How to Live Happily in a Buffoonocracy By Daniel Sherman To the long list of ways in which Italians can teach us to live better, let us add this: how to live a happy life when your nation’s leader is an utter buffoon. First, expect it will happen from time to time. It is a widely held position of faith in the United States that whatever our leaders’ and governments’ … [Read more...] about How to Live Happily in a Buffoonocracy
Fundraiser: Donate to The Moderate Voice (UPDATE 2)
UPDATE: 12/14/2016: Work has started on making TMV more secure, plus a few additions to the site. Site Administrator Tyrone Steels will do a post when it's all done. (See bottom of this post for totals on what has been raised so far). UPDATE:Yesterday, Tuesday, TMV was down after enduring 8962 attempts to hack the site. Yes, all in one day. Clearly some folks don't like … [Read more...] about Fundraiser: Donate to The Moderate Voice (UPDATE 2)
Tillerson Sec State nominee
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Donald Trump’s strange defense of Russia
WASHINGTON -- Good lord. We are about to inaugurate as president a man whose election, according to the CIA, was aided by a Russian intelligence operation. Try as we might, we cannot pretend this didn't happen. We can't ignore outrageous interference by an adversarial foreign power because President-elect Donald Trump's actions question his own legitimacy, or at least … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s strange defense of Russia
Message from Aleppo: ‘Tomorrow will be too late for us’
East Aleppo, Syria - We are all praying for rain. When it rains, the planes can't fly and the bombardment stops for a short while. We are hoping that it rains long enough for the powers of the world to do something to help the 150,000 civilians stuck in this small neighbourhood in Aleppo escape the… … [Read more...] about Message from Aleppo: ‘Tomorrow will be too late for us’
Cartoon: Dancing for Putin
Dancing for Trump by Clay Jones On the same day Donald Trump tells America that Russia did not hack into the DNC and corrupt our election he goes and nominates an FOP for Secretary of State. FOP? Friend of Putin. Before the election Trump asked Russia to hack into the Hillary campaign. Then some entity hacks into the Clinton campaign and gives all the juicy tidbits to … [Read more...] about Cartoon: Dancing for Putin
Living and Death: Thanks for everything (Guest Voice)
Thanks for everything by Kim Mooney My field is working with death and grief. “Isn’t it morbid?,” people ask at parties. “Aren’t you sad all the time?” All the time, no. When I’m living through a personal loss, yes, it’s sadder than anyone else can imagine. But between my own terrible losses, I have life, amazing moments, humbling sights, a planet worth protecting, a … [Read more...] about Living and Death: Thanks for everything (Guest Voice)
Blaming Russia for Trump’s Victory
Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale finally scored a victory for their side. They and their Fearless Leader are being accused of helping Donald Trump to win the 2016 presidential election. For the sake of argument, suppose that Russian hackers did acquire information about Hillary Clinton through illegal means. Suppose that the Russians then publicized that information … [Read more...] about Blaming Russia for Trump’s Victory
Donald Trump on women
We know, from his own words, that Donald Trump is a misogynist. We've seen the quotes covering three decades. The Telegraph created a Trump sexism tracker, with all the quotes in one place. But words need pictures to pack an emotional wallop. Enter Aria Watson, an 18-year-old Oregon college student. Her final photography project for fall term is entitled … [Read more...] about Donald Trump on women
Cartoons: GOP Putin
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A new UN Chief — the worst job in the world
António Guterres of Portugal was sworn in today to the worst job in the world. He is the new United Nations Secretary-General and will start a five-year term in January 1, just weeks before Donald Trump takes over as President of the country that created the UN and remains its most powerful and influential member state. Guterres is a well-known, tough and experienced … [Read more...] about A new UN Chief — the worst job in the world
Trump’s Very, Very Rich Inner Circle (Updates)
For a man who campaigned against Wall Street and as a populist, as a champion of the Rust Belt workers, the coal workers, blue collar workers and as a savior of the forgotten man, president-elect Trump is sure surrounding himself with people from the extreme opposite end of the economic, financial, human needs spectrum. The Burlington Free Press: "I call it … [Read more...] about Trump’s Very, Very Rich Inner Circle (Updates)
For Team Clinton, All Ducks Were Not In A Row
Embed from Getty Images Most recently, Robby Mook was the campaign manager for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, a position that obviously requires many talents. But in light of the misses that led to the outcome, I'm not sure I'd put Mook on my team if my odds of winning an election going in were 99-1. Admittedly, I'm just an arm-chair quarterback. I've never … [Read more...] about For Team Clinton, All Ducks Were Not In A Row
Obscure company reaps $27 million from Trump email campaign
John Yob, the controversial wheeler-dealer of Michigan Republican Party politics, scooped up millions of dollars through a contract with the Republican National Committee that benefited the Donald Trump campaign, so much so that Yob now lives in an ocean front mansion in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Washington Post has a fascinating story today about a tangled web of GOP … [Read more...] about Obscure company reaps $27 million from Trump email campaign
Is 2016 America facing an 1860 moment?
One of the hardest things to do as a historian is to capture the raw drama of a moment in the past, all the while knowing how the story ultimately ends. Whatever era it is we study, historians weigh the hopes, fears, plots, contingencies and personalities of people at a certain place and time against the longer term structural changes and cultural subtexts that these same … [Read more...] about Is 2016 America facing an 1860 moment?
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Blows It Again
The nominees are out for this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class. And once again one of the most deserving potential nominees is nowhere to be found. Of course you could cast an online vote for The Cars if you like. They’re one of the 19 nominees. So is Joan Baez. Now I love Joan Baez, but c’mon, she’s no rocker. For reasons unknown to rational humans one name never … [Read more...] about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Blows It Again
Cartoon: Make Russia Great Again
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Why a Trump presidency inspires fear
WASHINGTON -- The CIA's finding that Vladimir Putin's Russia actively intervened in our election to help Donald Trump explains why many of us are not simply disappointed or unhappy that Trump won. We are genuinely alarmed. And Trump's cavalier response to these fears only deepens them. When The Washington Post revealed the CIA's conclusions about Russia, Trump's … [Read more...] about Why a Trump presidency inspires fear
(Update) Air Force One Deserves More Than a Tweet
Update: The Boeing Air Force One contract may have just become competitive. In a tweet directed to Donald Trump, the Ukrainian state-owned Antonov, producer of the world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov-225 Mriya (Dream) cargo plane, has offered to build Trump’s Air Force One. Here is the tweet: “@realDonaldTrump May be it is better to consider #Antonov aircraft as … [Read more...] about (Update) Air Force One Deserves More Than a Tweet
We must know if Russia tipped the U.S. presidential election (Guest Editorial)
Just 27 days ago, in what was essentially a Paul Revere midnight ride through cyberspace, the director of the National Security Agency announced that the United States is Russia's play toy. "There shouldn't be any doubts in anybody's mind: This was not something that was done casually, this was not something that was done by chance,… … [Read more...] about We must know if Russia tipped the U.S. presidential election (Guest Editorial)