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Saturday, February 15, 2025

"Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us " in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basketcase, a princess, and a criminal. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, : The Breakfast Club" www.uphe.com


Sunday, February 09, 2025

29 27 Chiefs


Saturday, February 08, 2025

Long video but worth the time


Friday, February 07, 2025

A reminder of the past


We Americans are getting screwed.


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www.yesmagazine.org

The political establishment's sellout to corporate interests is reflected in every aspect of policy from military, to health care, to financial regulation, to education, the environment and much else. And the sellout is not exclusive to the Republican Party. We experienced it as well with the Clinton and Obama administrations"which explains why so many didn't trust Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.

When two corrupt parties control the political system, debating which is the more corrupt simply diverts attention away from addressing the source of the corruption. In this case, the source is extreme inequality combined with a system of law that allows for a virtually unlimited concentration of corporate power. At the same time, corporations are granted more rights than people are, and are exempted from accountability to the communities in which they do business and from liability for the harm they cause.

washingtonmonthly.com

THE FOUNDERS WERE MANY THINGS, BUT THEY WEREN'T LIBERTARIANS ... . As part of the right's newfound interest in all things constitutional, there's been a related push of late to recast the framers of the Constitution. Today's far-right activists, we're told, are the ideological descendents of the Founding Fathers.

Indeed, in Christopher Beam's widely noted piece this month, we're told, "The Constitution was a libertarian document that limited the role of the state to society's most basic needs, like a legislature to pass laws, a court system to interpret them, and a military to protect them."

www.yahoo.com

But the buyouts offered by Clinton's NPR and Trump and Musk's Department of Government Efficiency are not the same. Clinton's buyout plan had overwhelming bipartisan support from Congress, and the law was signed after a review period. Meanwhile, Trump and Musk offered the buyouts just one week into Trump's term, with no review process.

Federal employee labor unions have sued, questioning the legality of the buyout, and a federal judge has temporarily blocked the offer in order to review the lawsuit.

www.aljazeera.com

Under Clinton, the government offered mass buyouts. But there's a key difference with what's happening under President Donald Trump: a bipartisan Congress overwhelmingly approved Clinton's programme following months of review.

Jeff talking out of his MAGA hiney again. Cue the surprise emoji

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