Update

Update: Not watching the news, been very reflective since I last came here and wrote. I am still seeing heated debates between progressives about “Whose a real Progressive, and who isn't.” Of which I am not a real progressive anymore apparently. I am seeing people screaming the world's on fire, and yes, yes it is. I see the more “moderate” wing of the Democratic Party pointing fingers at progressives, blaming people who didn't vote for Clinton for Trump, I see Congress still cannot get anything passed, even with a GOP controlled House and Senate. I see constant Tweets from our so-called president, that are insane (seriously, someone needs to take his internet access away), and I hear the rumors.

Horror Movies, no, Movies in General

I'm going to talk about something near and dear to my heart, and its not politics. I love horror movies, I love reading the likes of Poe and King, truly these two gentlemen are masters of horror. I cannot speak about Poe, but I can about King, as I have heard some of his commentaries on his own work. Everyone has something that bugs them, something that gets under their skin, when reading the work of Stephen King, its the stuff that goes bump in the night, and makes his skin crawl.

More of the UBI thing

So, today on my random outing and about on Facebook, I see another UBI post, this time describing how it is inflationary and it is the status quo. Lots of activity on it before I got to say much of anything, but among some of the tidbits were that a UBI is advocated by right wing groups and neoliberals.

UBI The Good, The Bad, and How I See It.

Recently on my sparse viewing of FaceBook, I saw a man who is an advocate of Modern Monetary Theory, lamenting people's love of the UBI, or Universal Basic Income; aka: Guaranteed Basic Income, Mincome, Living Stipend, etc. etc. etc. In his mind, robotics is something that we should not be concerned about for the next ten or twenty years or so. Ironically enough, his constantly advocating for a Federal Job Guarantee, is missing the mark of what he wants to see happen.

8 Rules of What?

So, I get on Facebook this very morning and I see this post. Now, under normal circumstances I would edit out the name, for the protection of one who likely means well and is grossly misinformed, or simply does not know better. This is not a normal circumstance, this was posted in a pro-Stein group, and this gentleman is running for a seat in the US Senate in the Great State of Massachusetts. Now, I have no real love for Massachusetts, or Jill Stein but this notion of the “Useful Idiot” is worse than the whole “Welfare Queen” myth.

Right or Privilege

For the OP's protection, as well as the group he is in, I have edited this screen shot of some of the most insane things I have ever read. Well, not for his protection, I just edited it so that he doesn't get “harassed” by “mentally ill liberals” and grammar nazis. For those of you who don't want to read this butchering of the English language, he feels that healthcare, food and shelter are not rights. In it he laments that the person he was debating kept repeating that those three things are rights, without presenting a legitimate argument, only that said person believes, thinks, and is convinced that these things should be rights. He also concludes that liberalism is a mental illness, but you don't have a right to get that checked out, its a privilege.

Impeach Trump, Careful What You Wish For

I have recently been seeing a lot of people pushing to impeach President Trump. No, I don't like the man, I find him to be obnoxious, hateful, woefully ignorant, and at best incompetent. Should he be impeached, well, that depends on what the Special Prosecutor finds during the course of his investigation. Will he be impeached, I seriously doubt it, we are stuck with him for at least four years or until the GOP gets sick of listening to him.