test blog #10

This post has been half-written and sitting in drafts for many months. Days after an armed mob tried to violently subvert the results of an election seems like a good time to finish it. * * * * Here's a statement that should be completely obvious. You cannot wave the Confederate flag or the Nazi flag and also be a patriotic American. History Lesson #1 In 1861, a group of terrorists attacked the United States. This was an act of war, by a group who would soon be known as the Confederate Army.  Representing a self-declared country, the Confederate Army fought against the United States in a prolonged act of treason that lasted four years. 620,000 people died in this conflict, at a time when the population of the country (excluding Indigenous people) was about 31 million. Until 58,000 Americans lost their lives in the Vietnam War, more Americans were killed in the Civil War than in all foreign wars combined. Thus someone who waves the Confederate flag aligns themselves with treason an...

United States Vice Presidents After the positive result in the US election, so many of my fellow leftists refuse to find joy in the occasion. They seem determined to not admit that something good happened. The worst president in the history of the United States has been handed his walking papers. This is a good thing!  Does that mean I expect anything but business as usual from a Joe Biden administration? Of course not! But will Trump's ouster improve people's lives? Absolutely it will. People's lives are more important than Marxist theory. Reform is not The Answer but it is a net positive, and that counts. Some other good things happened in this election, too. * The first female Vice President was elected! She is also the first person of colour to hold that position, both Black and South Asian. Does this mean I love Kamala Harris? Of course not! But visibility is important. Diversity is important. This moves the needle. Full stop. * All four of the Congressmembers referred...

      From the Ministry of Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction.  Donald Trump won the 2016 Republican nomination Donald Trump became president. Now I am relieved and happy that Joe Biden is POTUS.  I have a pretty good imagination but never ever did I foresee any of these things.  All pundits should now retire. The world is far too strange for anyone's predictions.