Despite What You May Have Been Led To Believe... All Is NOT Lost!

In The Wake Of The General Election and Despite What You May Have Been Led To Believe...

And, In Case You Are (with Good Reason) Worried About America's - And The World's - Future..

In Case You Care About Protecting The Environment and Preventing The Extinction Of Countless Other Species (Including Our Own)...

In Case You Care About The Future For Children and For Public Education...

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Electoral College: Make Hillary Clinton President on December 19

"On December 19th, 2017, the Electors of the Electoral College will cast their ballots. If they all vote the way their states voted, Donald Trump will win. However, in 14 of the states in Trump's column, they can vote for Hillary Clinton without any legal penalty if they choose. 

We are calling on the 149 Electors in those states to ignore their states' votes and cast their ballots for Secretary Clinton. Why?

Mr. Trump is unfit to serve. His scapegoating of so many Americans, and his impulsivity, bullying, lying, admitted history of sexual assault, and utter lack of experience make him a danger to the Republic. 

Secretary Clinton WON THE POPULAR VOTE and should be President. 

As Of 11/24/16, Hillary Clinton Won The Popular Vote Over Donald Trump By More Than 2.2 MILLION Votes (and Counting)!

America Has Spoken!

And, America Wants Hillary Clinton To Be Our Next President!

The only reason Trump "won" is because of the disastrous Electoral College (You remember the E.C., right?  They're the hot mess that gave us eight years of George W. Bush!)

But the Electoral College can actually give the White House to either candidate.

So why not use this most undemocratic of our institutions to ensure a democratic result?

HILLARY CLINTON WON THE POPULAR VOTE.

There is no reason Trump should be President.

"It's the 'People's Will'"

No. She won the popular vote...
By 2.2 MILLION Votes and Counting!

"Our system of government under our Constitution says he wins"

No. Our Constitution says the Electors choose (and they can vote how they want.)

"Too many states prohibit 'Faithless Electors"
24 states bind electors. If electors vote against their party, they usually pay a fine. And people get mad. But they can vote however they want and there is no legal means to stop them in most states."

Rolling Over and Surrendering To Apathy and/or Stupidity Is NOT An Option!

Stop This Runaway Train - I'm Getting Off* (*And Voting For Jill Stein)

The 2016 Presidential Election Is NOT A Runaway Train On A Collision Course With A Four-Year Long, Foul-Tasting, Festering, Fetid, Foregone Conclusion... Not Yet!

Whether You Consider Yourself A Conservative, Progressive or "Other", You Should Know That Everyone DOES Have A 3rd, Better-Qualified and Much Better Choice In This Election!

This November 8th, If You Truly Want Your Vote To Count As A Force For The Greater GOOD Instead of (sigh) - Yet Again - Voting For The Lesser Of Two Evils...

Then, You'll Take The Time To Familiarize Yourselves With Dr. Jill Stein - The ONLY Highly-Qualified, Truly Progressive, Female Candidate For President Of The United States!

The Next Four Years - Both For America and For The World - Are Much TOO Important For Us To Act Like Sheep On Their Way To Slaughter: Silently and Spinelessly Accepting What We Already Know To Be A Horrifying Fate - One That None Of Us Want Or Deserve - Doing The Thorazine Sheeple Shuffle To The Polls, Obeying The Will Of The Corptocracy/Elites By Voting For One Of Two Sides Of The Same Corporate-Owned, War-Mongering, Environment-and-Natural-Resource-Damning Coin.


"Obama Has Failed Victims of Racism and Police Brutality"
By Cornel West via theguardian.com

Open Your Eyes: The Great Forgetting (from @Truthdig) Don't Look Away!

The "Silent".

If you're a Doctor Who fan, you're familiar with villains known as "The Silence" and the group of member-priests, known as "The Silents", who used post-hypnotic suggestion to manipulate other species into doing their bidding.  One of the greatest challenges to taking on the Silence was that all memories of any encounters with the Silents would be instantaneously erased from one's memory as soon as an individual's gaze moved away from them...

"DANGER! DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! DANGER!

"Trump and Clinton, along with fellow candidate Bernie Sanders, refuse to admit what they (and quite a few of us) know:

Our most basic civil and political rights have been taken from us, the corporate oligarchy will remain entrenched in power no matter who wins the presidency, and elections are a carnival act.

The downward spiral of lost jobs and declining incomes, of shredded civil liberties, of endless war, is unstoppable as long as we use the traditional mechanisms of reform, including elections, to try to cope with the existential threat we face.

A VOTE FOR CLINTON, in essence, IS A VOTE FOR TRUMP or someone as bad as Trump.

Right-wing populism, here and in Europe, is not the product of an individual but the disenfranchisement, rage and despair stemming from the damage caused by (Surprise! Er, not.) Globalization.

And, until we wrest back control of OUR Destiny by BREAKING CORPORATE POWER, demagogues like Trump, and his repugnant doppelgangers in Europe, will proliferate."

(Excerpted from:)

The Great Forgetting (from @Truthdig):

"America’s refusal to fund and sustain its intellectual and cultural heritage has come with an enormous cost. We are now paying the bill."  - 2016/01/10

YES, Wonkette, HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA IS STILL A FEMINIST

Someone call Wonkette! (They'd gotten rather apoplectic over this misunderstanding.)

In an earlier post, I noted that there'd been an uproar over comments by His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, which had - it now appears to be - been quite clearly taken out of context.

His Holiness has a very self-deprecating sense of humour.  And, while not being outright critical, his comments often - if examined - reveal his perspective/views on society/culture.

He'd commented that it would be perfectly acceptable if the next Dalai Lama was a woman, but that she should have an attractive face, otherwise she would be of "no use." were mistaken for outrageously sexist remarks.

Hold your outrage for a moment, ladies and gents.
What His Holiness was, in fact, saying was that modern western culture/society still places far too much importance on the perceived superficial attractiveness of women - particularly of women who are seeking positions of power and/or women who are already in positions of power.*

(*See: "Hillary Clinton").

Here's to those of us who don't have a Trigger-Finger on our "Get Offended" Buttons!

YES, HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA IS STILL A FEMINIST

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Karl Rove's Symptoms Point To Copro-Encepalopathy

Breaking News:

Karl Rove's recent behavior indicates may be suffering from "Copro-Encephalopathy", according to a report on The Colbert Report.

Stephen's diagnosis may be right...

Remember Rove's mental meltdown on the night of Obama's re-election?

And, there's more...

The Colbert Report
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Anticipation: Chris Matthews On Hillary Clinton's Next Achievement

I'm with Chris on the Hillary Clinton story...

Dear Madame Secretary: Please... Take that well-earned and vastly-overdue break/vacation!  Have Fun!  Be with family and friends!

And then...?

Our Sincerest Wish: That - After Doing So - You Come Back, Relaxed, Inspired, Re-Energized And Kick Some Major A**!
From Hardball With Chris Matthews:

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