Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt

A LATE MEMORIAL DAY POST:  Rememberance.

THE SENESCENT WHO TRUST THE MASS MEDIA AND DON’T CHECK ANYTHING ARE THE DEMOCRATS MOST RELIABLE BLOCK:  You Asked for a Rebuttal, Dad.

Even while the party preens itself as being the party of the future. Lying to people too senile to seek other sources: the new Mass Media specialty.

ARE THEY FOR REAL, NOW? ‘Menstrual Equity For All Act’ to end ‘period poverty’ brought back before Congress.

At the risk of grossing out most of the readers, where and when I grew up we didn’t purchase “menstrual products.” We did what your grandmother did, and used cloth, which we washed. You’d think the oh, so ecologically friendly left would prefer that right? But no, they feel a need to put their hands into our wallets to buy pads and tampoons for other people. And don’t give me “Were so strapped they couldn’t afford–” I have never heard of this in the US, and trust me, I’ve been strapped at time. This is one of the most ridiculous excuses to point a gun at my head* I’ve ever seen.

*When you levy a tax you’re extorting money by force. While some taxes might be unavoidable they should pass a sniff test of “is this reason enough to point a gun at someone’s head?”

TO BE FAIR, WE WEREN’T ASLEEP. WE HAVE JOBS AND FAMILIES AND MOST OF US ARE WORKING OVERTIME TO PAY THE TAX-HUNGRY STATE:  Is the Sleeping Conservative Dragon Finally Waking Up?

But with the anger I’ve seen stalking this land, I hope we don’t decide to focus like lasers on what’s going on.  I mean, I do. It’s a mental condition. But let’s hope our fellow citizens don’t all, en masse, become as aware as I am of what’s been going on.  Americans have no brakes when it comes to war. And this would be war. Civil war, the worst of all wars. Be careful what you wish for.

FROM MARY HARE:  Cloak and Stola.

Cloak and Stola by [Mary Hare]

When the Roman legion sweeps through the farmlands of Syria, Sophie loses everything: her home, her family, even her freedom. Changes to the marriage laws under Caesar Augustus bring her to the attention of Procerus, a Roman soldier stationed in Judea.
Procerus is looking for a wife. Sophie’s looking for a way forward. Neither are looking for love. But will they find it anyway? A historical romance set in the sweeping drama of ancient Rome.

ALL CORRUPTED BY GNOSTICISM:  Life of Python.

SPEAKING OF, KIM DU TOIT IS HAVING A FUNDRAISER. YOU KNOW WHAT THE TIMES ARE LIKE. IF YOU CAN HELP, GO DO SO:  Jumping The Gun.

WHAT DID YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN AFTER THREE YEARS IN WHICH LAWLESSNESS WAS HELD AS CLOSE TO PERFECTION?   Mob Assaults Marines in San Clemente.

SORRY, BUT ENDING STUDENT LOAN FREEZE IS DUMB:  Debt Ceiling Agreement Includes Cuts to the IRS, Ending Biden’s Freeze on Student Loans.

No, I don’t care to debate the ethics of it, though I’m mulling a post, because the idea these loans are sacred rest on a bunch of stupid assumptions on the right (on the left the idea they should all be forgiven rests on equally dumb assumptions, but still.) However, for the record, this is strategically speaking paste-eating dumb, and will get hanged around the necks of the Republicans come 2024. Paste-eating, own boogers coveting dumb.