Random Thoughts

[Angrboda]

[Silver]

I never thought that I would witness the disgrace of such southern discomfort this late in my life.

[brewer]

I never thought that I would witness the disgrace of such southern discomfort this late in my life.

Geographic or on your person?

[Silver]

I never thought that I would witness the disgrace of such southern discomfort this late in my life.

Geographic or on your person?

Neither.

Ideological and political.

[brewer]

Geographic or on your person?

Neither.

Ideological and political.

Sorry I asked.

[Silver]

Neither.

Ideological and political.

Sorry I asked.

To my dismay, the ideology of the confederate south is on the rise in a modern society that should know better.

[brewer]

Sorry I asked.

To my dismay, the ideology of the confederate south is on the rise in a modern society that should know better.

This is why Trump loves the 'poorly educated'.

[Fake Messiah]

Every time some white secular singer or band makes a religious song they feature black gospel choir: Madonna in "Like A Prayer", Eurythmics in "There Must Be An Angel", Billy Joel in "River of Dreams", and who else made a religious song?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

It seems to be exceedingly difficult - though not impossible - to cast an age-appropriate actor as Sherlock Holmes (I refer, of course, to The Canon, not to other abominations).

Boru

[Angrboda]

The December Gallup poll found a similar share of Democrats, Republicans and independents said they were satisfied with the way U.S. democracy is working. Thirty-three percent of Republicans said they were satisfied (nearly double the share last year), along with 35 percent of Democrats and 34 percent of independents.

Gallup attributed the increased satisfaction among Republicans to Donald Trump’s victory in the November presidential election.

However, while Republicans are more upbeat about democracy, the nation’s overall sentiment has declined in recent decades to 34 percent today and remains low compared to the 1980s and 1990s. Satisfaction with U.S. democracy reached a record high of 61 percent in 1984.

Americans’ satisfaction with democracy today matches what it was in January 2021, shortly after Trump contested the results of the 2020 election, which led to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

-- Washington Post