Rain Man

The levers of world power are now in the lotion-scented hands of three weanies: an orange traitor, Jumping Jack Rain-man and the only Yale-trained hillbilly.  

The Democratic Party is not going to save us from them. The New York Times will not save us. Rachel Maddow is not going to save us.  

We have to save ourselves.

Each of us has to do something. Look at the different groups and pick something that suits you. 

Ordinary people have started by forming groups and networks. We need networks because the commercial media is not informing people of scheduled protests. 

The media cover events after they have occurred, but they won't tell you when the next event will happen. 

Our groups keep coming up with new ideas about how to strike back at MAGA leaders. Informal networks can mobilize us. We can keep friends informed. We can try new ideas.

Join a group. Make a statement now. Don't wait until 2026. 

One event. On February 28th send a message. Spend no money, none at all. Tell your friends. Maybe business leaders will notice.  Or maybe not.

Then on to the next thing.

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Eating It

Last night John Oliver explained that we do not have to wait until the election in 2026 to send a message. We can demonstrate now and tell the fascists "to eat --it."

Join a group. Fight!

Mrs. Subliminable

A plea for decency by a good citizen

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"I was shocked to hear that a small band of unhappy residents are brutally desecrating local Testla recharging sites. I hope people understand that brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites is illegal. If you get caught brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites,  you may be fined or serve months in jail. 

"It may be the case that ordinary Americans are   brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites because they do not like the weenie who owns Tesla. He has so much money he thinks he's entitled to rule us. But that is no excuse for brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites late at night when no one is watching. 

"Brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites is wrong day or night--the time doesn't matter. Think of the inconvenience that brutally desecrating Testla recharging sites causes. 

"Do the right thing, folks. You know what it is."

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Monday

 

There will be a protest against our psychopathic leaders on Monday, the 17th. Meet at Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa at 11am. 

I got this notice from Indivisible.  

Change

In our national history we've gone through three or more major social changes. They began badly. But the American Revolution, the Civil War and the Great Depression ended well.  

We may be in the next change period. If so, it has begun badly. 

We have a psychopathic president, elected.  We have a rat-brained billionaire serving as unelected co-president. 

They are symptoms.

Two major problems loom. One is a raging capitalism that produces sociopathic, blind super-billionaires who feel entitled to rule us. 

The other problem is climate change, edging into catastrophe. The next generation may see as many as 2 billion bitter people surging  toward the north or south poles. Move or die. Nations may come apart. 

We need programs and leaders to cope with change. 

 

Art of the Deal

Donald Trump's comments on the Ukraine war are supposedly meant to open discussions with Russia. Art of the deal. 

Unfortunately Trump's comments cede the main points to Russia before the negotiations begin.  There may yet be a Trump hotel in Moscow. 

Westmeath

One of my great-grandmothers was named Mary Berry. My memory is that she was short and smoked a clay pipe.

I wouldn't say we had a strong relationship. 

Mary's parents were born in County Westmeath. Dissatisfied with Ireland, they moved to Scotland for work. Mary was born in Scotland, and, dissatisfied, she moved to Iowa as a teenager. She was followed by her parents. By the time I met Mary, she was living in Compton, California, with her husband, Sylvester Streeter Strickland, a descendent of Captain Streeter of Chicago infamy. (Look him up.)  

When FDR ended prohibition, Mary entered a bar in Compton and drank her first beer.   

Moral: No one has to live in Westmeath--it's a choice. 

Fight Song

According to the  NCAA, there are ten trans athletes active in college sports. The NCAA has now banned ten mediocre trans athletes. Just in time to placate a psychopathic president.  

According to the NCAA, they represent 500,000  college athletes, minus ten. 

That's one way to cope with Trump. Kiss butt for four years and hope he strokes out. 

Meanwhile Mr. Dunleavy, who runs the Golden State Warriors, has traded Andrew Wiggins and three or four good players for Jimmy Butler, a malcontent, who is almost as good as Wiggins. 

The remaining disconcerted Warriors and their coach have a season to finish.

Some may remember Donleavy as a Warriors player who had all the basketball skills but on a mediocre level. 

Trump's Face

Have you seen Trump's face? He looks glum. His vast cheeks growing wider than Death Valley, burnt orange with pungent chemicals, they swell more at dawn. 

He can't get it up. He hates his life and everyone in it.

He won. 

Nothing makes him smile. He's  the most powerful man in the world--it's not enough. He dodders. Power is ashes in a sour, aching mouth. 

No psychopath has ever looked more unhappy.

He don't know what love is.