Maybe the midterms will bring us hope, but remember, we'll still have to deal with this fucker.  It's just unbelievable. 

Peace, Love & Profit De Staat

On the Turning Away Pink Floyd

Two Tribes Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Crucify Your Culture Ren

  Dead End Street The Kinks

Ever since Reagan welcomed Evangelicals, it's only gotten worse.  Still, there's a few  signs of hope  - no, really - so fingers crossed. Art Credit: Steve Sack/Cagle Cartoons

Even the richy-rich tech hors are panicking.  Oh, and to make matters worse.  Art Credit: Twonks

Oh, deer.

Art Credit: Dabin Han/The New Yorker

The American Ruse MC5

Brand New Christmas Hot Chocolate

People Have the Power Patti Smith

Land of Confusion Genesis

The War Song Culture Club War, war is stupid and people are stupid And love means nothing in some strange quarters War, war is stupid and people are stupid And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers War People fill the world with narrow confidence Like a child at birth, a man with no defence What's mine's my own, I won't give it to you No matter what you say, no matter what you do Now we're fighting in our hearts Fighting in the streets Won't somebody help me? War, war is stupid and people are stupid And love means nothing in some strange quarters War, war is stupid and people are stupid And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers War Man is far behind in the search of something new Like a philistine, we're burning witches too This world of hate must be designed for you It matters what you say, it matters what you do Now we're fighting in our hearts Fighting in the streets Won't somebody help me? War, war is stupid and people are stupid And love m...

The Day the Nazi Died Chumbawamba

This isn't good for any of us. It's also one of a handful of reasons I'm glad I'm not young-ish (or rather, under my age of 39!). More RIGHT HERE.  No matter your age, do you think your job is safe from AI? And for how much longer?  Photo Credit: Boston Globe

The Wealth Gap continues to thrive. "People are living longer, and wealthy Americans in particular are spending large sums on longevity. They are also spending more on themselves with luxury travel and upscale retirement communities..." More RIGHT HERE.  Have you managed to save much for retirement and old age?  Also ... I'd like to apologize to you, my Manor mates, particularly Knockout Zed, for several nasty comments I made last week in the Lunocracy post about The Voting Rights Act.  I suppose I could offer excuses, like "I'm so sorry if anyone was offended" or "This is not who I really am," but, no, actually, this is me now, as JLo says. By way of explanation, though not as an excuse, these days just beneath the surface of my skin is so much hate and bile engendered by the Trump years that it takes only a flicker of an eyelash to set me off. Not good. I'll try to argue intelligently instead of emotionally in the future. Will I always succee...

John Lewis marched and bled so The Voting Rights Act could become law. Hundreds more died. But John Roberts and his largely racist, Republican Supreme Court have destroyed Lewis' legacy - and demolished The Voting Rights Act.   American democracy may never recover. This is not hyperbole. Years ago, when Roberts was about to be appointed to the Supreme Court, Lewis warned us:  "Under Roberts, I feel that the leadership of the Court will promote politics over the protection of individual rights and liberties. Roberts may be a brilliant lawyer, but I wonder whether he can really understand the depth of what it took to get the Voting Rights Act passed. The right to vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society. Roberts's memos reveal him to be hostile towards civil rights, affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act. He has even said that Voting Rights Act violations, and I quote, 'should not be made too easy to ...

Listen, I'm not saying these assassination attempts on 47 are faker than his burnt Turkish apricot tan, but I've seen more convincing death scenes in a rural Arkansas high school’s production of Romeo and Juliet. They couldn’t even get hired to wear a Goofy suit at Disney World because they are so unconvincing. The facts don’t add up. Their performances are so lazy that the effort to hard sell these narratives only works on the feverish indoctrinated cult members. You need MAGA atrophied brain matter to not give yourself a concussion with eye rolls. Let’s break this down because it is too much. They are doing too much.  The Butler Rally: A Masterclass in Melodramatic Timing Let's start with the pièce de résistance: Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. We are to believe that a 20-year-old with a rifle can climb onto a rooftop 400 feet from a former president during a campaign rally, and no one notices until he starts shooting.  Yes, some guy just gets up on a rooftop with ge...