| These are the most recent diaries filed under this tag: |
|---|
|
THE GHOST OF RONALD REAGAN MR. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. So said former President Ronald Reagan in a speech in West Berlin on June 12, 1987. In late November1989 the Berlin Wall did indeed come down. No more communist East Germany and Democratic...
by Jeff Morris
 5 comments
on Sun Feb 11, 2024 at 01:12 PM PST
with 6 Recommends
|
|
When I was a little boy in 1961, I was taught a lesson around Thanksgiving that I've never forgot. My Aunt Sue was married to my mom’s brother Marvin. Aunt Sue died the Saturday before Mother’s Day in 2010. Marvin’s still around. He’s healthy. He’ll be...
by 888guy
3 comments
on Sat Dec 02, 2023 at 05:21 PM PST
with 14 Recommends
|
|
There is no low to which the Republican Party and individual republicans and Fox News will not go. Their hypocrisy is brazen. It's stunning. Every time I think they can not get worse, they do. Making Jim Jordan their speaker nominee is an example....
by Dem
21 comments
on Mon Oct 23, 2023 at 07:06 AM PDT
with 26 Recommends
|
|
A diary that's part of the current conversation that was kicked off by claims of "faith shaming" recently stated the following, “No human can positively confirm the existence or nonexistence of any deity.” Except...despite what people love to say on...
by CaliforniaFrances
60 comments
on Mon Feb 20, 2023 at 10:18 AM PST
with 15 Recommends
|
|
Do wars even have laws? Are there rules, or is it a free for all, Kill ‘em all and let God sort ‘em out? The answer is, yes, wars are supposed to be fought under the Law of War. Various versions of such laws go at least all the way back to Deuteronomy...
by Captain Frogbert
2 comments
on Wed Apr 27, 2022 at 06:04 AM PDT
with 7 Recommends
|
|
Let’s look at a variety of topics, this week. 1. Nail soup 2. Morals 3. MLK Okay, Nail soup: en.wikipedia.org/… The story of nail soup, is the story of a con artist, who goes to the public square, of a small village, with a metal pot, builds a fire...
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
12 comments
on Sun Oct 17, 2021 at 04:30 PM PDT
with 9 Recommends
|
|
Hi friends ! None of us enjoy speaking ill of others, especially not our own friends or co-workers or family or even acquaintances. We are very sentimental and want to be charitable even towards those on the other side of the political aisle. I get...
by Dem
9 comments
on Sat Dec 05, 2020 at 06:51 AM PST
with 12 Recommends
|
|
Perhaps it is because I am old, or perhaps it is because most of my teachers were from the Greatest Generation, or perhaps, it was because my parents grew up during the Great Depression, but being American used to come with a set of values. Don’t get...
by lyleoross
5 comments
on Tue Oct 08, 2019 at 11:55 AM PDT
with 1 Recommend
|
|
At this moment in American history, it’s particularly worth remembering that persecuting the Jews, and eventually killing millions of them, achieved nothing towards helping the Germans to improve their country.
Similarly, persecuting and killing the...
by Alfred D Newman
7 comments
on Fri Jul 19, 2019 at 11:05 AM PDT
with 1 Recommend
|
|
At this moment in American history, it’s particularly worth remembering that persecuting the Jews, and eventually killing millions of them, did not help the Germans to improve their country.
Similarly, persecuting and killing the Tutsis didn't do a...
by Alfred D Newman
1 comments
on Fri Jul 19, 2019 at 07:48 AM PDT
with 0 Recommends
|
|
We have all seen the self-righteous memes in our social media feeds, and the message is always some variation of the following: American morals are going to hell in a handbasket. Yes, our nation is ...
by Mark E Andersen
171 comments
on Sun Jun 02, 2019 at 06:00 PM PDT
with 164 Recommends
|
|
Remember the Vice Squad on Dragnet and every other cop series on early TV? They enforced the morals laws against things like gambling, drugs, and prostitution. The laws originally came right out of the Bible, but the legal justification shifted to...
by not that STEVE MILLER
14 comments
on Tue Feb 26, 2019 at 07:14 PM PST
with 0 Recommends
|
|
The Christian Right sent a gentleman festering sphincter to canvass in my neighborhood. He lives in Carmel, CA, part of the Eden referred to in Steinbeck’s East of Eden. My neighborhood on the other hand, is very diverse and very blue. I’m not sure why...
by avatarabbiehoffman
9 comments
on Sat Nov 03, 2018 at 02:30 PM PDT
with 10 Recommends
|
|
On election night in the bottom floor of the Topeka Ramada, results came flooding in — and while the Republican race would be contested for another week, on the Democratic side, state senator Laura Kelly would win going away, solidifying the field and...
by Christopher Reeves
64 comments
on Wed Aug 15, 2018 at 06:44 AM PDT
with 207 Recommends
|
|
I found myself in an online debate with a golfer yesterday about whether or not Phil Mickelson should have been disqualified for his behavior at the US Open this weekend. The golfer’s assertion was, “no, Phil obeyed golf etiquette and therefore, what...
by lyleoross
17 comments
on Thu Jun 21, 2018 at 05:22 AM PDT
with 4 Recommends
|
|
Trump was a crook before he came anywhere near the Presidency. New Yorkers hate him! He has declared bankruptcy more times than any billionaire! A claim I believe is only supported on paper, not actual fact! He has short paid or just refused to pay...
by airwing24
1 comments
on Thu Feb 08, 2018 at 06:59 PM PST
with 1 Recommend
|
|
When you Write Stories or Poems loaded with Real Life, though fictionalized, Experiences filled with powerful Ideas and Ideals, Actions, Non-Actions, Truths and Consequences or many times even Non-Consequences, you can attract or activate some rather...
by Leah Sellers
2 comments
on Fri Nov 17, 2017 at 11:08 AM PST
with 0 Recommends
|
|
(a poem by Dave Latka)
We are the voters, they call evangelical
You’ll find all our candidates, are really quite swell
With God on their side, it helps make the sell
We’ll ignore all the morals, that are straight out of hell
Let’s...
by uvajeD
2 comments
on Sun Nov 12, 2017 at 10:40 AM PST
with 3 Recommends
|
|
Conservative Christian America, I am worried about you. I fear for the state of your soul. Do you have a minute? Can you spare a moment to talk about our Lord, Jesus Christ?
Look, I understand that you’ve fallen in with some bad hombres. It’s not...
by HershelTucker
7 comments
on Thu May 04, 2017 at 10:29 AM PDT
with 7 Recommends
|
|
What mechanism has caused this country to fall to such unethical and immoral levels that we now accept the illegal practices of this administration? Trump thniks that since he is the President he is immune to lawsuits. The emoluments clause no longer...
by Real Independent
2 comments
on Wed Apr 19, 2017 at 07:36 AM PDT
with 0 Recommends
|
Recommended
- I make ZERO bones about the fact that I think the NYT is doing more harm to our democracy than any other news organization, and I include Fox News on that list. You, dear reader, who I would have to assume is a left-leaning voter that frequents...100 comments 253 Recs
- Ukraine sets fire to a Ministry of Defense helicopter in Moscow. Whoa. That’s close. The Russian who fell off before they hit the mine is thanking his lucky stars. Housekeeping is going to be pissed at the mess. Russian soldier discovers an effective...14 comments 133 Recs
- — — I made the decision to listen to the SCOTUS hearing yesterday. I had lots of emotions in reaction to it, but the overriding one had to do with a sense of dread. Followed by a nagging thought: “Is there any common sense left on the bench that Trump...214 comments 596 Recs
- Day 4 of the Trump criminal trial saw three different witnesses take the stand. -The judge rescheduled Trump’s contempt hearing from next Wednesday to Thursday. Still no ruling on the previously pending contempt motion. -Testimony continued with more...12 comments 65 Recs
- All our fears to the contrary, Trump actually has little real chance of winning the upcoming election. The key is demographics. There are, of course, a number of factors that influence which voters vote for which candidates, and these factors can...139 comments 131 Recs
- Many Americans are confused by the spectacle they heard (we couldn’t “witness” it because Republicans on the Supreme Court won’t allow their proceedings to be televised) yesterday as an attorney for Donald Trump, at least three different times in...106 comments 297 Recs
- Kristi Noem is the Governor of South Dakota. A leading candidate for Trump VP. And a woman who takes pleasure in killing things. To promote her candidacy, she will publish her obligatory autobiography, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with...417 comments 269 Recs
- If the Supreme Court thinks former presidents have, or do not have, some or absolute immunity against criminal prosecution, why not just say so now? Why would it take months? Do they have something better to do? Are there other priorities on their...306 comments 634 Recs
- Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor”...25 comments 154 Recs
- Reposted from Substack This week MAGA Media outlets have breathlessly declared that they’ve found “smoking gun” evidence that proves that the Biden Administration was in communication with ...26 comments 155 Recs
- Never in my long life have I been as enraged and sickened about American politics as I am now. I am close to utter despair at what I’m seeing. My beloved country is becoming an insane asylum, filled with people who want to see the American experiment...139 comments 297 Recs
- I am channeling my inner Andy Rooney for this VERY short diary, and am delighted that the Image Library is here to help yet again. Did ya ever notice how, right after the Democrats pull off something absolutely remarkable, this strange thing happens...419 comments 795 Recs
Recent Diaries
- Earth Day 2024 Theme Planet vs Plastics. Tackling Marine Debris. Marine Biology-Facts The focus is on working to eliminate plastic usage "for the sake of human and planetary health" and to decrease plastic production by 60 percent by 2040. Videos /...1 comments 0 Recs
- The word occult comes from the Latin occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to "knowledge of the hidden" 🌑1 comments 1 Recs
- Nicole Shanahan Nicole Shanahan has it all - looks, poise, youth, and $billions. She may be quite smart too, but I can't see it. With all the good things she could do with her enormous wealth, she has chosen to invest it in Michael Kennedy's ultra...3 comments 1 Recs
- Mr. Sauer (Attorney for Petitioner, Donald J. Trump: I wish to pose a different hypothetical to you now concerning this issue of immunity. If the current President, Joe Biden, determined that the Supreme Court has become such a corrupt institution that...5 comments 6 Recs
- The students are protesting for Disinvestment from the Israeli regime. It was right when we did it in the ‘80s against South Africa. It is right to do it against Israel now! Bernie Sanders (who is Jewish) hit the nail right on the head. NEWS: Sanders...8 comments 15 Recs
- Wait—what do I mean become? Republicans were always “cruelty is the point” asshats with “Life just ain’t fair, Libtards,” mantras that began to take hold shortly after they adopted the Southern Strategy as a thang to win elections. Fast forward to...7 comments 11 Recs
- x ...2 comments 0 Recs
- Excerpt: Kansas City native Edward J. Dwight Jr. is set to be on the next Blue Origin rocket into space. The rare opportunity comes more than six decades after he was passed over to become a NASA astronaut. Dwight says he experienced feelings of...3 comments 16 Recs
- Follow me on � Mastodon ,� Bluesky ,� Facebook ,� Instagram , or at �3 comments 12 Recs
- The language police have become mall cops. It’s been a week with police riots at colleges across the US: Emory, GOP photo-ops in NY, and everywhere there are Clint Eastwood central administrators yelling “GET OFF MY LAWN”. Darn that intersectionality...13 comments 24 Recs
- Got on of these in my mailbox the other day. It was addressed to somebody up my street I didn’t know, so I just put it back in my mailbox with the flag up for my mail carrier. Today, I got one addressed to me. This is some kind of weird anti-Catholic...4 comments 6 Recs
- Day 4 of the Trump criminal trial saw three different witnesses take the stand. -The judge rescheduled Trump’s contempt hearing from next Wednesday to Thursday. Still no ruling on the previously pending contempt motion. -Testimony continued with more...12 comments 65 Recs
- Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar I thought of Barack Obama as a once-in-a-generation politician. He epitomized everything I wanted to see in someone who’d seek public office. His speeches often moved me to tears; he was/is that inspiring. But...115 comments 41 Recs
- Ukraine sets fire to a Ministry of Defense helicopter in Moscow. Whoa. That’s close. The Russian who fell off before they hit the mine is thanking his lucky stars. Housekeeping is going to be pissed at the mess. Russian soldier discovers an effective...14 comments 133 Recs
- April 27, 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the end of legalized racial oppression in South Africa — known officially as “apartheid.” However, most people still don’t know the name of an important anti-apartheid hero — a man named Dimitri Tsafendas;...1 comments 3 Recs
- Donald calls fascists "little peanuts", denies affairs, and asserts absolute immunity, whereas Kristi Noem, possible VP, exercises the lethargic ethics of animal abuse. Mitt Romney: "I strapped a dog to the roof of my car" Kristi Noem: "hold my beer" —...9 comments 19 Recs
- I make ZERO bones about the fact that I think the NYT is doing more harm to our democracy than any other news organization, and I include Fox News on that list. You, dear reader, who I would have to assume is a left-leaning voter that frequents...100 comments 253 Recs
- The demented drivel that emanates from Fox News on any given day is relentlessly ridiculous. They find fault with President Biden and Democrats on everything from the atrocity of eating an ice cream cone to the flagrantly false fear mongering about...30 comments 38 Recs
- Greetings and welcome to another of Marko's little hairballs. It's almost all fluff. There might be a hint of something seriously phlegmy between the pictures. All of it is just an excuse for ...28 comments 14 Recs
- It is this type of Republican that will make Democrats win big in 2024. We must engage them. This therapist uses her experience with the trauma we can extrapolate to our politics. This Republican is the 2024 template. Watch Politics Done Right T.V....2 comments 1 Recs
