June 12, 2019

"The sheer scope of corruption and malfeasance is unprecedented."

The BushCrimeFamily didn't destroy our democratic institutions as has the COPO (CorruptOrangePutinOrg.) They didn't commit Treason as 45 has, yet this is headshakingly horrible:

— Operated a secret global network of torture prisons.

— Refused to comply with a SCOTUS order to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

— Fired US attorneys who wouldn’t agree to gin up bogus voter fraud cases.

— Launched a WAR on false pretenses.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212179144

To which I'll add:

— Also stole a Presidential election.

— Sent $12bn in cash to Iraq that disappeared.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/feb/08/usa.iraq1

Proof that the GOP is corrupt to the bone.

And like victims of a Mafia protection scam, we've been letting them get away with it. "Hand it over or we'll destroy the country."

June 10, 2019

The Horrors!

Another one, much less known or discussed here in the US, is what the Japanese did to the Chinese...

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article32532561.html

14 Million deaths! Why is this never mentioned in the U.S.?
I was made aware of this only after visiting China.

June 9, 2019

We must stop killing whales - talking to you, Japan!!

And another inescapable conclusion: we must stop propagating ourselves into extinction - a most unpopular subject here.

Thanks for posting this, Cattledog. Wish more folks read this forum.

June 8, 2019

Yes.

New Survey Finds 3 Out Of 4 Americans Accept The Reality Of Climate Change

Jan 23, 2019 · A record number of Americans believe in climate change and the impact it’s creating on their daily lives. ... The survey, conducted by Yale University, polled 1,114 American adults on a number of topics related to climate change and global warming. ...

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/01/23/3-out-of-every-4-americans-now-accept-climate-change/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwi4x9PejdriAhXKxFQKHZxDCQoQFjAAegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw03mlDGWqILY85WHlvEjPMB&cf=1

June 7, 2019

WOW! OMG!

Your daughter has not only lived a fascinating life but poor girl had a very close call in Senegal - Yikes!! I can just imagine how worried you and your wife were. And here I am, a silly mom, a bit worried about my son's just going hiking/backpacking in the back coastal country of western Scotland for 3 wks.

DFW, you don't need to write a novel, just an autobiography. I'm serious. Your life is full of more interesting stories than anyone's else's I know. Among other stories, who else has had lunch with Howard Dean and Helen Thomas at the same time? I wish you'd kept your posts in your DU journal, because, for me, they were endlessly entertaining. I've a friend in NYC, an Academy award winning sound editor, who has taken my calls when sitting at his big console with some stars, but I've always been more fascinated with the stories of your life, your family members, and the characters you've known. It's not just the people you know and have known, but just as with some other great DUers here, it's your story-telling that pulls us in.

June 7, 2019

I saw 2 of these birdies last week.

Down in East Tennessee, black birdie-bear country.

June 6, 2019

Soldiers were pawns of fascist dictators.

Still are.

"...many if not most of these soldiers weren't 'Germans'."

My father was in the second wave landing on D-Day. Not far inland he came upon a German-made jeep with dead German soldiers; they were wearing German uniforms. He stole that jeep, picked up other Americans, and drove to confront the Germans. Although he never spoke of it, he received a metal for his acts of bravery.

"Soldiers not German"?
If I were conscripted and forced to fight in those bunkers that day, I would think I would have had a choice. I would have turned my weapons against those forcing me to be there, the GERMANS. And I would have put my hands in to the air when facing the Allied Forces.

How could that not have occurred to any thinking person, especially when facing sure death, because what would they have had to lose?

May 29, 2019

DUer Enoki33 recently posted...

"It seems the pinnacle of human hubris to assume we have some sort of monopoly on technology and universal exploration. The shock to our social, political and religious systems will be worldwide if and when we finally get answers that confirm our own ancient tribal oral histories. Hope l am still around then."

May 26, 2019

More "confidence" in Kim Jong-un than own security advisors.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/trump-jeered-for-overseas-attack-on-joe-biden-this-alone-should-be-an-impeachment-charge/

And he tweeted this while visiting Japan, a country which is threatened by N.K.'s weapons. This is a huge diplomatic misstep for tRump.

He's off his f'n rocker and is falling off the cliff now. Insane. The press needs to megaphone this shocking tweet and explain its implications.

May 24, 2019

Can't we talk about how we're going to live on Mars?

Or something like that? How science will soon be able to solve all those GW problems?

Don't worry, be happy. Lalalalala