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Neo-Confederate Hypocracy
IF YOU WANT TO HONOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS, STOP WAVING YOUR STUPID BATTLE FLAG! If you want to blather about being a real American, and demand that everyone stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and the Star Spangled Banner in “honor of the troops” who sacrificed for our rights, that’s fine. But you cannot do that… Read more
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Our Socially Schizophrenic Relationship with Women’s Bodies
This post is about women’s bodies. Read more
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Aetna the Blackmailer
ON WHY WE NEED A SINGLE PAYER SYSTEM In case you were looking for yet another reason to create a single payer health system I give you Aetna. According to Forbes Magazine, Aetna is the third largest health insurance provider in the nation, with a net worth of over $50 billion in 2015. As such,… Read more
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My Last Word on Trump
I have resolved that, after this post, I will not spend one more minute on this walking scam. That is unless, by some profound misfortune, he actually becomes president. Then all bet’s are off. Fortunately, that’s not likely. Read more
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Political Obstructionism and the Rise of Executive Power
HOW THE CAUCUS ROOM CONSPIRACY CREATED A CRISIS IN DEMOCRACY On January 20, 2009, Republican Party leaders, having been soundly humiliated in the 2008 election, met at the Caucus Room in Washington DC. They sat around, no doubt slicing into $50 steaks, and brainstormed how they might rebuild the dusty pile of rubble that was all… Read more
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