Bernie slams the Tyrant at a rally in Idaho yesterday:
At another rally, location not given, Bernie says "We are the 99 percent" and "we're scaring the hell out of Trump and Musk":
And Trae Crowder recommends empathy to all the rightwing voters who just don't give a fuck if innocent people are "disappeared" and sent to hell on earth:
Look who's sporting a new beard and stache. I'm lovin' it:
Ya know, fellas, I can't keep up with all the bad news, even if I wanted to. Our national nightmare keeps spiralling further and further into polymorphic perversion and raving madness. And did I mention all deliberate stupidity with malice aforethought? Between bouts of nauseated disgust and horrified astonishment, I have to turn my mind to pleasant subjects before it goes right off the rails. So I intersperse my news & opinion posts with more inspiring thoughts, or pretty things, to keep myself calm and stable here in the happy little cottage M.P. and I share. Maybe you can relate.
A few noteworthy political items follow, just for the record.
First up, the Liberal Redneck has something to say about MAGA madness and the DOGE boys:
While we're on that subject, Governor J.B. Prizker of Illinois, in his State of the State address yesterday, rang the alarm bell loud and clear on the Nazi parallel with Trump's actions:
And Senator Bernie Sanders makes plain the parallels between Putin and his American wannabe:
I was never a Bernie supporter, but he would sure get my vote now, if I could cast it for him.
Trae Crowder is excited about Kamala's VP pick, and why shouldn't he be? I agree with everything he says here. So listen up now.
P.S.-- M.P. has signed up for Ground News and says he likes it a lot, much better than the default news he was getting on his computer. I'm afraid to change my settings, you never know what unintended consequences that will bring. But I scan a lot of different news sources anyway.
Official White House portrait of Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States Click to enlarge.
Well, what a weekend that was, a total turnaround in the Democratic party, which raked in $80 million in campaign contributions from small donors in 24 hours. Whooeee! We are fired up for sure, now.
This is the most electrifying political moment in my memory, which goes back to the time of JFK. Your Head Trucker voted for him, I'm proud to say. It's no lie - I went into the voting booth with my mom, and she let me pull the lever next to his name
This was state of the art in 1960, and they kept working just fine all over the country for decades. The votes were recorded and tallied electrically.
.But between you and me, fellas, although I'm very enthused about smart, strong Kamala, I also know she has flaws alongside her virtues: she's a human being, like all other politicians. I may not agree with everything she says and does; but I do believe her heart and mind are firmly on the side of democracy and the rule of law, with liberty and justice for all.
And she's electable! She has my vote in the bag already, and I hope will get enough more to stop the fascist steamroller from taking over. That's a mighty big, mighty tough job - she will be a target for outrageous abuse and maybe worse. We should all keep her in our prayers.
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) ; I was never a Bernie fan, but I agree with every word he says here:
And here's that hillbilly sumbitch Trae Crowder, plagiarizing me. What he says about the veep choices in the last part of this video is exactly what I wrote in my Sunday post - a part I later deleted, thinking it sounded too smartass.
Damn, boy! What you mean, poaching off my blog? Or are you some kinda fuckin' mind reader or somethin'? Hell, maybe we just think alike, in which case you are a goddamn smart fella. Next time you come through town, gimme a call, I'll buy you a beer.
BONUS: Kamala outlines her experience and her vision in her first speech to campaign workers in Wilmington, Delaware, yesterday:
Your Head Trucker doesn't necessarily agree with every word that comes out of Trae Crowder's rude, crude mouth - but what he says about his old drinking buddy J. D. is certainly noteworthy. Funny, too.
Well guys, I posted a lot of things last week, and I could post a lot more - but frankly, I'm quickly reaching my load limit of outraged, despairing, OMG-what-a-nightmare, the-fascists-are-coming news posts. In times of tragedy, there's only so much grief and pain your heart can stand; and then you have to back off a bit, get quiet, and try to consider the bigger picture and the way forward.
At this point, all the news and all the jabber boils down to: yes, the future looks pretty damn scary, but we have to live it one day at a time and just do the best we can to get through it unscathed. All else is unknown at this point, and it won't help you or anyone else to spin out and crash now when your help and talents may be needed later. So just chill for a while, guys, and meanwhile focus on what's really important in your lives, and how you can make that better, here and now. We don't know what tomorrow will bring, so take care of today.
My darling Mama used to chide me when I'd get into a fret about something or other, saying, "Don't worry so much! Ninety percent of what you worry about never happens." As I've grown from youth to old man, I've come to realize that she was, of course, right.
I'm not going to stop posting but I think I will throttle back a bit on the Blue Truck here. You guys can check out Google News as easily as I can, and there are specific gay-news links in the sidebar at the right that cover stories pertinent to People Like Us. I never have tried to cover all the news, all the time in this blog. I'll go on posting, as usual, a highly personal selection of tidbits and newsbites that arouse my interest or strike my fancy.
And for the record, I may not agree with every single thought or phrase in the things I post, and there might be more to the story than is reported; but in what I post there's usually some point that I think is worth pondering or adding to the store of one's knowledge. The more you know, the more you grow; and as Socrates famously pointed out, the wise man is the one who knows that he does not know everything.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is discord, harmony; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. Grant that I may seek not so much to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
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Churches say that the expression of love in a heterosexual monogamous relationship includes the physical, the touching, embracing, kissing, the genital act - the totality of our love makes each of us grow to become increasingly godlike and compassionate. If this is so for the heterosexual, what earthly reason have we to say that it is not the case with the homosexual?
It is a perversion if you say to me that a person chooses to be homosexual. You must be crazy to choose a way of life that exposes you to a kind of hatred. It's like saying you choose to be black in a race-infected society.
If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God.
