I’m guessing I was like millions of others and didn’t get past the part of the Democrats’ debate where they debated health care. Round and round they went. Back and forth. Should […]
Third Democratic Party debate
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Trump’s unbalanced and erratic foreign policy and the firing of John Bolton
Question: What do you get when you combine infantile, narcissistic ego mania with an unbalanced and erratic foreign policy? Answer: The firing of John Bolton. Trump fired his third National Security Advisor, […]
Democrats’ leading candidates: What really matters
So, I watched bits and snatches of the climate discussion that CNN presented. First my impressions and then some unasked questions: Beto O’Rourke: If he doesn’t get elected president, he has a […]
Brexit: A sinister version of Alice in Wonderland
by Roger Silverman in London Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice might have said. Britain staggers towards its third general election in four years, under an unelected Prime Minister who has won not […]
Assembly Bill 5 and capitalist propaganda
I subscribe to the SF Chronicle. When it comes, first I read the comics and “Dear Abby.” Then I turn to the news. Sometimes I learn something new. Sometimes I relearn something […]
Labor Day 2019 in Oakland CA vs. 21st century capitalist realities
On the day that labor holds its traditional marches, rallies and picnics, the name and a little background of the latest mass shooter was revealed. This was the shooter in Odessa Texas, […]
Interview with Simon Rodriguez in Venezuela
