March 19, 2025

Town hall with Rep. Jim McGovern in Greenfield MA last night.

There were 750 people in the middle school auditorium and many more outside who couldn't get in. He stopped to talk to the people outside before he came in accompanied by a thunderous standing ovation. He warned that fascism isn't coming, it's already here. He said that when they don't follow the rules, neither should we, and we need to start thinking out of the box, including planning for a general strike. I am proud of my congressman.

March 19, 2025

Town Hall with Rep. James McGovern tonight in Greenfield.

There were 750 people in the middle school auditorium and many more outside who couldn't get in. He stopped to talk to the people outside before he came in accompanied by a thunderous standing ovation. He warned that fascism isn't coming, it's already here. He said that when they don't follow the rules, neither should we, and we need to start thinking out of the box, including planning for a general strike. I am proud of my congressman.

March 5, 2025

SecVA recent address pisses me off..

https://x.com/secvetaffairs/status/1897386635467354408?s=46

VA is already more efficient than private health care. It ain't broke. Don't "fix" my goddamn health care!

March 1, 2025

Little Marco is scared. Boo hoo.

https://theberkshireedge.com/i-witness-marco-rubio-is-scared-to-death-what-took-him-so-long/

One of the most fascinating aspects of observing politics over the past 10 years has been the capitulation of formerly principled Republican legislators to the insanity of Donald John Trump.

Although Marco Rubio is hardly the only exemplar of cowardice in a political party that surrendered its own authority as a coequal branch of government to a deranged bully, he is as good an illustration of their spinelessness as any.

Marco Rubio is the child of Cuban refugees, so he knows exactly how dangerous a dictator—like Castro, say, or Xi, or Kim, or Putin—is to the health and welfare of the citizens living within an autocracy. This makes his transformation from champion of liberty to subservient invertebrate particularly stunning.

Once upon a time, Rubio was an ardent anti-communist, meaning anti-Xi, anti-Putin, anti-Kim. He was also a proponent of PEPFAR, USAID, and other humanitarian programs, because he understood the value of global soft-power to the national interest of the United States, to say nothing of the fact that it is morally repugnant to withhold food, water, and medicine from starving children.

I get all my health care from the VA, should I trust this guy?

https://news.va.gov/press-room/secretary-collins-message-to-veterans-and-va-employees/?utm_source=feature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VetResources&utm_id=05FEB2025

My inclination is to say, "Fuck no!"

February 4, 2025

The Afrikaaner needs a new nickname.

Robert Reich calls him Muskrat, but I don't think muskrats deserve to be associated with TSF's handler. So, I decided to rearrange the letters in his name to something more appropriate. From now I will refer to him as Elon Skum. I hope you like it.

January 4, 2025