Category Archives: Politics

But it is!

Posted on February 21, 2024 by jafl5272

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. is worried that those with “traditional religious views” would be “‘labeled as bigots and treated as such’ by the government.” Damn straight! Those traditional views are bigotry! What’s next? Worrying that the traditional … Continue reading →

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The Israeli-Palestinian Mess

Posted on December 10, 2023 by jafl5272

There is no longer any question about who is to blame for the disaster. It’s the Israeli government. They allowed Hamas access to millions of dollars starting in 2014. Sure, the money was officially for humanitarian aid, but that wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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The Israel-Hamas War

Posted on October 12, 2023 by jafl5272

To be clear, the attack by Hamas that raped and killed so many civilians is pure evil. But so is the counterattack by Israel that continues to kill so many civilians. And so is the blockade that makes the Gaza … Continue reading →

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How does Donald Trump change a lightbulb?

Posted on August 22, 2023 by jafl5272

He holds the bulb and waits for the world to revolve around him.

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Conspiracy Theories

Posted on April 1, 2022 by jafl5272

The New York Times sent me a pop socket a while back: When I flipped it over, I discovered that they managed to embed both D for Donald Trump and Q for QAnon in their logo!

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Who’s In Charge?

Posted on May 22, 2021 by jafl5272

The synopsis of this article states: Through ballot initiatives, voters in red states have defied legislators’ wishes… I thought legislators were supposed to implement the voters’ wishes?

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Sound familiar?

Posted on April 18, 2021 by jafl5272

…do you think that I wanted this to happen? It is simply the logic of events; as if I could intervene. I did what I could; I warned them in time; …you know what happened. They all had a thousand … Continue reading →

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Giving Up

Posted on November 20, 2020 by jafl5272

This guy pretty much summed it up. Anybody who voted for Trump in 2020 must have their head up their ass. And anybody who still supports Trump after his refusal to accept the election results would be close to seeing … Continue reading →

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Bigotry

Posted on October 28, 2020 by jafl5272

A recent New York Times article quoted Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito attacking Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 civil rights case that decided same-sex couples have a fundamental constitutional right to marry: …[the ruling] enables courts and … Continue reading →

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Who has the Moral High Ground?

Posted on September 11, 2020 by jafl5272

Certainly not the USA. We never actually had it, but winning World War II enabled us to pretend that we had it. That illusion is now gone with the endless school shootings, rampant racism, gaping inequality, etc. So stop criticizing … Continue reading →

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