Monday, May 09, 2022

Choose or Lose Wrangle


It would be beneficial for "The Left" to stop the backbiting and infighting on this issue and unite in order to turn back the Christofascist wave sweeping Texas and the nation.  Two things: not holding my breath, and because there are varying definitions of "left" and unite", I should clarify that mine do not include centrist Democrats nor voting for them.


I'm capable of voting for a few Texas Democrats in November, provided the party's voters can nominate some that I can support.  I can recommend a few more for those of you who vote blue in districts where you live, like Claudia Zapata in TX-21.


And I heartily recommend direct democracy.  Because it's really the only kind left.


But Democrats shouldn't kid themselves about their chances in the fall.  A lot of people who used to support them won't any longer.


Voting more and harder simply isn't going to solve this.


Fear of loss, fear of threats from 'the other', fear in the voting booth in general may be a prime motivator for conservative troglodytes, but it does not work on people with enough sense to understand the manipulation by the elites and media.  That is an increasing number of Americans who still choose to vote, a steadily dwindling number itself (despite the occasional upward ticks).

So prospects are exceedingly grim for the republic.  Which is why I'm also advocating for a general strike revolution.  I'm increasingly of the opinion that it's our last best option.  You see, I'm old and sick but I'm still capable of getting in the way.  Because blocking these chuds at every turn, by whatever means, grows crucial.


Greg Abbott's latest big idea is to get the SCOTUS to revisit every single case for which he didn't like the decision thirty, forty, fifty years ago.  Charming.


And what if we manage to deny him, and Paxton, and the Supreme Court and the Republicans in November?  We still have a planet on fire and Texas throwing gas on it.


Much of this Wrangle could have been published last week.  I'll try to catch up tomorrow or Wednesday with the latest, including the social justice posts.  Here's a story you should read if you haven't: Leticia van de Putte's recovery from her terrible accident.


And a notable passing.


Last: the soothers, starting with a few long walks.

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Sunday, May 08, 2022

The SCOTUS Leak/Roe v. Wade toons that might be NSFW


I'll let you choose.
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Mothers Day Funnies


More of a collection that reflects a future for women who'll be forced to become mothers as a result of someone else's edict.
I have at least one and perhaps two more sets of Funnies to post today; an aggregation of more graphic, in-your-face cartoons on the topic du jour, and if my time allows, a collation of some political toon takes on news that is in danger of being drowned in the maelstrom.
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Tuesday, May 03, 2022

Completely Broken Wrangle


Everything (including me).  I simply don't think I'll be able to ease back into blogging this week after last night.


It didn't feel shocking to me, but I do get that shitlibs have to have something to be outraged about on a regular basis (just like MAGAts).  Not a fresh outrage, mind you; a recycled one will do just fine, as long as it scratches open all their scabs.


I really expected more carping at Susan Sarandon, although I did see a lot of crap dumped on Nina Turner, whose Ohio congressional rematch with what's-her-neolib-face culminates today.  It's just more proof to me that if you can't understand the role of people like Mitch McConnell and Susan Collins in the process, then -- as with Ukraine and the Nazis in the Azov battallion -- you can't figure out who your real enemies are.  And that appears to be a generational problem for Democrats at this point, not just a cyclical one.


There is no way that I, or anyone like me, is going to be insulted, or threatened, or scared into voting blue in '22.  That ship has sailed.

Let's see what slid down the memory hole over the past week.


Another $50 million.  But get the base to ante up for the buses to DC (and Delaware), and break the state and nation's economy some more.  Sounds like a winning platform.

Is our climate broken?  Is our response to the apocalypse broken?


I did find one spot of good news.


I'll go easy on our bad-behaving Texpols.  Wait; no I won't.


To paraphrase Alice Cooper: school's almost out for summer, but teachers and books still matter.


I also have way too many instances of the cops -- and their lurid assortment of enablers -- acting like criminals again.


Again, there's a bright spot amidst this darkness.


And in labor news, the media is fighting back.


So I'll segue into the calm-me-downs with a promise to be more active here this week in spite of the horrors everywhere I look.

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