Indeed, and to say nothing of how we messed up the Middle East, particularly Kuwait and Iraq (now Yemen) all of it, and Indochina. What kind of fucking people are we? We are like the British Empire without the sexy accent and hazy distance of history...

I suggest you do more reading on his administration and 3rd world countries, if we’re not just discussing his abysmal domestic policies, his participation and pardon of those in the Iran-Contra scandal, and the Gulf War. Ask the people of Panama how good/bad he was.

I’m just learning about what he did to Panama, and I’m horrified. Never ever heard a peep about it in any reporting on him or his presidency. It’s on DemocracyNow, War and Peace report today, if anyone’s interested in learning just how much of a monster he was. 

It is horrible but it’s just a symptom of our death by a thousand cuts of public education. PTA’s, sports orgs, the arts, they all have to raise their own money to provide these opportunities for students. And the only students who can really take advantage of them are kids from money who can afford the equipment, the…

I can count on no hands how chummy I’ve ever been with sister’s in law. That’s zero, btw. Still, we haven’t murdered each other, so there’s that. 

Because my mother, as “Grammy” of our fold, is dying and has weeks to live, I’ve thought a lot about how she centers us. We all (kids, grandkids, great-grands) always gathered around her and I wonder if this is a dying human condition, to gather around our matriarchs... since we are killing mama earth too. Too much…

We are fucking poor children on the daily, whether their parents are in jail or not. As a teacher and parent, the growing disparities between rich and poor are now even more apparent. Take for example a recent “send-your-kid-a-gift day at my son’s public elementary school, put on by the PTA. For $2 you can send your…

Yeah, the lesson on cynicism came and went, November 2016. Central claim: We should have more of it, not less.

But they didn’t have Twitter, so...

Imagine giving a con man and known cheater like Individual 1 the ultimate con of all in the US government: the power to pardon. Even now, Individual 1 thinks it can all be covered up and explained away (and he’s right, for his supporters) and that consequences are not real. That sort of entitlement astounds me, truly,…

I love leaders-behaving-badly stories, but only if they aren’t our leaders. I also love how Barbara tried to force the vomit back in with the towel. Classic Mom move: you will not puke and embarrass me right now! 

I blame Will Ferrell and ELF. Never heard of the song at all until that movie. 

Ah, the petty in me made me laugh so hard at this. Ouch but true. 

Marla is stunning.

I’m so glad one of us had the vag to say this. It’s all true, every bit. 

Okay, fair enough. I’m sure having become close to the family, a thing like this has to be devastating and I wasn’t thinking of her (and others around the family) response as a human. Thanks for the correction. 

I’m too lazy to link to it, but Trudeau called it NAFTA, cause it’s just the same thing they had and they are still arguing over the rest.

Agreed. 

I rarely do body posts but... his head is squaring up to his body, right? Like I’ve noticed in live action and shots like these that he’s actually becoming square. I say this because I feel like he’s hunching, a LOT more. When he walked in to the G20 today, as Putin and MSB were high-fiving, he’s hunching in on…

So basically, she was worried that it would come up it she made a run at Pelosi, because she actually became friends with them and never saw or acted on any abuse. That’s how I read it.