Saturday Night Specials
The Martini dakini There’s a lot going on to think about during this weekend that’s generally reserved to celebrate the sale of mattresses, bad candy, and greenhouse flowers. First, Is Algeria the next...
View ArticleHillary Clinton on Libya: “Nothing is Off the Table”
Hillary Clinton speaking in Geneva (Fox News) CNN: From Geneva, Switzerland yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that “nothing is off the table” as the United States works with allies...
View ArticleThursday Reads: Power to the People!
Good Morning!! Over the past couple of days, I’ve become really fascinated with the situation in Greece. It’s a pretty fluid situation at the moment. On Tuesday Robert Reich wrote a pretty good primer...
View ArticleHow to make decisions in a democracy
I’ll say up front that I don’t know the answer. Everything that’s been tried up till now has real problems, so I’d like to throw some ideas out there. The current discussion about (the difficulty of)...
View ArticleSaturday Reads: President Obama’s Acceptance Speech
Good Morning! Generally speaking the pundits didn’t care for President Obama’s acceptance speech on Thursday night. It’s not surprising that the guys at Politico thought it “fell flat.” A surprisingly...
View ArticleWednesday Reads: Forest for the trees
Good Morning My internet has been acting strange lately, so I am writing this post on the fly and comments will be at a minimum. First up, sad story from India, according to BBC News: School meal kills...
View ArticleTuesday Reads: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Breton Children Reading, Emile Vernon, 1913 Good Afternoon!! Thank goodness the “holidays” are almost over now, and soon a new year will begin. What will 2018 bring? Will Trump continue his goal of...
View ArticleTuesday Reads: Trump’s “Autocratic Attempt”
Good Morning!! Benito Mussolini The U.S. is going through a very dangerous time. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been elected decisively, but Trump and his GOP cult followers are trying to overthrow...
View ArticleLazy Caturday Reads: Trump and GOP Try to Destroy U.S. Democracy
Good Afternoon!! I was so taken with the Korean folk art paintings that Dakinikat posted on Monday that I decided to focus on Korean cat art today. I hope these paintings will help you deal with...
View ArticleFriday Reads
Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast of Tiffany’s publicity photo by Howell Conant, 1960 Happy National Cat Day!! 47ABC: National Cat Day shines light on fostering, adopting. SALISBURY, Md. – Friday is National...
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