Whelp..I should have seen this coming. Last February I had to participate in 'Work Participation' to keep SNAP Benefits. By August I had been exempt somehow, yet they seem to have completely forgotten that when I renewed in January when I received a mailer from my local 'Career Source' branch.
2017 is turning out to be be continuing on the path set by 2016 by becoming wierderer and wierderer. Imagine if you will, the Clinton News Network broadcasting a full, unedited political debate in an really non-partisan way (really! I mean it). The format was straightforward. The speakers were self-controlled, by and large sticking to the questions proffered by the audience. The audience questioners presented represented a fair balance of differing opinions..
The stock market is lovin' The Donald.
The Dow gained 8.6 percent from the election to the inauguration, after gaining only 5.2 percent in all 2016 before Election Day. The only question is how much credit does Donald Trump deserve?
The Movement Advancement Project has released a new report, Mapping transgender equality in the United States.
MAP found that 31 states have low or negative ratings for protecting transgender rights.
Hi everyone. This is a personal essay, so I'll try and keep it short. I've written about my wife Clara, and her struggles to overcome the brain injury she suffered from chemotherapy before, here and elsewhere online over the past ten plus years.
This week, one of the the local TV News programs did a feature story on Clara, as part of their ongoing series, "Someone You Should Know."
Well that didn't take long.
Caitlyn Johnstone has been writing some pretty good articles lately. Today she hit one out of the park.
Her framing of the issue in this article is just a masterpiece - and if it catches on, it just might be a way to fight back against the warmonger Democrats in the public mind.
I'll post an excerpt below the fold, but it is really worth clicking the link to read this article in full.
An open thread dedicated to discussing books, movies, and tv shows we love. And occasionally some politics.
I thought we'd get into something a little meatier today. It's been a long time since I talked about a book.
