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TRUMP IS DUMB AND EVIL

I may wait and write a bit about Golden Cockerel for pub. But if ever its caricature of a feckless, inept leader spoke volumes, it’s today in the U.S. No, Trump, you are not “smart.” You are as stupid and … Continue reading →

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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

Alexei Ratmansky’s The Golden Cockerel ends a four-performance run at American Ballet Theatre today. You need to see it. I’ll talk more about it later. Man, I’m busy. But I saw it Thursday night for the first time and really … Continue reading →

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DR. KRUGMAN GETS THIS VERY WRONG

No, Dr. K, nuclear power is not a “non-polluting” power source–anything but. Major emissions are released during the uranium enrichment process and nuclear power generation itself produces plutonium that stays toxically radioactive for thousands and thousands of years. Why do … Continue reading →

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PENCE IS PART OF THE EXISTENTIAL THREAT

His comments today pinning concern about climate change on a “left-wing agenda,” show his total unfitness to be not only Vice-President, but doubly so President if/when Trump is removed/reigns. Of course he was speaking on “Fox and Friends,” the fakest … Continue reading →

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WHITE HOUSE, INC. ISN’T JUST APOCALYPTIC

it’s hopelessly retro. Part of its destruction of the U.S. economy, let alone the continued ability of the planet to sustain human life, derives from its utter ignorance or apathy toward the fact that renewable energy and environmental protection are … Continue reading →

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THE CRADLE ROCKS OUT

Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock will return to the Saratoga Opera in July!

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FLYING MONKEY MICK MULVANEY

True to form, this singularly immoral misinformation mixmaster continues the White House, Inc.’s attack on objective fact by attacking the non partisan Congressional Budget Office because it blows the lid off Mulvaney’s, Price’s, Trump’s, the GOP’s “health care” bill and … Continue reading →

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IN THAT CASE

Since GOP Rep. Wahlberg says that God will take care of global warming, we can also be sure that He will intervene in all military conflicts as well as solve the terrorist threat. Therefore, the billions that we spend on … Continue reading →

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A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

Elizabeth Warren initiates a “DeVos Watch” on her web sit to make visible her oversight of the Dept of Ed and make clear just who is driving the Dept in so radical an attempted overhaul. Democratic senators on each committee … Continue reading →

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WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO TAKE IT?

Why do we permit our government, presiding over the richest country in the history of the world, to continue to allow the rationing and denial of health care to its citizens–in other words, we the people? Ralph Nader asks on … Continue reading →

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