Practical realities whether we like them or not.

Defund the Police is setting the twittersphere all noisy. I prefer the term “demilitarize” but that attracted a lot of insistently earnest tweeters who say it has to be DEFUND or nothing. Ok, let it be nothing then. It will be the 2020 version of Medicare for All. Medicare for All sounds like a fix […]

Focus!, Donald.

This is how Trump has decided to tackle the virus: Does even one immigrant prevent him from nationwide testing? Are the immigrants stealing truckloads of PPE from hard hit states that paid for it out of their own funds? And where did that pirated PPE go, by the way? To Georgia, Texas and South Dakota? […]

Mobbing the Ladies

If you’ve ever been the target of a mobbing or smear campaign, you know what a destructive force it can be in your life. Usually, the mobbing or smear is started by a person with significant narcissistic tendencies. The process can go on for decades. It goes like this. The narcissist has a dislike of […]

Chocolate and Pittsburgh

Today is the day we have been waiting for since November 9, 2016. Remember the horror of that morning when you realized that the Congress, Supreme Court and Presidency were in the hands of ultra right wing lunatics? I was sick to my stomach. I had to take the bus to my job in downtown […]

We were warned

This is The Briefing that the Clinton campaign put out before the election in 2016: The Clinton Campaign posted this video on October 15, 2016. pic.twitter.com/KwRX0wgauO — Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) July 20, 2018 I saw this at the time and I had read a lot of different sources to back it up. So, it didn’t […]

We have a map

PA Governor Wolf submitted a new Congressional district map to the PA Supreme Court that combines the submissions from the Republicans and Democrats. “While my preference would have been for the General Assembly to send me a fair map, I believe this map sets forth a new standard of fairness.” Governor Wolf’s map, along with […]

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit – Forever.

Last night, I was thinking about why it was that there seems to be so little pushback from our side and it hit me that the reason was that Hillary is out of the picture and the media has put her supporters on mute. It suddenly dawned on me just what a powerful woman and […]

Friday Fast for Puerto Rico

Hi Conflucians, In the past 9 years, we’ve had a lot of ups and downs. But nothing compares to what our fellow Americans are going through in Puerto Rico right now in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Aid has been slow to get to that country, er, unincorporated US territory. Some of it has to […]

Tiramisu for Breakfast

It’s sweet, delicious and loaded with caffeine. Trying a new perfume sample this morning. It has coffee notes in it. Smells like Angel for men but nicer and softer, not cloyingly sweet. *************************************** The quake in Mexico City has left hundreds dead and comes only a couple of weeks after the strongest quake they’ve ever […]

I’ll tell you what happened. :-[

The data analysts at FiveThirtyEight did a partial review on Hillary’s new book, “What Happened”. For the most part, they agree with her assessment. Check out the podcast if you have a chance. Here are some highlights and my own take from a fairly dedicated campaign worker’s point of view: 1.) Sexism was definitely involved. […]