Saturday Reads

Words do indeed matter, and we need to pay attention to how the far right uses them to their advantage.
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There were student-led protests against gun violence all over the country, including here in southern Oregon.  I had planned to go to the one in Medford today, but it was so cold, thanks to it having snowed in the mountains last night, I passed on it.  The wind chill was just horrendous in addition to the dampness.

It did warm up later in the afternoon.  I wish the march had been held around 1 o'clock.  That would have been idea.
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The so-called left can be just as sexist as the right.  Case in point is the mess going on in the UK with its Labour Party.  It has fervently embraced the transgenderism bullshit.
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Just what is the 25th Amendment?  Robert Reich explains:


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Arnold Schwarzenegger says the GOP is sinking like the Titanic:

He went on to say the GOP is losing women voters because they don’t address issues like the environment, education and health care. The actor added that he has tried to tell the party that it is killing the GOP to be so anti-health care.

“Since then the party has decreased and now has only a 26 percent popularity overall and so it is dying and I see it like the Titanic,” he noted. “The only thing is that we don’t have to go under completely. We don’t have to wait for that moment. Let’s change and let’s go and be more open and go back to this kind of like big tent idea of Ronald Reagan.”

Reagan's ideas, though, spurred this libertarian, Koch-backed horseshit that is tanking the country.
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