The really great thing about Oliver is that he doesn't just offer a quip or a couple one-liners and move on. He takes a single subject in his teeth and shakes the hell out of it until the shiny cover is gone and the rot of human greed and indifference is there for all to see.

I was 11. Mom drove Dad to work so she could drive us to our school picnic that day. I was dozing when she returned. She knocked on the basement door, and I went to it and let her in. The first thing she said was, "They shot him." The sad thing was, I knew exactly who she meant. RFK, rest in power.

Is our public health system prepared to take advantage of this?

This is so radically different than the Church that signed a Concordat with Mussolini in the 19220s and Hitler in the 1930s. Huzzah for Leo XIV!

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Any time a working-class candidate looks like they are about to win, the Establishment looks for a way to sink them. Graham Plattner has been running for Senate for months. Now, in summer, when views of candidates gel, accusers emerge claiming to have had abusive relationships with him. I call BS.

Katy Tur is on with a piece about Gen Z and Millennials living paycheck to paycheck. Still, not one goddamn Democratic politician is out there demanding an increase in the legal wage. NOT ONE. If this shit keeps up, the Ds may win in 2026, but they'll be wholly unprepared to win in 2028.

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Most people have no idea what would happen if the Atlantic current, which warms the Northern hemisphere almost to the Arctic Circle, reversed--which WILL happen if we don't reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Northern hemisphere will drop several degrees of warmth, flash flooding, longer winters.

What I'm saying.

EMS worker calls out Trump's medical deception. Very good article.

Good night all. 🙂

1975. youtu.be/VPVQmmzxRhU?...

For more than a decade, we've been witnessing marked positive changes in the Catholic Church.

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Courage.

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Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery a lot more tolerable. 🙂

Let's keep our eyes on the Big Picture.

Agree.

G'morning all. Just finished a short walk. It's beautiful here. Hope everyone has a peaceful, restful Sunday. 😀

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President Donald Trump has gained 14 pounds since his last physical in April 2025 and has been urged to exercise more as part of his annual heath check.

Surprise! Otzi was neither white nor blue-eyed. youtu.be/AaX5j9jtI78?...

I certainly hope so.

Why the HELL do we need to see his name in a file to figure out what he did?

Before there was Daria, The Simpsons or American Dad, there was Gary Trudeau and Doonesbury.

Like idiots, we bought Reagan’s siren song back in 1980. Prosperity would “trickle down” if we abandoned the largely non-profit healthcare system we had (most states required hospitals and health insurance companies to be nonprofits), the unions that fought for us to have good pay and benefits.

Tearing down the US public health system will have consequences well beyond our borders.

I'm literate in neither French nor Hungarian. But I think the gist of the article is that the new Hungarian parliament reversed Viktor Orban's removal of Hungary from the jurisdiction of the World Court. Now if the US could do the same. One world, with a set of rules.

I think Josh Shapiro may be the best gov. of PA in my lifetime. Gonna be proud to vote for his reelection, But can't vote for him for President. Pragmatically, Shapiro cannot win Michigan or Minnesota--and they're two "must-win" states for a Democrat. Morally, Democrats must not support Netanyahu.

Non-superstars in the fields of music and entertainment generally have a devilish time finding health insurance. Here's wishing success to the Chicago Health Alliance.

Just when I thought it was safe to praise South Carolina. . .

AM coffee, watching the furs happily munch on treats I gave them. MSNow reporting that enough Republican Senators in South Carolina decided the Civil War is over--and then voted down the MAGA plan that would have left the state with a Lilly-white congressional delegation. youtu.be/4S9mEc-PEDs?...

Yeah!

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Harry Dunn. One of the heroes of 1/6. He's running for the US House in Maryland.

So, ""We'll be in Kyiv in three days," has become, "We'll be in Kyiv in 140 years." That's a helluva shift in timeframe.

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No one died to protect the #EpstienClass Don’t forget what they want you to forget.

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Execute them.

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