‘We Need to Survive His Presidency’: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Blasts ‘Buffoon’ Trump—and the Media Covering Him @alternet

‘We Need to Survive His Presidency’: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Blasts ‘Buffoon’ Trump—and the Media Covering Him @alternet: 'It’s totally unpredictable. I don’t think he knows what he’s going to do.” Appearing on CNN Saturday morning, former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters tore into President Donald Trump—and the media covering him—while pondering if we are going to survive a Trump presidency.Speaking with host Michael Smerconish, Waters talked about his latest tour that features copious images of Trump—and not in a flattering way.Smerconish asked about the anti-Trump imagery and if the rocker was running “the risk of helping him by going over the top.”

5 Wingnuts and Reactionaries Bill Maher Has Made Peace with in the Last Year Alone @alternet

5 Wingnuts and Reactionaries Bill Maher Has Made Peace with in the Last Year Alone @alternet: Ted Nugent is just the latest extremist the 'Real Time' host has courted in recent months. With his snarky, irreverent style, liberal comedian Bill Maher has a way of getting under conservatives' skin. To many, the host of HBO’s “Real Time With Bill Maher” epitomizes the coastal elite who mock them mercilessly and belittle their values at every turn.



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Really have never cared for Bill Maher. To me he seems like one of those neoliberal men who is more than willing to throw women under the bus. He tends to use statements such as "like a girl" to insult men he dislikes.



~Sly~

5 “Proud Boys” suspended from duties and face investigation says chief of defence - APTN News

5 “Proud Boys” suspended from duties and face investigation says chief of defence - APTN News: APTN National News Canada’s military’s chief of defence staff says the five members of the “proud boys” group that interfered with a Mi’kmaq ceremony in …

Right Tyranny vs. Left Paternalism

The "left" is not entirely sweetness and light. They tend to be elitist, patronizing of poor and marginalized people, and very fatphobic. As opposed to the right, who want to smash everyone who isn't up to their standards under their jackboot goose step, the left has a tendency to behave as the Great White Hope, giving those falling into the White Man's Burden category a condescending pat on the head while killing us softly.

~Sly Has Spoken~

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Women are Half of Humanity

This is a comment I made on an article by Arthur Magida.

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/might-5-ex-presidents-prevent-trump-making-us-unrecognizable-2020

A bit of nit-picking of an otherwise well-written piece. If the author were to state "these are times that try the human soul" rather than "these are times that try men's (and women's) souls," he would avoid putting women in parentheses as if we are an afterthought. I believe that the author does not think of women as an afterthought, given his biography."

Most of us learned the old, sexist literary rules of always referring to an unspecified person as "him" and using phrases such as "the spirit of man" to describe all people. 

Personally, I took hits to my grade because I refused to do that. These rules come from a time when women were seen as lesser and, in fact, thought not to have souls.

When making a direct quote, I don't change the wording as I am attributing the quote to the person who initially wrote it. However, when it comes to my own writing, I am human but I am not a man. I refer to the human spirit, to humanity (as opposed to mankind, unless I am speaking only of men.) 

It is past time to recognize that humanity encompasses more than "man". 

As I said, other than that, the author is spot on. 

Lord Dampnut and his cabinet of crooks present a terrible threat to everything the U.S. stands for, and to the safety of the entire world.

~Sly Has Spoken~

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NaPoWriMo 2017: Day 22: Sad State of Affairs

There once was the worst politician

Who obtained the highest position

T'was a sad state of affairs

Instead of making repairs

To destroy everything was his mission

~Sly~

Notes:

The NaPoWriMo prompt for today was to write a Georgic.

This is not a Georgic.

It is a limerick.

Nonetheless, it was inspired by that prompt.

Cross-posted to:

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Marines Nude Photo Scandal and Apologizing for Predatory Men

Image source and reference article at The Daily Beast

What is wrong with these assholes? Men and service people should both be furious with them. They make the Marines look bad, and they make men look like creepy, immature, misogynistic predators.

There are some who use this as a "reason" why women shouldn't be allowed to serve in the Military, because, apparently, men are predators who don't know how to behave themselves in the presence of women. If I were a man, I would be very angry about this attitude.

Oddly enough, when working in mixed company, I do not and never have felt the need to jump the bones of every man I work with, and posting nude photos of them without their permission would never have occurred to me. It would have been fairly easy for me to obtain nude photos of men I'd worked with about 20 years ago, as I was working as an artist's model for part of my income.

So, in that instance, I sometimes posed with male models. Who were naked, and so was I. We didn't touch each other. We chatted with each other to pass the time. There was no "ZOMG, we have to have sex NOW!" attitude. 

Mature people can behave respectfully around persons of the opposite sex (or the same sex, if they are homosexual) and not try to get everybody in the sack. 

Insisting on treating other people like sex objects is NOT normal behavior. We should stop excusing such behavior by saying things like "boys will be boys." Most boys (and men) are not predators by nature. Let's quit apologizing for and defending those who behave in a predatory fashion.

~Sly Has Spoken~

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