Politics

At a certain point, “the rent is just too damn high” and you are no longer free, by Davin Michael Stedman

The Democratic establishment is freaking out right now because they are experiencing the problem of throwing good money after bad. Bloomberg can’t buy the votes with billion dollars. He already spent half a billion. Bezos can buy The Washington Post, but up a pay wall and commission 1000 stories about how Mayor Pete is more …

Lines A Mile Long Snake Around The Tacoma Dome to See Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders, by Holly Homan

On President’s Day February 17 I ventured down to Tacoma, WA with two others to see and hear Senator Bernie Sanders speak. As I approached the Dome, I saw long lines snake around the structure approximately a mile long and often as many as three people deep. The event began with some entertainment, a couple …

You can’t predict Obamas or Yangs, but you can keep their future grandparents out, by Davin Michael Stedman

Andrew Yang is that guy, where someone said , “you should run for President dude”… …and dude did. The fact that he got up there at national televised debates and got across “wild Liberal” ideas Nixon almost implemented like Universal Guaranteed Income, is a major accomplishment. In a world lacking debate skills, because of the …

Dave Chappelle Endorses Andrew Yang, by Mark Erickson

The Yang Gang grew larger with Tuesday’s endorsement from comedian Dave Chappelle!    https://www.businessinsider.com/dave-chappelle-endorses-andrew-yang-for-president-2020-1   The campaign also announced that Mr. Chappelle will perform two shows in the early primary state of South Carolina later this month, which will benefit the campaign. The shows will be in Columbia on January 29 and North Charleston on January 30.  Chappelle …

Strange Brew, Disraeli Gears, Benjamin Disraeli and Bernie Sanders, by Davin Michael Stedman

People tell me that electing Bernie Sanders is just electing another old White man. OK, tell me the last time we elected a Jewish person as President? How about a person that presents themselves as Agnostic? The world is waiting…because, America doesn’t elect old White men, it elects White Anglo Saxon Protestants. We are not …

When Iraq Intrigue Was Half-Sibling to Rock’n Roll Greatness, by Mark Erickson

This post combines two subjects that I have previously written about:  the illegal, illogical and infamous 2003 invasion of Iraq and rock and roll.  In late September 2019, Jacques Chirac and Joseph Wilson died one day apart.  The former French president led international opposition to the “War on Terror.”  He argued that toppling Saddam Hussein …

Art for a New (Anxious) Society? by Todd E. Johnson

On January 7, 2017 the Los Angeles Times published a piece about Conor Oberst (aka Bright Eyes) comparing his 2005 Album I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning written out of the wreckage of his (and others) failed attempt to have John Kerry elected president to his then current record Ruminations. It compares the first record album that speaks of disappointment, despair—dark thoughts of hope eclipsed by a diminished expectations …