Oh wow! Maybe if they decide to just adjust the numbers for inflation, but the skinflints in charge are unlikely to do that!

I wonder what sort of mischief they will use that data for!?

Amen!
Alas! By time I got serious about moving to and becoming Canadian, I was too old for you guys to want me!

And haven’t for about 44 years! And the situation has only gotten worse since Reagan’s first round of tax cuts!

You and a million others!

Horrifying. I suspect this will become a modern Chateau d’If (as described in the Count of Monte Cristo) — where people are sent to be forgotten.

This sort awfulness makes me wonder about the recruiting practices of ICE. These people should not be allowed to have law enforcement credentials!

If only the Democrats had leadership willing to resist this dictator!

Le Crueset makes outstanding cookware at premium, perhaps beyond premium prices. As for me, I’ll stick to All Clad and Made In.

Would we even notice 144,000 people, honest-to-god Christians disppearing out of over eight and a quarter billion?

Just personally I prefer a hand bidet!

Swiped from a friend:

“Some folks say a man’s made out of mud,
But a poor man’s made out of muscle and blood,
Muscle and blood,
Skin and bone!
A mind that’s weak and a back that’s strong. . .”
- Merle Travis 1947
(But the Tennessee Ernie Ford cover is more famous)

Some time while we weren’t paying attention, this became a poor country! (‘Cause the super rich hogged up all the benefits of capitalism!)

The Orange One or
#45/7.

Elegant fur person!

Calico cat curled up on the legs of a person under a white quilt. One paw is stretched toward the camera and her eyes are slitted as if she's woken up just to judge you.

I love how Elsie can comfort and give the side eye at the same time.

Shady Vance is there for when #45/7 dementia gets so bad that even Republicans can see it!

Yes. One of my very first posts here had to be split into four parts!

A message of special significance
for Christian & Jewish investors
in weapons & fossil fuel companies

via Musical Left

But socialist authors and publishers need your support!

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

I’m not a big moviegoer, but I did actually see Brazil in the theater.

Remember, courage is doing what needs to be done in the face of fear.

Copyright Janet Lowther 2024

Every bit of it, because it forecloses the possibility of making rational decisions, of making decisions in your own interest, or in the best interest of your society.
You will become a puppet, simply reacting to whatever stimulus the fear mongers can manipulate you with.

Copyr. Janet Lowther 2024

Fear is data.
When you feel fear, ask yourself why? Analyze the cause. Is it true? Is it an actual danger you need to plan for?
But whatever you do, do not let fear rule you.
If you allow fear to rule, you give up your power to the fear mongers.

Copyright Janet Lowther 2024.

If we forgive student loan debt, what’s next?

We forgive medical debt? We outlaw punitive interest rates? We reorganize our economy around the needs of the many rather than the interests of a few?

Is that what you want??

A society where human life actually has value??

Yup. When do you think the revolution starts? The murder of the United Healthcare(less) CEO could be the Boston Tea Party of the next revolution.

I’ve put up with it for upwards of a year, and I ‘m still a long way from fluency!