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U.S.A. R.I.P. ?

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I really, really hope I'm wrong.  But is it over for the nigh two hundred-and-fifty-year-old experiment in democracy dubbed the United States of America?  The Republicans long ago sold their withered souls in worship of their criminal cult leader. But that seems just fine with a majority of Americans, or at least a sufficient number to win the Electoral College and now possibly the popular vote as well. The Supreme Court seems to have been bought off by jokers with cavernous pockets. We now stand on the precipice of a theocracy with its help.  The ugly truth is the ultra-rich have purchased their pet politicians who only pretend to pay lip service to the citizens, who are likely sooner than later to be robbed of even the illusion of a proper democracy in order that even more wealth can be transferred from a future serf class into the pockets of preening neo-nobility. We will be allowed enough pocket money to fulfill our roles as consumers, but little else beyond that. I really hope
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Avengers Assemble!

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While voting has been going on in various states around the union for days if not weeks now, today is actually "Election Day", the day it's decided who the next President of the United States of America will be. There are many other important, even crucial elections, especially those regarding the Senate, but we all have our eye on the biggest prize. That will determine whether the country I was born in continues, or if it changes in all sorts of dark ways. Women in particular are on tenterhooks as to what the decisions will be. It is indeed time for all "Avengers" to "Assemble" and save the day from the villains abroad in the land.  More later when we have concrete news.  Rip Off 
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At Last! Bold New Super-Heroines!

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I am enjoying the out-sized irritations of certain talking heads among Conservatives concerning a fairly simple action enjoyed by women for over a century -- the right to vote. The very idea that a woman might enter the voting booth, a venerated place where anonymity is sacrosanct, and while there choosing differently than her husband is driving them mad. I cannot actually believe they are surprised. When women were stripped of the absolute control of their bodies, controls which were meted to mostly men in state legislatures who immediately installed laws which have already killed more than a few women seeking simple healthcare, this day of reckoning was almost assured. Do they really think women are as stupid as they imagine them to be? It seems so.  Our election is far from over, but early numbers about who is voting suggest women have a ten percent advantage so far. Just on the basis of that number alone, it seems we can reason out how things are going to go. All that's left is
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The Kult Of Kentucky!

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 On my ballot in Kentucky this year is an initiative which would allow a change to the state's constitution. It's called "Amendment 2" and it reads in part thusly: "The General Assembly may provide financial support for the education of students outside the system of common schools."  Such a change would allow the Republican super-majority in the Commonwealth's legislature to generate funding or shift funds to private schools such as charter schools and other private institutions, as well potentially religious schools. The latter seems a clear violation of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, but I rather suspect the current Supreme Court would support this outlay of tax funds. If such would be the case, I as a taxpayer would be supporting a religion I did not necessarily share.  Even more immediate is that Kentucky public schools are generally strapped for funding despite being in the top half (barely) of the states in the nation. We were once
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The Mob Who Loved The Swastika!

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The outrageous display in Madison Square Garden last night was a new low point in the history of the United States. In outright imitation of a Nazi rally held in the Garden in 1939 in support of Hitler's Germany, we get an official Republican Party event intentionally designed to resemble it now in the Fall of 2024. Of course, at the head of this dark discourse was our very own "Sweet Potato Hitler" -- Donald Trump. He wanted to give New York City a fresh black eye I suppose and at the same time bellow to his critics that he was still relevant.  And tragically it's the truth. With too many crimes to list and too many scandals to monitor, the leader of the Republican Party spews his hate, assisted by a phalanx of fellow haters, folks with big mouths and black hearts. In place of Hitler's Jews, we have Haitian migrants, here legally. Instead of fomenting hate against the Romani, we see hate intended to scare Hispanics. "Send Them Back!" has become the &qu
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The Race War Rages!

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The race continues.  My various schemes to distract myself from the election to-and-fro have been marginally successful, but with less than two weeks to go until the decision, it gets more and more difficult. I suddenly wish I had a job to so that I could be distracted by that. It's a "race war" which rages inside myself, in that I am at war with my own better judgment not to pay attention to the race.  What passes for the Republican Party these days has been doing all manner of stunts to distract the voters from their dismal candidate. Crazy polls get dropped into the averages to raise his chances in the minds of flaccid media who can always be counted on to miss the story time and time again. I cannot but worry that America's ingrained misogynism cuts against a supremely qualified candidate as it did a decade ago when this madness unleashed upon us. I cannot shake the nervousness when I realized that despite his mountain of negatives, the race remains competitive. A
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It Takes A Woman!

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It feels to me like Kamela Harris is winning the election. Others are coming around to that conclusion and early voting suggests that the much-desired victory might be a big one. She kept her powder dry, and now is appearing in a host of venues, letting the Americans and the world know who she is. She's focused and tough as well as compassionate. Whether it's snapping back at a Fox News troll who is trying to trick her into denigrating other Americans or whether it's taking the time to insist a grieving woman gives voice to the name of her departed mother, Kamela has shown us what it's like to replace fear with courage and dread with hope. We are perhaps only a few weeks away from very likely seeing how America will be different with a woman guiding the ship, taking the hand off from a great leader in President Biden. Let's all keep those positive vibes!  Rip Off
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