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Lover of nature, science, animals. People, not so much.
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IMHO, everyone is minimizing the explosive decomposition of America's foundations, much the same way they minimize the existential threat of climate change. I'd laugh if I could stop crying.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

I think we should sell Florida. It's going to be underwater in the next century. Maybe we can find some fool who'd buy it. Like Russia. It'll be called North Cuba.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

The trump administration is hurting the most vulnerable. It's deliberatly destroying alliances... leaving us all at risk. Satan himself would think them cruel.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Now is a good time to pick your battles. Fighting on too many fronts dilutes your resources, and the enemy knows how to take advantage of that.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Future breaking news: Court orders trump minion to fund x. Trump orders the same minion to cut x funding. Conundrum, as minion does not have immunity. I'm not sure what penalty the court would impose. Would it be worse than what trump would do to said minion? Stay tuned.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

I am in shock. The motives behind this abandonment of civilization in favor of utter chaos is mystifying. Nobody benefits from this, not even the rich and powerful. Putin may think Russia will replace the US. But that's fantasy. Russia can't even build a reliable PC.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

The rule of law

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

I don't know if this is news... but we're way outside the political arena. We are deep inside the survival arena. Perhaps we should acknowledge that. It's a whole new fight and will need entirely different tactics.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

While Republicans want to increase work requirements for SNAP recipients, they fail to acknowledge that children (40%), the disabled (22%), and elderly (18%) are not good candidates for the workforce. And hey, 26% of recipients work. Do the math.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Trump has immunity. Not bound by law, he can and will do whatever he wants.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps. The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years. History is repeating. Pay attention.

submitted 30 days ago • 1290 comments

This isn't trump's America. It's ours. We should act like it. Maybe circle the wagons around our communities, metaphorically. Buy local, and be as self-sufficient as possible. Advocated community gardens. Learn basic self health care. Be good neighbors. Share.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Feeling outraged and scared is exhausting. But it doesn't do anything except feed more outrage and fear.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Things will not go back to normal, IMHO. Broken faith in the rule of law, politicians who put loyalty to a malicious narcissistic moron over the people they represent, and voters who vote for all that isn't something that will fix itself.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

I think every actor who played POTUS would be a far better president than trump.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

They worry about birthrates while leaving us defenseless against disease. Eugenics?

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

We're approaching climate change like a game of whack-a-mole. The engine that drives all those moles is the fossil fuel industry. End subsidies.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Next trump signs an executive order making him dictator and commander in chief of the world's largest military, but there's nobody who can do anything about it. He could declare war on the UK as Congress, the courts, and the press clutch pearls.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

This is what people want? Well, there's this thing called consequences. I can see them coming, but they are too big and far away to see details. Lots of little ones are already here. Unreliable pharmacy services, fewer choices on store shelves, and businesses cutting back hours for lack of staff.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Insanity is not good for business.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

I do not care about confirmation hearings. I do not care at all. America lost this bloodless war. We gave up without a fight. Any attempts to normalize the situation are to further disarm us. What they do when trump's cabal tries to do illegal stuff, that I'm interested in.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Our National Guard needs to be transformed into the National Emergency Response Force and trained accordingly. Mobilized in hours, not days, deployed where they're needed regardless of which state. NERF, motto being "They're there when you need them." Or some such.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

I'm a believer in smart policy, but all the finger-pointing in the LA firestorm about hydrant flows and LAFD budgets seems like arguing about the adequacy of Hiroshima's 1945 building code standards. It's a way to evade the big questions.

submitted 43 days ago • 76 comments