More than half a million Oregonians have been forced to flee their homes, as wildfires continue to ravage the West Coast of the United States. Amid record-breaking temperatures, the wildfires, which have charred one million acres of land, have caused the sky to turn a terrifying shade of red, with many comparing it to Mars, hell, or the apocalypse.
The Psychedelic Furs were always ahead of their time. The song above, lead track on the Forever Now album, was written and recorded almost four decades ago!
Independence Day in the Midst of Dictatorship
– July 2, 2020
COVID-Don and COVID-Ron, killing people in FloridaIt isn't news that the COVID infection rate is skyrocketing in America right now. While other countries are seeing a decrease, the U.S. is seeing startling increases-- from an average of around 20,000 new cases a day to an average of over 30,000 new cases a day. Today the U.S reported 36,669 new cases. The U.S.
Reopening by Nancy OhanianOn Friday, America's most consistent Prophet of Wrong, coke-freak Larry Kudlow, told the Fox & Friends crew that "There is no emergency. There is no second wave. I don’t know where that got started on Wall Street."
There aren't any Democrats in the House more ideologically antithetical to the legitimate aspirations of working class Americans than Oregon Blue Dog Kurt Schrader. And 2 weeks from tomorrow the all mail-in primary threatening to replace him with a champion of those same working and middle class Oregonians ends.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown has extended the state’s lockdown two more months until July 6th. Oregon has had 104 deaths, some of which likely were caused by something other than COVID-19. [Obviously, there is a very dark political agenda being played out across the nation, and it has nothing to do with public health.]
In 1981, Ronald Reagan was sworn in as President of the United States. For many the Reagan Administration is remembered for Reaganomics and ending the Cold War. Yet the poor and homeless of the time remember it rather for a dramatic reduction in housing and social services, Boss Tweed politics, and constant reminders that a mythical “welfare queen” in Chicago and exaggerated “welfare cheats” across America made their poverty their fault. “Mr.
Remember that series I started a couple of months ago to demonstrate how candidates can write worthwhile e-mails rather than the hackish garbage turned out by the media consultants spawned by the DCCC? We've got another one today, this by the progressive mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon, Mark Gamba, who is competing for a congressional seat with reactionary Blue Dog Kurt Schrader.
