Bird of Ill Omens (aka Vinnie the Vulture, Pandemic Pal) On October 22, 2020, the US saw the largest reporting of new Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. Over 77,000 new cases were reported. In the Presidential debate that same evening, Trump once again repeated the falsehood that American had “turned the corner”... Continue Reading →
GOP Hypocrisy: Real Life vs. the Right to Life
(A Comment on the A.C. Barret Nomination) It was a really staggering experience in the midst of a pandemic to listen to the arguments put forth by right wing GOP senators as they recklessly pushed forward the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. Rarely have both hypocritical faces of the GOP been so fully... Continue Reading →
Viral Misinformation: Trump as Super-spreader
A recent research survey of the sources of misinformation about the Covid-19 Coronavirus determined that the number one culprit in spreading misinformation was US president Donald Trump. That being true, it is hardly surprising that it now appears that he might be a super-spreader of the virus itself. He has certainly sponsored super-spreading events. He... Continue Reading →
Proud Boys: Useful Idiots (The Other Problem with Racists)
Very recently a former high-ranking foreign service professional referred to Donald Trump as Vladimir Putin’s “useful idiot.” Every dictator needs useful idiots. Putin has Trump. Trump has the “Proud Boys” and other racists. Mussolini had “Black Shirts,” Hitler had “Brown Shirts,” Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic had their goons and thugs- all aspiring and practicing... Continue Reading →
Mind-Cast 