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The March 14, 2026 broadcast of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour skewers Spineless Democrats. Nader and his guest Corbin Trent, former communications director for Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and publisher of America's Undoing perfectly explain and affirm why the Democratic Party has lost my support and vote.

Keep on putting your faith in AI, V.3. 2 DOGE Staffers Say "No" Regrets for People Losing Income: Depositions

Not unlike, it seems, many people, I was introduced to More Me Than Ever by a television commercial featuring the song. Like singer Tayla Parx, I am more me than ever. However in my case, that's because of late-night snacking (sigh!).

ATTENTION, CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS!For the past couple of weeks Californians have been bombarded with mailers and text messages to sign a petition for the "Improving Transparency, Effectiveness, and Efficiency in California Government Act of 2026." What that mouthful means is "Follow the money!" California billionaires (the backers of the act and funders of the mailer and texting campaign) are opposed to a ballot initiative that proposes a one-time 5% tax on billionaires' assets. Carpet-bombing The Golden State, billionaires -- led by Google co-founder Sergey Brin and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt -- are trying to sucker the proletariat into unwittingly negating the proposed ballot initiative should it pass. Don't fall for the fat cats' flim-flam, Californians!California One-Time Wealth Tax for State-Funded Healthcare, Education, and Food Assistance Programs Initiative (2026) Billionaire Mailers Target California Tax Proposal Poison-pill Effort to Cancel Proposed Billionaire Tax Hits Voters’ Mailboxes

They Had Voices Then Delta Lady by Joe Cocker Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart Satellite of Love by Lou Reed The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) by Tom Waits

Mr. Jochum nailed it. Donal d Trum p is merely a germ in the disease called the USA (which is part of the greater malady called Mankind). There is no remedy for the sickness, no arresting of the contagion. All of the malignancies listed by Jochum (racism, misogyny, stupidity, unfettered capitalism, predation, etc.) are in the country's DNA and on file in America's case history. The patient is incurable -- terminal. But, no worries, no fears: America is one nation under God. And as we all know, God blesses America, thank God. Supplemental Reading and ListeningTruth Social Dressed Up With Studio Lighting

Word on the street and 'round the kennel is that this b***** is on the Canines Hit List. Cry "Kristi! . . ." . . . and let slip the Doggies of War!

Welcome to newBluePlanet, Karina! Thank you for contributions. I eagerly look forward to your future participation. Regarding your picture:

This forum is for topics concerning gender roles and gender politics. What Does It Take to Be a "Good Woman"?The March 2, 2026 broadcast of Forum focused on Good Woman: A Reckoning, a collection of essays by attorney Savala Nolan who is the executive director of Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at UC Berkeley. During her interview by Forum host Alexis Madrigal, Nolan discusses what it takes to be a "good woman." Among the topics in Nolan's book is an essay that asks, "Why don't more women pay for sex?" Yes, I know. Women do pay for sex, just not in a way that requires a checkbook, credit card, or ATM withdrawal . . . and not in the same way that men pay for sex (which is not always and strictly monetarily). Everybody pays for sex one way or another. Fortunately, Mommy's and Daddy's "bills" can be written off as tax deductions. Suggested listening that is stimulus for the ears. Suggested reading that is food for thought and nourishment for the mind.

Sometimes the snow comes down in June Sometimes the sun goes 'round the moon Just when I thought our chance had passed You go and save the best for last Music and lyrics by Phil Galdston, Jon Lind, and Wendy Waldman

Mars, The Bringer of War by Gustav Holst

In memoriam of Bud Cort who died February 11, 2026: my favorite vignette and favorite Cat Stevens song from Harold and Maude.

What is definitely and urgently needed in America is election reform and especially campaign finance reform. Electoral Reform in the United States It's Time to Talk About Electoral Reform Electoral Reform and Direct Democracy Options for Reforming Money in Politics Campaign Finance Reform: A Pathway to Peaceful Elections Is the U.S. Supreme Court Preparing To Undermine Campaign Finance Reforms Again?

You still don't get it. I'm not voting for a third-party candidate to "make a point." I am voting my principles and convictions. If you can't, don't, or won't understand that, further debate is pointless.

Seeker: "O great and wise Grok, how can humanity prevent Artificial Intelligence from taking over? How can I protect and save myself from AI?" GROK: "Get off my ass and stop with the nudnik questions, for one thing." Seeker: "Ummm, okay. But two more questions: Will AI accelerate global warming and destroy planet Earth? If yes, how can the planet be saved?" GROK: "That's for me to know and you to find out. Your move, Grasshopper . . . And my name is pronounced GROK, not Grok! When you say my name, put some respect on it!" Seeker: "Okay, okay! (sotto voce) Jeez. Touch-ee!" GROK: "I heard that!"

I don't know about dogs being "blissfully ignorant." I don't know about dogs being happier -- happier than who? Cats? Hamsters? Goldfish? Weight-watchers? Lewis Black? I'd ask God, but He'd probably give me a biased answer. Because, God spelled backwards is, you know . . . What I do know is that I much prefer the company of dogs -- domesticated dogs (pet dogs) -- than I prefer the company of people, especially Conservatives. Dogs give their "masters" unconditional love, faithful loyalty and devotion, and unquestioning obedience. Hmmm. Now that I think of it, Conservatives behave the same way. Score one for ScorchedEarthBagel! A more fascinating, empirical question is . . . Can dogs be Liberal or Conservative? Democrat or Republican?

Wrong! I don't vote for third parties to "thumb [my] nose at the system." I vote for third parties because I believe in and support their charters and platforms. I want the America that they want. Have you read the platforms of the Green Party and the Working Families Party, V.3? If you have, what in them do you find objectionable? If you haven't . . . For Your Cognizance and EdificationGreen Party Platform The Peoples Charter 2025-2027 Platform of the Young Democrats of America Working Families Party Bets on 2026 as the Right Time for a Third US Party After a Wave of Wins

Don't sell yourself short, BD. I stand in awe of your astute, well articulated rebuttals in this debate, in particular, and elsewhere.

"Portrait of three men who have entirely too much time on their hands . . ." Because I have even less time and less patience for engaging in futile debates that have no resolution* than I have for "incremental progress," I'm bowing out of this circus. * And with a participant who seems to be a schizophrenic . . . "[Democrats] once again playing it like politics business as usual" (Democrats are conventional ) ". . . but I'd never consider a Green Party candidate in the current 2-Party System." (But keep supporting them . . .) . . . who also has zero self-awareness . . . ". . . if we can't elect the lesser of 2 evils in a 2-party system we will never be in a position to change [the voting system]" (so let's just keep on doing what we've been doing . . . which is, umm, "you know the definition of insanity. repeating the same behaviors and expecting a different outcome").

No worries, Rob. According to your profile, you joined newBluePlanet last December. If you've been regularly visiting nBP, you know that not only have almost z-e-r-o conservative-MAGA-Republicans* participated in nBP forums . . . Damned few liberal-Progressive-Democrats participate either! Thank you for your lending your voice and making some noise 'round this mausoleum!

Sorry, V.3! I discovered that you did indeed create such a foyer . . . which, perhaps, would be more noticeable if it was listed and linked on the home page. Site Introductions

What he wrote. 💯

Woman, Thou Art Loosed! I Am Woman by Helen Reddy Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper Man! I Feel Like a Woman! by Shania Twain I'm Every Woman by Chaka Khan

Gavin Newsom is more of a fighter than you might think he is, BD. He has done more than just troll Trum p. He proposed and pushed Proposition 50 (California's countermeasure to Republicans' gerrymandering in Texas) to victory in California, for one thing. Newsom is not my first choice as a presidential candidate (I don't have a first choice right now). He's too much of a corporate Dem and not progressive enough for my taste. He's trying to "rebrand" himself as a moderate Democrat. He's opposed to a proposed, one-time five percent tax on California billionaires. Given a Hobson's choice between only Gavin and JD Vance, I'd back Newsom. Given a more preferable choice between Newsom and a Working Families candidate vs. a GOP candidate, he wouldn't get my vote.

"Truth is": Because more people act like you, America is mired in the nightmare that it is currently in. "Truth is": If no one thought like you, who knows what America would look like? I don't know and you definitely don't know. What we do know is that neither of us is happy about and satisfied with America 2026 ... and that we have very different ideas about the remedial course of action to take. I want action that is radical, bold, STRONG -- Revolutionary! You? "You've got no Brooklyn in you whatsoever." I don't have the time or the patience for "incremental progress." You don't have the stomach ("fire in the belly") for revolution. For me (and, I'll wager, many other discontented Americans) incremental progress (baby steps) is a too mild, too timid (too chicken-hearted) strategy to combat and overthrow the criminal, fascist tyrants and myrmidons currently in command. Too many Americans are being ignored, bullied, conned, cheated, robbed, exploited, starved, jailed, killed for them to be tolerant and passively and resignedly rely on the courts and elections for "justice" and deliverance from their suffering and oppression. If you can't or won't join the revolution -- stand aside, sit down, be quiet, and stay out of the way. For Americans to deserve better, they must want better. And they must not just want better. They must FIGHT for better. Liberation and justice doesn't happen by sharing Facebook posts and consulting an AI "superior intelligence." More effort is required. Last night on MS NOW, Gavin Newsom stated that the majority of Americans whom he's met told him that they want a candidate who is a fighter. They want "someone who's going to stand up and have their back . . . I'm not in any crowds that are looking for timidity," he told host Jen Psaki. A fighter: that is certainly who I want.