Recent Comments

1. about 2 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Granting all of that, the consequences of shooting someone who is in my house without my permission could be a lot more problematic, and I’m not taking the chance.

2. about 6 hours ago on Jeff Stahler

   My nightmare is that the jury in the case he is currently facing will accept the idea that “legal expenses” in Trump’s records doesn’t not constitute fraud, and declare him innocent. After all, whatever you are paying a lawyer is “legal expense”, even if you are paying him to do something illegal. If he would be found innocent on this charge, which is the least serious of the charges against him, the general population would only hear the one word, and fail to realize that he is charged with about 90 other things, all of which are so backed with fact that he is undeniably guilty.

   And, if he is found innocent on this relatively minor offense, he is more likely to be elected president by those who respond with " Well, gosh, he wasn’t lying when he said they were just out to get him!!" And, the really bad charges against him will be dismissed because he demands it. Then he will start a dictatorship which will guarantee that he will do whatever is needed to maintain him in that position, including jailing those who are currently pressing charges against him.

3. about 6 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   The dogs are the early warning system that gives me time to get the gun out of the bedside table. I said that in the teacher’s lounge one time and most of the responses were " Oh, I could never shoot someone." Trust me, if you are in my house, my only concern about shooting you would be that it would mess up the carpet.

4. about 6 hours ago on Jeff Danziger

   Trump’s first impeachment was because he was holding aid to Ukraine hostage until Zelensky provided some dirt on Biden.Zelensky still has not provided any of the imaginary dirt on Biden that the MAGATs demand so Trump has done all he could to prevent their getting any aid.

   Of course, they will try to hem and haw and spin and obfuscate and make up all kinds of other excuses for stabbing an ally in the back, but it is all about doing the bidding of Trump and Trump is following his besty Putin.

   The once-respected Republican Party of the 1950’s all the way up until 2015 — when they were merely greedy in their aggressive efforts to REDISTRIBUTE wealth from the working people who produce it to the few richest elites who own and control the productive resources but were not traitors aiding and abetting our adversaries — was deeply opposed to Russian aggression.

   Today’s Republican Party, which is now under the control of the MAGAT cult hates Zelensky because, unlike the Republicans, Zelensky has enough character and fortitude to refuse to surrender to Russian domination the way they did.Chamberlain will go down in history as a traitor, or at least a weak kneed moron. But we haven’t learned from his mistakes.

   If you think standing with our allies is expensive, wait until you see the cost of abandoning them.

5. about 7 hours ago on Matt Wuerker
   My nightmare is that the jury in the case he is currently facing will accept the idea that “legal expenses” in Trump’s records doesn’t not constitute fraud, and declare him innocent. After all, whatever you are paying a lawyer is “legal expenses”. If he would be found innocent on this charge, which is the least serious of the charges against him, the general population would only hear the one word, and fail to realize that he is charged with about 90 other things, all of which are so backed with fact that he is undeniably guilty.

   But, if he is found innocent on this minor offense, he is more likely to be elected president by those who respond with " Well, gosh, he wasn’t lying when he said they were just out to get him!!" And, the really bad charges against him will be dismissed because he demands it. Then he will start a dictatorship which will guarantee that he will do whatever is needed to maintain him in that position, including jailing those who are currently pressing charges against him.

6. about 7 hours ago on Michael Ramirez

   While employers squeeze workers and their unions for cuts to health care and other benefits, the CEOs of major corporations now make nearly 400 times more than their average employees, the largest employer-worker gap in our history. While 60 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck– with three multi-billionaires owning more wealth than the bottom half.

   If you are wondering why we continue to pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, you should know that Pfizer has increased its profits by 42 percent so far this year to $26.4 billion.

   Gasoline? Profits of Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Shell skyrocketed by 169 percent so far this year to $125 billion. They are spending over $73 billion not to reduce gas prices at the pump but to buy back their own stock and increase dividends to their wealthy stockholders.

   Groceries? Global food prices skyrocketed by over 33 percent last year and are expected to go up another 23 percent this year. Billionaires in the global food and agri-business industry became $382 billion richer during the pandemic.

   Covid actually did cause problems that could be used as an excuse to raise prices. Once those prices were raised, they aren’t coming down unless people stop buying and there is a glut of product that has to be addressed by lowing them. Since people are going to buy groceries, meds and gas as long as they possibly can, the rich will get richer while the middle class gives up everything but these necessities.

7. about 7 hours ago on Clay Bennett

   Trump has said that no one could have foreseen the Covid pandemic. Well, someone did.

   The Obama administration established White House’s National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense after the Ebola epidemic of 2014. They set up 40 clinics in hot spots all over the world, whose job was to monitor the local situation and immediately send for adequate help to contain any threat. One of those clinics was in the Chinese province where Covid originated.

   To research this for validity look for “Playbook for Early Response to High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents.”

   The Trump White House dissolved the office, as part of the budget cuts when he cut taxes. It’s impossible to assess the full impact of this 2018 decision, but it is clear that eliminating the office contributed to the federal government’s sluggish domestic response. What’s especially concerning about the absence of this office today is that it was originally set up because a previous epidemic made the need for it quite clear. When asked about the slow roll-out of coronavirus tests in the U.S. on March 13, President Trump responded, “I don’t take responsibility at all.” Trump is not just responsible for it. He owns it. The Trump Plague is not just his responsibility. It and all the problems it caused are his fault.

8. about 7 hours ago on Chip Bok

   My son and brother both died from covid after Trump defunded the agency that Obama put in place to handle epidemics, because he dealt with the Ebola threat and realized that it was needed. With that agency in place, the odds are pretty good that we would never have had a covid pandemic. So, I am not at all shy about saying that Trump got my attention sufficiently that I HATE HIM!!!, with every fiber of my soul.

   My nightmare is that the jury in the case he is currently facing will accept the idea that “legal expenses” in Trump’s records doesn’t not constitute fraud, and declare him innocent. After all, whatever you are paying a lawyer is “legal expenses”. Once he would be found innocent on this charge, which is the least serious of the charges against him, the general population would only hear the one word, and fail to realize that he is charged with about 90 other things, all of which are so backed with fact that he is undeniably guilty.But, if he is found innocent on this minor offense, he is more likely to be elected president by those who respond with " Well, gosh, he wasn’t lying when he said they were just out to get him!!" And, the really bad charges against him will be dismissed because he demands it. Then he will start a dictatorship which will guarantee that he will do whatever is needed to maintain him in that position, including jailing those who are currently pressing charges against him.
9. about 7 hours ago on Joey Weatherford

   While employers squeeze workers and their unions for cuts to health care and other benefits, the CEOs of major corporations now make nearly 400 times more than their average employees, the largest employer-worker gap in our history. While 60 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck– with three multi-billionaires owning more wealth than the bottom half.

   If you are wondering why we continue to pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, you should know that Pfizer has increased its profits by 42 percent so far this year to $26.4 billion.

   Gasoline? Profits of Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Shell skyrocketed by 169 percent so far this year to $125 billion. They are spending over $73 billion not to reduce gas prices at the pump but to buy back their own stock and increase dividends to their wealthy stockholders.

   Groceries? Global food prices skyrocketed by over 33 percent last year and are expected to go up another 23 percent this year. Billionaires in the global food and agri-business industry became $382 billion richer during the pandemic.

   Covid actually did cause problems that could be used as an excuse to raise prices. Once those prices were raised, they aren’t coming down unless people stop buying and there is a glut of product that has to be addressed by lowing them. Since people are going to buy groceries, meds and gas as long as they possibly can, the rich will get richer while the middle class gives up everything but these necessities

10. about 10 hours ago on Ted Rall

    There is no denying that their response to the latest attack is more than a bit over the top. There is also no denying that Israel has a right to be a little miffed after 80 years of waking up every morning and wondering who’s going to attack today.

    The Arabs were very nicely asked not to leave Israel in the first place, so if they are refugees, they chose to be.

    And there were miles of tunnels with over 500 entrances. And, the people of Gaza chose Hamas to lead them. Painting the Gazans as innocent bystanders is questionable.

    The Arabs and the Israelis are both convinced that God has placed upon them and all their descendants a responsibility to claim and hold some of the most worthless land on the planet. As long as religion outranks common sense, there will be no solution to the mess in the middle east and they will continue to kill each other into infinity.