Here’s some non-magical thinking:

The Picasso Problem

There’s Aasia Bibi, who, with her family, is fleeing Pakistani lynch mobs. How about them? I see Theresa May has refused them asylum for fear of offending Brit Muslims.

Not sure where the moral core went, as regards the PCUSA. I recall various delegations going to Soviet Russia and “laughing, praying, weeping” with the designated huggy bears and returning to tell us we have nothing to fear but whichever Republican was president.
I used to ask people at Louisville if there were any US efforts in geopolitics or…[Read more]

She’s cleared several hundred thousand dollars. Not a bad deal. But you’re right. We both know the truth and agree. That’s why there’s no point in debating this. We both know it was a scam. The difference is who thinks it was just a dandy idea and who thinks it was foul.

Exactly. Political theater ginned up by democrats with zero corroboration. There was plenty of investigation. But even the named witnesses had no idea what Ford was talking about. She lied about fear of flying She lied about the door installed in her house which supposedly sparked the therapy session which brought this up. She lied about…[Read more]

Fleeing general violence is not grounds for asylum.
Our church sponsored a Nepali family. After a number of years of doing things the right way, I attended the naturalization ceremony. Eighty-one people from nineteen countries. Paid their dues, did it the right way. Should I have stood up and yelled “CHUMPS!”
I see the folks in Tijuana aren’t…[Read more]

I don’t suppose it would have been as much fun if the caravan had been directed to the nine US consulates in Mexico to apply legally.

After everybody’s seen the end of the Ford/Kavanaugh accusation circus, do you want to update your conclusion?

Our policy makers need to be elected. Promoting economic honesty (TANSTAAFL) “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch” is a doctrine guaranteeing not being elected.
We need better voters.

Now, there are plenty of smart economic reasons for why divestment is the wisest course of action at this point, in addition to its moral urgency. Solar and wind technology have developed sufficiently that they are fully ready to be deployed as replacements for the energy we create from fossil fuels; anyone who says otherwise is simply not arguing…[Read more]

What, precisely, is the climate change which concerns you? There have been at least four periods in the last ten thousand years warmer than today. Do you have any evidence these were bad for humanity?
In the last two thousand years we’ve had the Dark Ages Cold Period and the Little Ice Age. Have these been good for humanity, bad for humanity,…[Read more]

“we are brainwashed” Who’s “we”? Is it everybody? How do you know? How would you know if somebody wasn’t “brainwashed”?
Awfully broad brush.

Here’s another:

TRUMP WAS RIGHT: Top Florida Democrat Election Official Admits Illegal Aliens Vote

The false narrative that, in order for “us” to thrive, others
must be cast aside follows a pattern which reaches back millennia.

This is what is known as a “straw man”. It’s an easy target, but nobody actually believes it. As JFK said, or perhaps quoted somebody, “A rising tide lifts all boats.”

Everybody knows this. To pretend oth…[Read more]

Couple of points wrt sanctuary and immigrants:
People are concerned about illegal immigrants, not legal immigrants. Conflating the two is not helpful, as pretty much everybody knows better.
Back when I was on the Social Justice and Peacemaking committee of the Presbytery of Lake Huron, thirty years ago, I was assured that forgiveness could…[Read more]

https://apnews.com/6b71a926cb624a209851b41ac616b184?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

Should Israel’s neighbors overrun it and kill all Jews, how long are we supposed to pretend to be shocked and dismayed? A week might be a bit much.
In 1948,, Jordan took the West Bank by conquest. Apparently, various churches were down with the right of conquest. None of the Right Sort of Person seemed to mind.
In 1967, the Israelis took it…[Read more]

Sheesh. I see I missed the part where the patriarchy breeds helplessness. Is there anything the patriarchy can’t do?
See “Three Felonies a Day”. The average person commits three felonies a day, almost all of them a matter of breaking federal regulations not passed by congress but by regulatory agencies and none of which anybody is likely to…[Read more]

I suppose conversation would be easier if activists knew who the deplorables are, so they wouidn’t waste their time trying to converse with them.

Hillary couldn’t figure out a way to explain her policies. In fact, other than “more of the same”, I couldn’t figure out if she had any.
Trump promised a lot, much of which resonated with the voters.
Given the number of counties which voted twice for Obama and switched to Trump, I’m not seeing where racism had anything to do with this election,…[Read more]