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Once upon a time, I wrote on this here blog so frequently that mere mortals had a hard time keeping up. Strangely enough, all that...
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The Upside Down World ~ The Blog
- Jul 26, 2020
- 6 min
Regarding the State of My Country
You kind of have to laugh to keep from crying. Sometimes my heart just breaks as I watch the lengths the powers of this world are willing...
- Mar 21, 2020
- 6 min
Finding Peace In a Time of Dread
I don’t know if you’ve ever had a freight train barrelling down on you and all you can do is wait for it to hit before. You’re waiting...
- Dec 16, 2019
- 2 min
America’s Dark Night of the Soul
Everything is really dark right now. The forces of evil appear are fighting to maintain the upper hand and are clearly determined to drag...
- Dec 11, 2019
- 4 min
Hate In a Time of Trump
In the last few years I’ve had numerous people confess to me that they were really struggling with hate towards Trump, his supporters,...
- Feb 22, 2018
- 1 min
Who Are You Calling a Liar? Parkland Shooting Edition
If we smile or laugh, we’re lying because we should be grief stricken. If we cry hysterically, we’re acting because we’re over the top....
- Sep 26, 2017
- 3 min
This Is Today’s Test
I really hate that we’re even having this conversation because it’s so damn stupid, but no one is disrespecting the flag. That’s just a...
- Sep 5, 2017
- 2 min
Sadly, Being Nice Rarely Changes Things
While I’m usually pretty nice and well behaved here on my blog, it has happened a time or two in real life and on social media that I...
- Sep 1, 2017
- 5 min
A Bunch of Noah’s in Nashville
Do you know what I don’t like doing? Arguing with conservative Christians. I used to do it. But it’s pointless. Sometimes someone is so...
- Jan 24, 2017
- 2 min
Just How Out of Touch Are Trump and the Radical Right? Here’s the List
78% say Citizens United was a bad decision 63% would support raising the minimum wage to $15/hr 75% would support raising it to $12.50...
- Jan 24, 2017
- 1 min
Social Justice, Prophetic Voice Memes
My brain won’t write today, so I made memes. I’m thinking of doing more of these pairing social justice issues with prophetic words of...
- Jan 23, 2017
- 2 min
Your Simple Act of Resistance For the Day 1/23
We’re in a bit of a quandary here with Trump. He is giving every appearance of being a despot in the making. It’s possible, he’s just an...
- Jan 23, 2017
- 2 min
Trump Declares His Inauguration Day a “Day of Patriotic Devotion” #notajoke #notadrill
I’ve been arguing for months that it’s Trump’s intention to turn us into a Russian style oligarchy. So far, he’s done nothing to convince...
- Jan 23, 2017
- 4 min
What’s the Point of Protesting? #womensmarch
shudder and wretch inducing inauguration, the incredibly successful Women’s March on Saturday was balm for a lot of our souls. A reminder...
- Jan 19, 2017
- 2 min
Do You Think They’d Let Me Pet Their Unicorns If I Asked?
Many Trump supporters literally voted for a person who exists only in their head. I first realized that there was something strange going...
- Jan 18, 2017
- 6 min
Going High When They Go Low Isn’t How You Win; You Gotta Fight to Win
There’s an interesting interview with cognitive linguist George Lakoff going around in which he discussed this problem. His thesis,...
- Jan 18, 2017
- 3 min
To All the Good, Decent People Supporting Donald Trump
Not everyone means the best. Not everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt. It’s not a majority of people who are terrible people. Not...
- Jan 17, 2017
- 1 min
Oh, America, How Do I Love Thee?
It’s good to remember that one of the hallmarks of American character, going right back to the very beginning, has been that we tend to...
- Jan 16, 2017
- 2 min
Is This the End Times Delusion?
I’m pretty sure Christian enthusiasm for Trump, where it exists, is the end times delusion the fundies have been trying to warn us was...
- Jan 16, 2017
- 1 min
Speaking of Special Snowflakes
#socialcommentary #funny #politics #history #meme #funnymeme #currentevents
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