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Still a little bit relevant... aimargins.wordpress.com/2023/09/29/p...

Of course you can also say "Destroying." That's another useful D word.

This isn't language policing, just language suggesting.

How in the name of God is this a "new" idea? That nature and nurture are both factors in human development -- neither one has a monopoly. Ya think??? Okay, I admit it, I haven't read the entire article, but... www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/o...

Are you frickin' KIDDING me???? www.ktvb.com/article/news...

Making it visual always helps!

This gets at a frustration I've struggled to articulate -- which is, a lot of folks hesitate to call MAGA fascist because "we're not there yet." But: in the early 1930s, the Nazis "weren't there yet" either. www.vox.com/2015/2/11/80...

So what's it gonna take for you to drive away in wunna these babies today?

Good God -- if this isn't the next SNL cold open, I give up!

To more closely follow the absurdity pattern, I suppose I should have asked, "Must a leader have power?" But in some cases, too much absurdity defeats the purpose.

"Must a leader have wisdom?" aimargins.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/m...

"Must a leader have wisdom?" aimargins.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/m...

Wow...Hard to stop looking at this one. Tempting to call them luminous!

How can you not love these...

I'm happy any time I see a beloved teacher recognized...

Harold Lovre (R-South Dakota), criticizing Truman’s seizure of the steel mills and defending Congress’s ability to define executive power by statute.

This is true 👇

In case anyone can put this to good use…

Film studies instructors are doomed to screen CITIZEN KANE literally hundreds of times over the course of their lives. There are fates worse than this:

This was from first term...Still true, even more so... luminoushand.wordpress.com/2017/01/28/a...

We need to see this contrast, but at the same time, we should realize there were Trump voters back in 2016/2017 who loved the idea of Russia helping.

The national consortium idea is keeping me awake at night. There are approx. 750 billionaires in the U.S. If each contributed $5 million to the consortium, well, there's math to do, but public schools and universities might be able to reject conditional federal funding. For th next 4 years anyway...

Mind Like Water Ink/Acrylic 48” x 48”

“Our citizenry has a legitimate and substantial interest in the conduct of such persons..." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/m...

Your kids are not safe Your health is not safe Your money is not safe Your job is not safe Your home is not safe Your national parks are not safe Your water is not safe Your air is not safe Your family is not safe Our Veterans are not safe Our country is not safe Your life is Not Safe Under Trump

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