Tag: politics
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TAPA # 202 TRUMPSTITUTION
The origin of the word prostitute is the Latin prostituere, meaning “to put forth publicly” or “to offer something of value for sale in a manner considered degrading or dishonorable.” In ancient Rome, the term evolved to mean offering one’s body, what many regard as sacred, for sale. A person who did so became a prostitute, and the…
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TAPA # 201 ENDANGERED CHILDREN
Attached is Thomas Friedman’s piece, a long read but one well worth reading, especially when you consider his final statement: “Every day we tolerate such behavior we endanger our children’s future”. While a majority of Americans struggle to pay their bills, are going into debt on their credit cards, farmers losing farms and/or crops, service members…
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TELLING IT LIKE IT IS
Rep. Jared Huffman of California tells it like it is. Tried to transfer the video but it seemed to be blocked? So here is the transcript of his speech to the House Committee. I think it is pertinent to today’s continued trail of deception, deceit and grift Trump is traveling down. “and if we’re real,…
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TAPA #200 OCCUM’S TEXAS RAZOR
Texas remains Republican-leaning overall, but Democrats make up a very large minority of the state and dominate several major urban counties including Harris (Houston), Dallas and Travis (Austin), along with increasingly competitive suburban regions. Trump’s endorsement of Paxton for the U.S. Senate was not surprising. Birds of a feather, as they say. Trump is a…
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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY
Happy Memorial Day, 2026. Last week I attended a Memorial Day concert at my grandson’s middle school. The kids did a wonderful job performing the familiar patriotic songs. What disturbed me, however, was the behavior during the national anthem. Many of the parents, mostly Generation X, failed to show the respect the anthem and the…
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THE COLBERT WAY
Stephen Colbert’s last show was such a nuanced display of integrity, intelligence, mature comedy, and honest satire. As Bruce Springsteen said, “This is the first show ever canceled because a president couldn’t take a joke and … the owners of CBS are simply kissing the fat ass.” Colbert did not get emotional or “act out.”…
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PATSY!!!
All I can think of when I listen to Republicans, or read newspaper reports about Trump’s newest scam flowing dollars into his pocket, or into the pockets of people he believes will help funnel even more money into his pocket, is the word “patsy.” That is what many Republican MAGAs have become. Trump began his…
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TAPA # 199 REPUBLICAN COMPLICITY
Over the weekend I listened to a podcast, read about the Louisiana primary where Senator Cassidy was defeated by a Trump supported rival, and reflected on the Indiana primary where Republicans who dared oppose Trump suffered a similar fate. Then I read the Sunday article, “Lamar Alexander Wants Republicans to Stand Up to Trump.” Alexander,…
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TAPA # 197 ONLY THE FACTS MAM
As Trump diverts from Epstein, the economy and national security, he heads to China for a meeting with President Xi. Trump is weakened and clearly inept. The fear is Trump will make some deal to rehabilitate his image and add to his family fortune with a deal that puts the American people in the woodchipper.…
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TAPA # 194 CHOICES!!!
Watching the Secretary of Defense’s recent testimony before Congress raises a fundamental question: what are the priorities of this administration and Republicans and who benefits from them? Priorities are choices. Nations, like individuals, choose what to value: to feed or to starve, to fight or to negotiate, to build or to destroy, to heal or…
THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE 