Teens Riot in Chicago

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Sunday April 16, 2023 · 12:20 AM PDT

2023/04/16 · 00:20

I have seen internet reports of massive rioting by teenagers in downtown Chicago — store windows broken, cars smashed up, general chaos, police unable to to control the situation.

Follow this link www.nbcchicago.com/… for a what I believe is an up-to-date report.

I was a university student in Chicago, many years ago, but nothing approaching this ever happened.

There is little I can say that would add to the news coverage, which I, once again, ask to you view.

SOCIAL SECURITY IS IN PERIL

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Wednesday October 26, 2022 · 5:01 PM PDT

2022/10/26 · 17:01

This is a very brief diary, but I hope people will take it to heart. The Rethuglican party is bent on destroying Social Security — the life-line of our senior community.

The rationale is not clear to me, other than that the ‘thugs have disliked the program ever since it was implemented during the New Deal, under FDR. “Democrats did it and works,” seems to explain their rancor.

All retirees— save for plutocrats— rely on this program— even individuals with other pension income, e.g. from former employers. Many of those without other income sources would be destitute without Social Security.

I think there are many Rethuglican voters --who have perhaps not thought through their dependence upon this program— who would be shocked at the prospect of losing this leg of their retirement income. I would love to reach them on this issue, but I doubt it to be possible.

There are many reasons to want to whip the Rethugs in the in coming midterms, but this stands HEAD & SHOULDERS ABOVE ALL OTHERS.

WHY ISN’T THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY FLOODING THE AIRWAVES WITH THIS ISSUE?

Defeat the the Rethugs and Save Social Security!

Ditch the term "Latinx"

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Thursday July 28, 2022 · 9:42 PM PDT

2022/07/28 · 21:42

For some reason, members of the politically correct left wing in this country have decided that our language requires the term “Latinx” to refer to individuals of hispanic descent or background.

Please understand— that from the linguistic standpoint— this term is an abomination, and does violence to the Spanish language.

The apparent rationale for the use of “Latinx” appears to derive from a desire to make language as gender-neutral as possible. This folly derives from ignorance of gendered languages, such as Spanish, French, German, and Russian, in which nouns are assigned a grammatical gender— typically masculine, feminine, or neuter.

Get over it. Surveys on the internet demonstrate that hispanic people despise the term “Latinx” which they see (correctly) as imposed from without, by individuals who do not understand what it means to speak a gendered language.

For the record, I am not myself of hispanic descent; nonetheless I speak fluent Spanish.

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Shall we ditch "Latinx"?

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Will Manchin De-rail Biden's Climate Plan?

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Saturday October 16, 2021 · 1:30 AM PDT

2021/10/16 · 01:30

The New York Times (Friday Oct. 15) has a story on West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, and his hold on President Biden’s climate plan.

Manchin is unalterably opposed to any sort of clean energy bill, which apparently cannot move forward without his support.

He particularly objects to clean electricity, doubtless because he is wedded to West Virginia’s coal extraction industry; he is not alone in West Virginia: the state’s other U.S. senator — Republican Kelly Moore Capito—is likewise tied to the fossil fuel industry, and is also on board with all attempts to block implementation of clean energy.

I am unaware of any leverage available to the President to move forward. If anyone here at dKos has helpful suggestions for un-plugging the path, I am obviously burning to hear it.

In any case email Joe Manchin and make your displeasure known. I admit it is unlikely he will heed any messaging from our quarter, but we should still work to give him an earful.

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Is there hope for the President's Energy Strategy?

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Rethug Voter Purges Nationwide

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Tuesday December 31, 2019 · 1:01 PM PST

2019/12/31 · 13:01

As reported by The Guardian, www.theguardian.com/... rethuglicans are engaged in massive voter purges, nationwide— notably in Wisconsin, Ohio, and Georgia.

Unless the Democratic Party finds a way to contravene these purges, they will have a massive — likely decisive— effect on the presidential election of 2020.

I am unaware of any action by the Democratic Party in this regard; perhaps others at this site are better informed and can enlighten me.

The Democratic Party has been notoriously bad at fighting this sort of criminal chicanery; I hope they will awaken in time to take action.

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The Dems Will Awaken in TIme

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Why DEMS Lose Statehouses

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Friday December 06, 2019 · 12:17 PM PST

2019/12/06 · 12:17

The current issue of The New York Review of Books has a penetrating article by Joseph O’Neill, entitled “No More Nice Dems”, describing how and why the Democratic Party, even when it wins the presidency, consistently loses governorships and statehouses across this great nation of ours.

O’Neill states of the Democratic Party that “Their core mission is to practice a ceremonial innocence about the unshakable virtue of American conservatism—“ He notes that in 2018, Chuck Shumer advised Trump to renominate Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court; predictably, the rethug response was hysterical laughter. It does make you wonder which universe Shumer inhabits….

O’Neill notes that raising funds is not an issue for the Dems; in fact they typically out-raise the rethugs; nonetheless, they are clueless about the fact that modern American politics is knife-fight.

One can only hope for an awakening among leaders of the party machinery; certainly members of this site have long had a clear view of the situation.

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never

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Trump is winning the digital war against the Dems

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Sunday October 20, 2019 · 6:28 PM PDT

2019/10/20 · 18:28

A must-see article in today’s New York Times <www.nytimes.com/...> details how the Trump campaign — and rethugs in general— are winning the war in digital political advertising.

Read it and weep. Trump is a creation of television, and a master at manipulating that medium. Highly placed Democrats in political races nationwide are simply not up to speed.

This article is a warning for our party: shape up fast, or lose.

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Today is Armistice Day--Not Veterans Day

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Sunday November 11, 2018 · 11:30 AM PST

2018/11/11 · 11:30

In my youth we celebrated Armistice Day on November 11 — the day that effectively ended the first World War. For the second World War we also had VE Day --Victory in Europe—; and VJ Day --Victory over Japan.

My father was on a troop ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean when the Armistice was signed, and so he was spared the horrors of trench warfare; although given the many German submarines prowling the ocean at the time, a troop ship was not safe, Armistice notwithstanding.

Be that as it may, and intending no disrespect to those veterans — including my father’s youngest brother— who served in the second World War, and in subsequent wars and conflicts, in my family we celebrate Armistice Day.

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Drumpf thinks teachers with guns will make schools safe

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Thursday February 22, 2018 · 12:02 AM PST

2018/02/22 · 00:02

It is reported that drumpf has called for arming teachers as a surefire means to prevent school shootings.

Has the world begun to get its collective mind around the mega-stupidity of this idea? I am surprised not to hear it shouted from housetops, that the orange man/child has gone completely around the bend.

Consider the following. i) Many teachers do not wish to be armed. ii) The likelihood of a shootout in a classroom should terrify anyone with any connection to any school. iii) Many, if not most people, are not prepared to end the life of another person, even in self defense; in fact, police officers involved in major shooting incidents experience a high incidence of PTSD.

Is this insanity going to pass through our system without leaving a ripple? Please tell me, no. not so.

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Shep Smith wonders why our children are shooting each other.

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Thursday February 15, 2018 · 10:40 PM PST

2018/02/15 · 22:40

In an incredibly idiotic rant , Fox’s Shep Smith wonders why we can’t marshall our enormous research capability, to figure out why American school children are shooting each other, whereas children in other nations are not.

Everyone at this site knows the answer: it is because American children have access to assault rifles, and children abroad do not. We know it’s that simple. Whom does he think he’s kidding?

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A Fine Musician Has Left Us: Requiescat in Pace Al Jarreau

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Sunday February 12, 2017 · 9:42 PM PST

2017/02/12 · 21:42

And we are all the poorer. Of many fine tracks, I link only the beautiful Something That You Said.

In the wake of Martin Luther King Day, 2015: The scandal of the memorial

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Tuesday January 20, 2015 · 1:15 PM PST

2015/01/20 · 13:15

I cannot let the celebration of Dr. King's birth date pass yet again, without commenting upon the scandal of the memorial erected, we are told, in his honor, but fabricated by Chinese artisans working without pay.

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