Neal's Rants (Mostly Political)
WARNING: This is where all the really political things are found. Know that I am so liberal that I don’t mind at all that others are conservative—as long as your opinions are based on facts. While I have mellowed considerably with age, I still suffer fools poorly.
As Artemus Ward reputedly observed: “It ain’t so much the things we don’t know that get us into trouble, it’s the things we do know that just ain’t so.”
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want to find “Q”? find the missing basement ...
WHERE THE HECK IS “Q”?!!? Since the demise of 8chan in August 2019 due to its being linked to acts of violence (including the gunman who killed at least 49 people at mosques in New Zealand), the supderduper anonymous “Q” has been silent. While the loss of the notorious social media platform—effectively a virtual home for Q and his/her/their followers—has forced those followers to other sites, little has been heard from Q his/her/their self (selves?) [Read more] “want to find “Q”? find the missing basement ...”
is white man messing around with red man’s poo-poo?
I WOKE UP and plopped myself down in my chair and opened my email. Bleary-eyed, I skimmed over the various subject titles and saw one that made me rub those bleary eyes: “Sign the petition: Apache holy shit threatened . . .” and the rest was cut off. [Read more] “is white man messing around with red man’s poo-poo?”
we might wonder what benefits impeachment is likely to yield
WE MIGHT WONDER what benefits impeachment is likely to yield, ponders Andrew Bacevich in “The Real Cover-Up: Putting Donald Trump’s Impeachment in Context.” As to the benefits of impeachment, Bacevich believes that answering that question “requires examining four scenarios that describe the range of possibilities awaiting the nation.” [Read more] “we might wonder what benefits impeachment is likely to yield”
first they came for the black-spotted newts
First, they came for the black-spotted newts but I did not speak out because I was not a black-spotted newt.
Then they came for the spotted owls but I did not speak out because I was not a spotted owl.
Then they came for the butterflies but I did not speak out because I was not a butterfly. [Read more] “first they came for the black-spotted newts”