G+: Your vocabulary word of the day: Kakistocracy Your vocabulary word of the day: Kakistocracy Hullabaloo HOME. Digby’s Hullabaloo 2801 Ocean Park Blvd. Box 157. Santa Monica, Ca 90405. Facebook: Digby Parton Twitter: @digby56 @Gaius_Publius @BloggersRUs (Tom Sullivan) @spockosbrain emails: Digby: thedigbyblog at gmail. Dennis: satniteflix at gmail. Gaius: publius.gaius at gmail Read at Google+
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G+: Another GOP Senator Denies America Another GOP Senator Denies America Top Senate Republican dismisses importance of Russian interference with presidential election Sen. Cornyn’s reaction? There’s no news here. Read at Google+
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G+: MIssed this before Donald Trump does not give a tepid damn about women's issues. He's so bored by it, he blew off the highest ranking woman in Congress and had her speak to Ivanka. "When Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, called Donald J. Trump shortly after the Nov. 8 election, they talked about domestic policy and infrastructure. But when Ms. Pelosi raised the specific subject of women’s issues, the president-elect did something unexpected: He handed the phone over to another person in the room — his 35-year-old daughter, Ivanka." Will Ivanka Trump Be the…
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G+: The weird obscurity lurking deep in the Electoral College process The weird obscurity lurking deep in the Electoral College process Electoral College Ties Read at Google+
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Getting really tired of #longblonde Nazi spokeswomen. 2016-12-01 @alexkasprak @KillerMartinis The ranking Democrat on that committee needs to start running a fact-based Twitter account. in reply to alexkasprak 2016-12-01 @alexkasprak @KillerMartinis Ranking Democrat Eddie Bernice Johnson https://t.co/oz1NwzL6jq in reply to alexkasprak 2016-12-01 @valexkasprak @KillerMartinis HORRIFYING Lamar Smith statement – https://t.co/2el0RmSKbI 2016-12-01 @alexkasprak @KillerMartinis Ugh. https://t.co/2el0RmSKbI in reply to alexkasprak 2016-12-01 @RepEBJ Hello – comment on this statement?? https://t.co/2el0RmSKbI 2016-12-01 @alexkasprak @KillerMartinis Her Twitter handle is @RepEBJ in reply to alexkasprak 2016-12-01 @kurteichenwald Well, now we know for sure to remind Stein voters that it's their fault. in reply to kurteichenwald…
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G+: Or Maybe Not: Shell and the Arctic I may choose to buy gas at Shell despite my sympathies with the Seattle "kayaktivists" but ride my bike for shorter errands, as an act of political defiance. I already have very low weekly mileage as a result of working from home; I only drive myself for grocery errands, church, and such. Hm. It’s getting harder for oil companies to make money. Here’s why. Shell has pulled out of the Arctic. That’s just the latest sign that Big Oil is in big trouble. Read at Google+
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G+: Maybe I need to switch to Shell. #ExxonKnew I've continued to use Mobil (ExxonMobil) as my preferred gas station, but after reading a couple of recent articles like this, maybe I need to switch my allegiance to Shell, since they at least have supported solar in the past and see it as a core energy source in the future. Green really is the new black as Big Oil gets a taste for renewables | Business | The Guardian Read at Google+
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G+: Global trumpism: India's Modi manufactures reality with push polls What do we call ourselves? What do we call the forces of "global trumpism" with a small t? How about The Resistance versus The Empire? Global trumpism: how India’s brutal leader manufactures reality with trumped-up “polls” Global trumpism: how India’s brutal leader manufactures reality with trumped-up “polls” Read at Google+
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G+: Nigel Farage is willing to serve Trump 'formally or informally' The Donnie and Nige Show is going to be yuge. It'll be big league. I'm starting to feel very sorry for Angela Merkel in Germany, as France and Italy are lurching rightward, too. Be afraid. Nigel Farage is willing to serve Trump ‘formally or informally’ | US news | The Guardian Read at Google+
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G+: They Are Not Coming For Your Guns. They Are Gunning For Your Uterus Utah Rep. Mia Love wants to keep investigating Planned Parenthood for selling fetal tissue. She thinks women need their uteri to be protected from their owners' choices. The House’s Pointless Fetal Tissue Witch Hunt Is Determined to Seem Relevant The “baby parts” committee is telling Texas to investigate a Planned Parenthood on charges that have already been disproved. Read at Google+