Israel and Palestine (Content Warning)

This is a difficult subject. There is a lot of angry history here, and some deeply horrific actions – from both sides of this equation, I might add – that have hardened hearts, and created an unending spiral of brutal, retaliatory violence. For hundreds of years (indeed, longer) there have been occupations, invasions, and some […]

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Impeachments

If you follow political news, you’ll probably by now be aware that US president Joe Biden is the target of impeachment proceedings from the Republicans. The House of Representatives is opening an inquiry into whether or not Biden is corrupt, in matters relating to his son Hunter’s business activities and foreign interests. To quote from […]

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Think You Matter? Think Again.

It was a nice, peaceful month while Congress was on their month-long vacation, but now they’re back and already stirring the pot … just as we knew they would.  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy just told us in no uncertain terms that he is more important than this nation or its people.  McCarthy has shown us […]

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‘Poverty is a Choice’

This is the notion under discussion on a post by Citizen Tom. Along the way there have been a few exchanges in the comments, and these lively ripostes have inspired this post. To quote one of Tom’s comments: The whole point of earning money is to spend it the way you want to spend it, […]

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A Whirlwind of Accusations

I recently posted about the idea that former US president Donald Trump is being persecuted, and why I believe that idea is preposterous. I wrote that post because Citizen Tom decided to dissect a comment I’d made elsewhere. Tom duly responded to that post, but it’s the comments on Tom’s post that I am more […]

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The Poor, Persecuted Trump?

In the wake of what is the fourth arrest/arraignment/indictment/whatever of Donald Trump (I think it’s the fourth, there seems to be a new case every week), I have seen posts that would have us believe Trump is a victim, that his fight is for justice, and for the common man. Everyone is of course entitled […]

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Trump is now Three Times Indicted

Wow. Just wow. Former president Donald Trump, indicted for hush money payments to a former porn star, and for the illegal possession of classified documents, has now completed a hat-trick of indictments, this time for allegedly undermining legitimate election results with inaccurate and misleading rhetoric, which ultimately led to the storming of the Capitol Building […]

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