tingilinde

where the american dream lives now

as it is dead in the US .. countries with greater upward economic mobility.

 

 

watch trump or don't get paid

Keeping the snowflake in chief happy.

a tip of the hat to Jeni

 

rightwing american terrorism

Religious terrorists differ mostly in brand. (via The New York Times)

 

just in case it's useful to someone

 

 

lebensunwertes leben

The Trump administration's statement about cutting public assistance to immigrants who are unable to stand "on their own two feet" sounded better in the original German.

lebensunwertes leben → life unworthy of life

 

at america's core

White supremacy has been part of care America from the beginning.  (via NPR's Code Switch)

 

teaching children genocide is okay

Not that many weren't hearing it in their classrooms, but Schoolhouse Rock was an education cartoon that primarily aired in the 70s reflecting and reinforcing views of history.  This one, sweeping the hard parts under the rug in the bicentennial year of 1976, is okay with genocide.

ah lebensraum!

(a tip of the hat to John).

to its followers

 

 

the compromise

When people without a lot of money want/need to live in an expensive city the solution is sometimes small

a tip of the hat to Bjarne

 

74 years

Today marks the anniversary of Hiroshima.  I fear we are moving closer once again.