Category Archives: Grossly Unacceptable Excuses

23 May 2003 to June 2004

SECTION 9.2 23 MAY 2003 TO JUNE 2004 Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………..208 May 2003: after resolution 1483 ……………………………………………………………………..208 June 2003 …………………………………………………………………………………………………211 July 2003 ………………………………………………………………………………………………….232 August 2003 ……………………………………………………………………………………………..253 September 2003 ………………………………………………………………………………………..262 October 2003 ……………………………………………………………………………………………277 November 2003 …………………………………………………………………………………………290 December 2003 …………………………………………………………………………………………307 January 2004 … Continue reading

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The Trump Tax Plan: Greed Like You’ve Never Seen Before, or “Analysis of Trump’s Tax Plan Shows Big Cuts in Taxes, Federal Revenue”

Gentle Reader – Let us now say goodbye to what we thought we knew about how our Government worked. Infrastructure spending – goodby. Health care (ACA, Medicare, Medicaid) – adios. Educational assistance – adieu. The rich will make out like … Continue reading

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Trump’s Tax Plan: Massive cuts for the 1% will usher ‘era of dynastic wealth’

Gentle Reader – It is this setup for the next 4 years – a tax cut that removes somewhere between 5 and 9 trillion dollars from the Federal Treasury, most going to the wealthiest 1% – that sets the stage … Continue reading

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June 2005 to May 2006

489 SECTION 9.4 JUNE 2005 TO MAY 2006 Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………..490 June 2005 …………………………………………………………………………………………………490 July 2005 ………………………………………………………………………………………………….498 August 2005 ………………………………………………………………………………………………510 September 2005 …………………………………………………………………………………………517 October 2005 ……………………………………………………………………………………………..535 November 2005 ………………………………………………………………………………………….556 December 2005 ………………………………………………………………………………………….566 January 2006 ……………………………………………………………………………………………..573 February 2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………..582 March 2006 … Continue reading

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NYTimes: No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along

No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along Charles M. Blow NOV. 23, 2016   Donald Trump schlepped across town on Tuesday to meet with the publisher of The New York Times and some editors, columnists and reporters at the paper. … Continue reading

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NYTimes: How to Help if Someone Is Being Harassed

How to Help if Someone Is Being Harassed Anna North NOV. 23, 2016 Photo Credit Christian Hansen for The New York Times What would you do if you saw someone yelling at a woman on a bus, telling her to … Continue reading

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NYTimes: A Wave of Harassment After Trump’s Victory

A Wave of Harassment After Trump’s Victory Anna North TAKING NOTE NOV. 18, 2016 Photo Messages posted after Election Day on the “subway therapy” wall at the Union Square station in New York City. Credit George Etheredge for The New … Continue reading

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Donald Trump, Stephen Bannon and how bigotry became a cool new trend | Nesrine Malik | Opinion | The Guardian

Gentle Reader – the attempt to “normalize” these bigots and racists has begun. Remember, the violence these people are capable of perpetrating upon us will always start with words; indeed the words have begun. They are not normal; this is … Continue reading

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June 2006 to 27 June 2007

SECTION 9.5 JUNE 2006 TO 27 JUNE 2007 Contents Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………..2 June 2006 ……………………………………………………………………………… …………………..2 July 2006 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………11 August 2006 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….24 September 2006 ………………………………………………………………………………………….30 October 2006 ………………………………………………………………………………………………41 November 2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………..49 December 2006 …………………………………………………………………………………………..60 January 2007 ………………………………………………………………………………………………69 February 2007 …………………………………………………………………………………………….99 March … Continue reading

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Will there be a Korean war under Trump’s presidency?

Gentle Reader – In the context of the previous piece, this may be the place where the war begins. When the President-elect’s economic plans fail, when he is reviled by the very people who voted for him, when his tax … Continue reading

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