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170127 -from Skydancing: Friday: Will the US ever be the US again?

Posted in Congress, Fear and Loathing, Finance, Human Rights, War on January 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Good Afternoon! It’s just one devastating hit to the constitution, civil rights, global stability, science, women, our allies, our citizens of color, our GLBT citizens, journalists, National …

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170122 – Trump/Pence at the CIA

Posted in Disaster, Fear and Loathing, Politics, War, tagged CIA, Pence, Trump on January 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Politico has provided below the text of the speech that was given to the CIA week. I urge you strongly to read it. It isn’t the word salad, I don’t think, of a dementia sufferer, but it is definitely unusual. Pence, on the other hand…a caregiver/enabler. The three points that I could tease out of this, aside from his media hatred, were: he wants a fully operational CIA secret service with few if any restrictions, he thinks we should be able to take over another country’s oil/assets, because we wouldn’t have ISIS if we had done that in Iraq, and he is really focused on eradicating ISIS. Read it and make up your own mind. To me, this speech was really ominous.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/full-text-trump-pence-remarks-cia-headquarters-233978

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Hillary and Bill Clinton at the Inauguration

Posted in Politics on January 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »

There “to honor our democracy and it’s enduring values.”

Still4Hill

Hillary Clinton ‏@HillaryClinton

I’m here today to honor our democracy & its enduring values. I will never stop believing in our country & its future. #Inauguration

The pictures speak for themselves.

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At the luncheon, Donald Trump thanked the Clintons for attending and called for a standing ovation.

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170120-President Trump’s Inauguration Speech

Posted in Disaster, Election, Fear and Loathing, Feminism, Politics, tagged President, Trump on January 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Read it well, these themes of his have endured, so we must expect to see their iteration. Always believe a person who tells who they are, especially when his actions speak so loudly. Here it is, from WAPO:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/20/donald-trumps-full-inauguration-speech-transcript-annotated/?utm_term=.610b7225f7b1

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Questions for Black Friday

Posted in Politics on January 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Yep.

Desert Beacon

Question One – When might we expect to see Representative Mark Amodei (R-NV2) hold a town hall meeting to explain to the 22,500 constituents who have health insurance via the Affordable Care Act in his district why repealing the ACA is such a great idea?

Question Two – If the Trumpster Administration shuts down the multi-agency investigation of contacts and ties to the Putin regime, will the beltway media slink off quietly into the night, or will the press pursue the story?

Question Three: Will we have to subscribe to foreign newspapers to find out the results of investigations into collusion between the Trumpster and the Russians?

Question Four – How quickly will Trumpster cabinet members find out that running a government department dealing with real issues affecting real people isn’t fun when reality clashes with their ideological fantasies?

Question Five – Will the Democratic Party get started today planning…

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