Exactly. I believe Trump truly is an existential threat to the world and American democracy. To Biden and Harris, it was just campaign jargon.
That's my perspective. The two parties take turns steering the Titanic. Democrats seek compromise with the icebergs. Republicans look for more and bigger icebergs, full speed ahead.
Assuming you meant it sarcastically, this is brilliant.
All my life I've been "the fat guy," or sometimes "the weird guy." Being described instead as "an old guy" feels like I've graduated to elder statesman status.
... as always.
It's a fine line to tread. Biden and Harris have a Constitutional duty to step aside on January 20, and let Trump and Vance take over, but there's no duty to acquiesce so quietly and cooperatively. They could be leading pro-civil rights rallies and delivering speeches on national TV, but of course, if they did they wouldn't be Biden and Harris.
Carrying the world's biggest bully pulpit, Biden/Harris virtually never used it. Even their campaigning against Trump was always muted, soft-spoken. Kamala Harris said once, during her campaign, that Trump fit the definition of a fascist. Once.
The UUs offer the positive social and community elements of a church, without the (for me) negatives of heavy faith and judgmentalism. I'm not a member or regular, but I've attended, and it's the only church I'd willingly attend again.
• WMO confirms 2024 was hottest year on record
• Climate crisis ‘wreaking havoc’ on Earth’s water cycle, report finds
• Intensifying climate whiplash set the stage for devastating California fires
• Climate models can’t explain what’s happening to Earth
• Hottest year ever sees world breach 1.5°C global warming target
• ‘We’re in a new era’: how climate change is supercharging disasters
• Antarctic ice melt may fuel eruptions of hidden volcanoes
• A quarter of the world’s freshwater animals are threatened with extinction, new research shows
• Blueberry industry at risk as powdery mildew spreads worldwide
• Oil extraction may have triggered over 100 earthquakes in the UK
• Earth shattered heat records in 2023 and 2024: is global warming speeding up?
• Why more frequent cold blasts could be coming from global warming
Note: When reading news coverage from any corporate-owned source — a newspaper, TV station or network, etc — the facts are generally factual, but the slant favors the rich and powerful.
Fellow non-hand-washer here! I generally don't pee on my hands.
Represent!
Being old, death gets my attention, so I read the obituaries. This is a collection of recent obits, mostly of people whose work touched my life, because I want to say thanks (or maybe give 'em a final fuck you).
There’ll be a roundup like this occasionally, until I’m on the list myself.
• Kristopher Applegate
in county jail
• Lavari Arouni
2nd Amendment
• Anita Bryant
made orange juice distasteful
• Vincent Burke
in county jail
• Joseph Campbell
forgotten person
• Douglas Cutbush
in county jail
• Jacob Dieball
in county jail
• William Farmer
in county jail
• Willie Keith Green
forgotten person
• George Dewey Harding II
forgotten person
• JT
forgotten person
• Shiu Ka-chun
imprisoned activist
• Martin Karplus
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2013
• Lee Lakeman
women's rights activist
• Jean-Marie Le Pen
a life of hatred
• Kevin McMillin
forgotten person
• Shermarion Miner
high school football player
• Sam Moore
rock'n'roller, Sam & Dave
• name withheld, 47
in county jail
• name withheld
in county jail
• name withheld
in county jail
• name withheld, 68
in county jail
• Paul Oreffice
former top asshole at Dow Chemical
• Charles Person
Freedom Riders Training Academy
• Roger Pratt
cinematographer, Batman
• Andrew Pyper
author, Lost Girls
• Adalmo Ramirez-Garcia
forgotten person
• Mike Rinder
Scientology whistleblower
• Louis Schittly
Doctors Without Borders
• Rodney Szpytek
forgotten person
• Stewart
forgotten person
• Allen Thomas
2nd Amendment
• Matthew Trammell
in county jail
• The Vivienne
drag star
• Leanna Washington
in county jail
• Jonathan Kaizen Watson
2nd Amendment
• Edgar Maddison Welch
Pizzagate cosplayer
• Peter Yarrow
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Note: When reading news coverage from any corporate-owned source — a newspaper, TV station or network, etc — the facts are generally factual, but the slant favors the rich and powerful.
Pretty sure I agree with the gist of this, and it's welcome. My corner is small anyway, with not a lot of trolls and troublemakers, and I hope I'm already in line with this policy.
Well, unless I'm one of the mods who'll "receive an immediate notice with a link to this new policy."
• Former Louisville priest faces new child abuse charges decades after being removed from ministry
• Pastor arrested for allegedly recording women in church bathroom in Phoenix
• Texas man who backed Islamic State acted alone in New Orleans attack, FBI says
• Vineyard Church faces nine lawsuits in wake of pastor's rape scandal
• Pastor says God will kill Joe Biden for giving George Soros the Medal of Freedom
• Pastor accused of of sexual assault and rape says "I fell into temptation and sinned"
• More molestation allegations against retired Michigan pastor
• U.S. Marshalls search for Indiana pastor wanted for 18 counts of child molestation
• Former Chicago pastor pleads guilty to child sex abuse
• Texas Episcopal priest charged with stealing over $300K from church
Note: When reading news coverage from any corporate-owned source — a newspaper, TV station or network, etc — the facts are generally factual, but the slant favors the rich and powerful.
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