The NY Times finally asked a good question: “Why aren’t black voters supporting the black presidential candidates?
What they discovered warms my heart. Just look at these quotes.
Some months back I wrote, "the so-called 'moderates' are the most rabidly partisan...With little of ideological substance to distinguish them from their opponents, partisan tribal-based politics is the only game in town."
For many years, Ms. Arendt and I have enjoyed watching the no-commercials broadcast of the Tournament of Roses (ToR) Parade on HGTV. But nothing stays the same. This year HGTV didn't cover it. All we could find was NBC (with that overexposed blowhard, Al Roker) or ABC. We went with ABC, whose commentators were just fine. The problem was all the commercial interruptions.
Greeting fellow swampers and those who prefer to remain dry.
It has been a while since I shared with you some new insights gained from the world of genetics and political diversions. Fear not, your diligent swamp observer has been busy in the past few weeks (after digesting a really large pre-thanksgiving meal).
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q260GXNUKlU]
At this point, the IdPol crowd may as well support feckless cunts (Yeah, I said it) like Ivanka Trump.
A word of caution: I had a bit of trouble reading this article, as it kept getting 'stuck'. I have no idea why; I had to close it, then go back to it from my history a few times before I could reach the bottom. As the cool kids say, YRMV.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-identity-politics-is-not-so-bla...
You probably knew that you were a Putin Puppet, but did you know that you were a Nazi too?
I didn't know that I was a Nazi until recently. It was a surprise to me because a large branch of my family was executed in the Holocaust by actual Nazis.
How did I become an anti-Semite? I used the term "globalist".
TPTB have been suppressing class based arguments for a hundred years. With the demise of communism, the efforts of the corporate media to throw "class" into the "dustbin of history" have been unopposed, despite massive and ever growing class inequality. Economics has been twisted into a Manichean fight between laissez faire globalists and the demonized other, communists/socialists/New Dealers. This black and white narrative means that alternative worldviews are almost unknown.
I have no use for Identity Politics because it precludes solidarity, and solidarity is the only thing that will ever win against the extreme wealth inequality that is poisoning this country.
Now I have another reason to oppose Identity Politics: the cynical use of it by establishment Democrats against the progressive grassroots.
