Category Archives: politics

sliding down to the end of the year

Posted on December 4, 2017 by dichroic

I am not making good progress on my annual Chanukah poem, but the Holiday Challenge proceeds apace. I’m at 93,000m, just a bit short of halfway; that’s behind last year’s pace, but still on track to finish well ahead of … Continue reading →

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some good, some bad, some really f’ing irritating

Posted on October 17, 2017 by dichroic

The weekend’s good thing: driving out to the lake house went well again. Ted had taken the week off, since he’s got vacation time to burn, and gone down there with the cats, though I’m under the impression that he … Continue reading →

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Some Yom Kippur thoughts

Posted on September 27, 2017 by dichroic

This morning as I was getting ready for work, I was thinking about the approaching holiday. Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Jews are supposed to repent for their sins in the previous year, and ask forgiveness from Lowe’s they … Continue reading →

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Charlottesville: two points

Posted on August 14, 2017 by dichroic

I have a question. Is there *any* accurate (non-alt-right) evidence that the “antifa” engaged in unprovoked violence in Charlottesville? I am seeing a few well-intentioned people saying that they deplore racism yada yada but that they deprecate violence on *both* … Continue reading →

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Not one day

Posted on June 12, 2017 by dichroic

For the past year, on places like Facebook or Ravelry, I’ve been using an icon with a quote from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award sonnet – the words “love is love is love is love is love” on a rainbow background. … Continue reading →

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Jackson and the inevitability of war

Posted on May 2, 2017 by dichroic

President Trump said something very silly about Andrew Jackson. This is no surprise, because I don’t expect him to have any knowledge of history (or morals, which are reqruird to realize that maybe the guy who kicked native Americans off … Continue reading →

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War is not healthy

Posted on April 13, 2017 by dichroic

When I was a small child, back in the days when hippies roamed the earth, there was a poster above my bed with the words: WAR is not healthy for children and other living things Apparently I internalized that message, … Continue reading →

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assorted WTFery

Posted on January 31, 2017 by dichroic

The White House’s web page had now posted descriptions of each item of the Bill of Rights (“summaries” about as long as their originals) in which they consistently replace “the people” with “citizens”. Whitehouse.gov page Original Bill of Rights But … Continue reading →

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defending my people

Posted on November 17, 2016 by dichroic

I promised myself to quit engaging on FB and on political topics in general because of the high blood pressure – but maybe writing it out is better than thinking it over and letting it fester. I’m beginning to get … Continue reading →

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Electoral College – why?nope, nope, nope and not that reason either.

Posted on November 15, 2016 by dichroic

I’ve had so much to say since this election, but this hasn’t felt like the right place to say it, for two reasons: one is that as far as I can tell this site is mostly read by people of … Continue reading →

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