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U.S. importers paid $6 billion in tariffs in June, a 74% jump compared to a year ago, despite a slight decline in the value of imports. And $3.4 billion of that total came from tariffs impos… Read More

"Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants." ~~ patriot and abolitionist Frederick… Read More

ECONOMICS DEPT.Stock market under Trump posts record highs, but markets under Obama performed far better -- headline at newsweek.comManufacturing slump worsens A key gauge of U.S. factory a… Read More

Readers here probably don't much care, but this is posted for the record:Total on the several domains are 1,772 pages and 31,029 coded covers (books, DVDs, posters, etc).There are 136 new pa… Read More

FREE SPEECH IS NOT GUARANTEED - Y'all should read the actual First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press . . ." First off, that refers… Read More

The many, many fascist trolls on Facebook and elsewhere epitomize ignorance & stupidity. Education will fix that: the purpose of true education is to make the population more and more pr… Read More

Over 50 years ago, Mitch McConnell was the subject of a cover-up at the age of twenty-five. He earned a B.A. in political science in 1964 and worked as an intern for Senator John Sherman Coo… Read More

If you have been getting the "You do not have the necessary permission for the specified Page to perform the requested action" pop-ups you are likely annoyed - but let's look deeper at what… Read More

Rather like during World War II, the United States is at war on two fronts: one is the coronavirus epidemic and the other is retaining the ability to elect a President that We The People cho… Read More

"Hard to say which is the worst infection: the Trump coronavirus or endemic stupidity." ~~ G.E. Nordell"The point is not to wish for these adversities, but for the virtue that makes adversi… Read More

TRUMPVIRUS NEWSIt took three months to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases worldwide; the second 100,000 took only 12 days; it took only two weeks to reach 500,000 on March 26.The U.S. trumpviru… Read More

Donald Trump continues to violate the U.S. Constitution and must be held accountable. So we need to demand that Congress do something and that begins with Nancy Pelosi holding new impeachmen… Read More

I looked into what the historic record shows as to documented massacres and mass murders in the U.S.A. Surprisingly, Gen. Custer is responsible for only 100+ Native Americans massacred at th… Read More

"November 3 the nightmare ends."~~ Rob Reiner on Twitter, 22 May 2020"Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever… Read More

The way things are looking today, after the fiasco in Tulsa, Emperor Trump might not get the nomination on the first ballot at the Rethuglicon convention in August. The GOP - Gang of Pervert… Read More

DJT today announced signing an executive order to establish the National Garden of American Heroes, a vast outdoor park featuring statues of 'the greatest Americans to ever live'; he will no… Read More

LABOR NEWSThe Labor Department on Friday May 8th said that 20.5 million jobs were lost in April, and the unemployment rate climbed to 14.7 percent. The Department of Labor released the most… Read More

Albuquerque [NM] Journal Thursday 8 October 2020 Opinion Page / Speak Up! Section [page A13]A FRIEND of mine is sewing fabric face masks with a pacifier inside, for bikers and Republicans a… Read More

dislike Jeff Bezos? but shop on Amazon anyway? if you go to my bookstores index page and make it a Favorite then I will get the 4-6% commission for any purchase that you make and billionaire… Read More

MarkZ recently confirmed that he and Emperor Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are now best buddies and they maintain an 'open line' of communication so that they can speedily consult each ot… Read More

Possibility does not exist a priori. Possibility is created from Nothing. A prediction (why not? it's free) for the 2020 national election: A Joe Biden avalanche at 60+ percent popular vote… Read More

"Philosophy is the goal toward which religion was only a helplessly blind groping." ~~ philosopher Ayn Rand [1905-82] "Happiness is a ukulele." ~~ Bill VanKeuren "[Afro-American] blood… Read More

All of you nature-loving Pandas are in for a treat. The Oceanographic Magazine has just announced the finalists of the Ocean Photography Awards and they look utterly magnificent. We can&rsqu… Read More

"It is a privilege and an honor to be me." ~~~ G.E. Nordell “Thanks for being true to yourself. Someone has to do it.” ~~~ Tom Voccola of Idaho Read More

Alice Aileen Ayles has passed away at the age of 91. Aileen leaves to mourn her two sons: Jeff (Tricia) and Dean (Bev); daughter Carole (Lane) Nordell as well as five grandchildren: Carla (S… Read More

"We are telling you to act as if you love your children above all else." ~~ eco-activist Greta Thunberg, World Economic Forum 1/2020 "Don't judge each day by the harvest [that] you reap, b… Read More

One of the benefits of being in Facebook Jail for 30 days (I hurt the feelings of a lying fascist Republican troll) is having what seems like extra time to catch up on LinkedIn and other soc… Read More

"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but… Read More

"Life is full of constant sordid surprises. Whenever you do anything for art or the glory of God or friendship or a friend’s memory, you find someone across the board looking upon it a… Read More

"At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can." ~~ Frida Kahlo [1907-54] "Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not… Read More

The post PFAS devastate a Maine farm, but pose a much wider problem appeared first on TodayHeadline. UNITY, Maine — The young couple knew exactly what they were seeking when they… Read More

NOTE: This is page #500 posted since 'Dateline Chamesa: A Revolutionary Weblog' began in October 2005. "It is important to be comfortable with uncertainty." ~~ Chinese-British novelist Xi… Read More

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC The U.S. has only 4¼ per cent of the world’s population, yet it accounts for twenty per cent of all covid-19 deaths. Be sure to thank a Republican. 77,124… Read More

NEW MEXICO PRIMARY ELECTIONS - PLURALITIES So, okay, So-and-So got x number of votes versus The Other Guy, the really important statistic for primary elections is a look at the plurality in… Read More

Misinformation and propaganda about matters of economics continue to be spread by the fascist Republican propaganda machine. Trolls on Facebook repeat their drivel and Report anyone who 'har… Read More

The price of gasoline at the pump is not caused by the President, but by the greedy unregulated oil corporations. One of the basic elements of the Reason-Based Taxation solution is that corp… Read More

"Let's call it what it really is: the U.S. Cold Civil War." ~~~ G.E. Nordell Read More

"Rest but never quit. Even the sun has a sinking spell each evening. But it always rises the next morning. At sunrise, every soul is born again." ~~ boxing great Muhammad Ali [1942-2016]… Read More

On Aug. 10, I was part of a panel for the California Library Association Ursula Meyer Advocacy Fund Training "Workshop on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice for Library Advocacy", whi… Read More

Laying down for a nap does not always produce sleep. Many times I am left to ponder or relive memories, to speak them to myself, like a story or as practice to regale others. Here are two su… Read More

"Never argue with someone whose TV is bigger than their bookshelf." ~~ actress Emilia Clarke "By not fully understanding money, the vast majority of people allow the awesome power of mone… Read More

“The book [that] you don’t read won’t help.” ~~ motivational speaker Jim Rohn [1930-2009] “Mistakes are part of the dues [that] one pays for a full life." ~… Read More

In June 2022, Turkey rebranded itself as the Republic of Türkiye at the United Nations from now on. The new name is intended to better represent the country’s “culture, civi… Read More

ME: wanna hear a really bad joke ?? whoever: okay ME: the Republican Party !!! >>>>>>>> G.E. Nordell Read More

"[We are] in a country that doesn’t care about reality or government or decency or much of anything else." ~~ Tom Nichols, staff writer at The Atlantic Magazine"Teach self-denial and… Read More

Somebody should create a Senior Scouts group modeled after the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. You could have Merit Badges for peeing & pooping & farting & napping. You could have lo… Read More

The advancement of technology is unstoppable. It is something that we can’t go away. All we have to do is to embrace it. This article presents awesome products by Valco that anyon… Read More

The City of Rio Communities, New Mexico Planning & Zoning is supposed to decide whether to recommend rezoning 300 acres of residential (PD) land to HEAVY INDUSTRIAL (I-3). That land is o… Read More

Back in September 2021, there was a lot of information about the Wuhan COVID crisis, so I built a timeline page on the subject. Part of that work included sifting thru pieces about the Wuhan… Read More

Inside I burn with the light of a thousand suns In the outside world A tiny few detect the heat produced And are curious But mostly Folks see what they always see Because their eyes are clo… Read More

"Every day is one of those days . . ." ~~ line from Apple+ movie "Luck" "The fascist Republicans in the U.S. Senate are all a-dither about possible 'weaponizing' of government oversight… Read More

"Robert Kennedy, Jr. is the Marjorie Taylor Greene of the Democratic Party. Both are batsh!t crazy." ~~ G.E. Nordell Read More

Songbird Farm in Maine was once brimming with life and potential, but now, it stands as a mere shell of its former self. Adam Nordell and his wife Johanna purchased the 44-acre farm in 20… Read More

Just outside of Bangor, Maine — the hometown of renowned horror author Stephen King — more than 500 students, faculty and staff arrive at Hermon High School each… Read More

Just outside of Bangor, Maine — the hometown of renowned horror author Stephen King — more than 500 students, faculty and staff arrive at Hermon High School each day… Read More

How often do you come across a politician who is loved by not only the people but even the opposition? Well, Finnish politician Sauli Niinisto, a polymath and a versatile figure, has enjoyed… Read More

I have recently been invited by a couple of M.A.G.A. fascist trolls to 'debate' with them on Facebook. Not gonna happen. The 'Make America Great Again' meme was invented in 1926 by the fasc… Read More

Really good action idea at this juncture is to totally skip mentioning Turdball by name. Just that. Even journalists. It will help a lot if they gradually reduce actual mention down to once… Read More

"Never tell a young person that something can not be done. God may have been waiting for centuries for somebody ignorant enough of the impossible to do that thing." ~~ Dr. John Andrew Holm… Read More