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Turning factoids into facts: Mars, Hitler and history
Let’s All Go to Mars! So many MAGAts, including the MAGAt King, have been heralding our imminent landing and community-building on Mars, presumably via one of Elon Musk’s rockets. Another presumption: it is one which isn’t prone to shattering mid-air … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Fascism, Government, Human rights, Immigration, The Facts of Life
Tagged "History of the Modern World", Adolph Hitler, Elon Musk, Galactic Cosmic Radiation, George Santayana, German Chancellor, German Communist Party, German elections 1932, German President, history repeating itself, JJ Palmer, Joel Colton, kidney failure, Mars trip, Nazi Party, Paul von Hindenburg, Poland, Reichstag, SpaceX, tesseract, Weimar Republic, World War II
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We need a marching song. The Chicks provide.
It’s “March, March,” from the Chicks’ 2020 album, “Gaslighter.” Written and performed by an impressive musical collective,* it’s fierce and female, a percussive, insinuating, syncopated chant in the minor key we all need now. It’s a new civil war, and … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Culture, Fascism, Guns in the U.S. of A., Human rights, police violence, Politics, Pro choice, Racism, Revolution, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights, War on women
Tagged "Gaslighter", Daniel Wilson, Emily Robison, Ian Kirkpatrick, Jack Antonoff, Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Ross Jacob Golan, The Chicks
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In our new Civil War, the Blue States are our defense
Just picked this up from the Chicago Sun-Times: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis have formed a coalition of governors to fight against “increasing threats of autocracy” and strengthen democracy during a second Donald Trump presidency. The … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Good Things Happening, Government, Human rights, Immigration, Lawyers, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism, voting and voting rights, War on women
Tagged blue states, Chicago Sun-Times, Civil War, governors coalition, Governors Safeguarding Democracy, Jared Polis, JB Pritzker
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