tuesday morning 11/10/20
(Replaced by Trump pick - through no formal process: Anthony Tata, a retired Army one-star general)

Joseph Kernan - retired Navy vice admiral, stepped down as undersecretary for intelligence
(Replaced by Trump pick - through no formal process: Ezra Cohen-Watnick)

Modern problems call for modern solutions...

Count me as another "never"...

Never again Republican voter.
What a group of partisan idiots.
The economy is doing well, so it does not matter?

More soothing music for troubled times...

For more perspective on the recent Ukrainian plane shoot down in Iran.
Give Men at Work: "It's a Mistake" a listen.

Can't we all get along?

Nick agrees (somewhat) with libertarian ideals
Nick Hanauer has it right:
https://www.ted.com/talks/nick_hanauer_beware_fellow_plutocrats_the_pitchforks_are_coming
Open the borders, lets all work together!
https://www.lp.org/?s=border

Thanksgiving 2017! - we are still at war.

Looks like we have grown even further apart.
The covert intellectual war against the democracies have won.
Good luck picking up the pieces.

The problem is...

Half of this country does not understand the other half.
Give the following a go:

The Living Years by Mike & the Mechanics

Have a Happy Thanksgiving if you can.

Don't ass(u)me

It is better to talk about differences from inside than outside.

Bully!

Let us bring back ideas from Teddy and his Progressive Party.

- taken from the wikipedia article on the Progressive Party (and condensed further by me):

More direct democracy:
- citizens may remove an elected official before the end of his term
- citizens may decide on a law by popular vote
- citizens may propose a law by petition and enact it by popular vote

P.S. Little Hitler was right. Probably even more right.
Which is the best kind of right.

Not disturbing at all

Nice caption: not-disturbing.png