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Retired French professor and editor. A (not very good) Quaker. Definite feminazi tendencies. Cat lover. Ohioan. Tech dolt.
He's trying to bully and bait Venezuela into a military response.
So Trump can have his war and let all "hail" break loose.
So Trump can have his war and let all "hail" break loose.
December 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
He's trying to bully and bait Venezuela into a military response.
So Trump can have his war and let all "hail" break loose.
So Trump can have his war and let all "hail" break loose.
"...one of the most productive Congresses..." ???
At that point, we should have heard a loud GONG sound, and then a big hook coming in to pull him offstage.
At that point, we should have heard a loud GONG sound, and then a big hook coming in to pull him offstage.
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"...one of the most productive Congresses..." ???
At that point, we should have heard a loud GONG sound, and then a big hook coming in to pull him offstage.
At that point, we should have heard a loud GONG sound, and then a big hook coming in to pull him offstage.
Humans will always be needed for everything that makes us... human.
Only if medicine, teaching, writing, art, and social interaction become purely mechanical functions will we not be "needed." We shouldn't have to defend our existence in terms of robotic function.
Only if medicine, teaching, writing, art, and social interaction become purely mechanical functions will we not be "needed." We shouldn't have to defend our existence in terms of robotic function.
December 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Humans will always be needed for everything that makes us... human.
Only if medicine, teaching, writing, art, and social interaction become purely mechanical functions will we not be "needed." We shouldn't have to defend our existence in terms of robotic function.
Only if medicine, teaching, writing, art, and social interaction become purely mechanical functions will we not be "needed." We shouldn't have to defend our existence in terms of robotic function.
A very "stupid" country?
I think I'd go with "immoral," "corrupt," and "vicious."
I think I'd go with "immoral," "corrupt," and "vicious."
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A very "stupid" country?
I think I'd go with "immoral," "corrupt," and "vicious."
I think I'd go with "immoral," "corrupt," and "vicious."
A subscription to the Contrarian is well worth it! You can subscribe for free or, better yet, contribute to the essential work they're doing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A subscription to the Contrarian is well worth it! You can subscribe for free or, better yet, contribute to the essential work they're doing.
Trump, the plutocrats, and the oil companies are simply bypassing national policy-making. It's inconsequential in the face of their own "business" plans.
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Trump, the plutocrats, and the oil companies are simply bypassing national policy-making. It's inconsequential in the face of their own "business" plans.
Make that "killing POSSIBLE (unproven) drug traffickers."
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Make that "killing POSSIBLE (unproven) drug traffickers."
Who, OUR Republican Senators? I'll believe it when I see it. And I'd sure like to see it.
November 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Who, OUR Republican Senators? I'll believe it when I see it. And I'd sure like to see it.
Yeah, but why is this not happening? Why are we all sitting around venting our outrage while it goes on and on?
November 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Yeah, but why is this not happening? Why are we all sitting around venting our outrage while it goes on and on?
Ehh, SHADDAP, Don-boy!
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Ehh, SHADDAP, Don-boy!
"...except those who hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for. You won't be here long!"
Bye-bye, then, Mr. Trump.
Bye-bye, then, Mr. Trump.
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"...except those who hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for. You won't be here long!"
Bye-bye, then, Mr. Trump.
Bye-bye, then, Mr. Trump.
I have one, too!
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I have one, too!
Face it: both faith and reason can be powerful, positive, twisted, and/or dangerous. Both are at their best when they work together.
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Face it: both faith and reason can be powerful, positive, twisted, and/or dangerous. Both are at their best when they work together.
Ah yes, go for the cheap ad hominem (in this case, ad feminam) when you have no coherent argument.
Your breezy generalizations about Buddhists and Muslims are as vacuous as your dichotomy between faith and reason. Got anything to add about Jews, by the way?
Your breezy generalizations about Buddhists and Muslims are as vacuous as your dichotomy between faith and reason. Got anything to add about Jews, by the way?
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ah yes, go for the cheap ad hominem (in this case, ad feminam) when you have no coherent argument.
Your breezy generalizations about Buddhists and Muslims are as vacuous as your dichotomy between faith and reason. Got anything to add about Jews, by the way?
Your breezy generalizations about Buddhists and Muslims are as vacuous as your dichotomy between faith and reason. Got anything to add about Jews, by the way?
Then YOU explain the millions of Christians (Muslims, Buddhists, etc.) who not only DON'T follow Trump, but work every day to counter his poisons and do the real work of faith.
Not all faith is sincere or admirable. Neither is all faith bigoted or cruel.
Not all faith is sincere or admirable. Neither is all faith bigoted or cruel.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Then YOU explain the millions of Christians (Muslims, Buddhists, etc.) who not only DON'T follow Trump, but work every day to counter his poisons and do the real work of faith.
Not all faith is sincere or admirable. Neither is all faith bigoted or cruel.
Not all faith is sincere or admirable. Neither is all faith bigoted or cruel.
Give me a break. Faith is not the opposite of reason. Faith is the complement of reason. You're not aware of how many reasonable people are also people of faith? Your simplistic binary view is pointless and actually harmful.
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Give me a break. Faith is not the opposite of reason. Faith is the complement of reason. You're not aware of how many reasonable people are also people of faith? Your simplistic binary view is pointless and actually harmful.
Because they're desperate. And because lying is all they know.
They're still operating on the assumption that the bigger and more egregious the lie, the more times you simply have to repeat it with confidence. But I'm not sure that's going to work for them anymore.
They're still operating on the assumption that the bigger and more egregious the lie, the more times you simply have to repeat it with confidence. But I'm not sure that's going to work for them anymore.
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Because they're desperate. And because lying is all they know.
They're still operating on the assumption that the bigger and more egregious the lie, the more times you simply have to repeat it with confidence. But I'm not sure that's going to work for them anymore.
They're still operating on the assumption that the bigger and more egregious the lie, the more times you simply have to repeat it with confidence. But I'm not sure that's going to work for them anymore.
Splendid as always, Alexandra!
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Splendid as always, Alexandra!
Thank you, Carrie T.!
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thank you, Carrie T.!
Please send a gift article. I want to read this!!
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Please send a gift article. I want to read this!!
You could check with your doctor, but you're right to want to take precautions. Shingles is a nightmare, as I know from personal experience!
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You could check with your doctor, but you're right to want to take precautions. Shingles is a nightmare, as I know from personal experience!
I don't think you can get shingles if you haven't had chicken pox. It's the same virus, which can remain in your system for decades and then suddenly re-activate.
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I don't think you can get shingles if you haven't had chicken pox. It's the same virus, which can remain in your system for decades and then suddenly re-activate.
The average American man weighs 199.8 pounds.
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The average American man weighs 199.8 pounds.