Memorial Day

The general who apologized to the dead soldiers on Memorial Day "When Truscott spoke he turned away from the visitors and addressed himself to the corpses he had commanded here. It was the most moving gesture I ever saw. It came from a hard-boiled old man who was incapable of planned dramatics," Mauldin wrote. "The general's remarks were brief and extemporaneous. He apologized to the dead men for their presence here. He said everybody tells leaders it is not their fault that men get killed in war, but that every leader knows in his heart this is not altogether true. "He said he hoped anybody here through any mistake of his would forgive him, but he realized that was asking a hell of a lot under the circumstances. . . . he would not speak about the glorious dead because he didn't see much glory in getting killed if you were in your late teens or early twenties. He promised that if in the future he ran into anybody, especially old men, who thought death in battle was glorious, he would straighten them out. He said he thought that was the least he could do."

They would like to have us forget they made the mess in Iraq.

As much as they want to rewrite history, we won't let them.

How much food do we waste?

It's astonishing.  You can even make a haul dumpster diving.

The Blame Game

Afraid of women voters.

The Girl Scouts org will accept trans girls.

I love this woman's face.

Give to the one you love.

An honest reply to the question,"Why are you liberal?"

Islam v feminism.

This should be front page news.

Bush and Cheney lied us into war.  But we knew that.  Even back then.

What Digby said.

Trolls, Jeb Bush and explosive volcanoes

Call it violent misogyny rather than trolling.

More about Jeb Bush and his preaching to a rather unimpressed evangelical crowd.  And his support of White Supremacy.  And his lack of regret for getting involved with the Terri Schiavo case. And his declaration that he too would have invaded Iraq.  Student tells Jeb that his brother created ISIS.   If you want a repeat of the wonderful years of Georgie Bush but this time with Iran.... vote for Jeb.

Oatmeal has suggestions on what we should have been taught in senior year of high school.

Bees are still in trouble:
U.S. Honeybee Population Plummets by More Than 40%, USDA Finds

Something called volcano monitoring.

How can we miss you if you won't go away? ... Far away? And forget the way back.

Jeb Bush says he uses George W. as an adviser about the Middle East.  Because Georgie's grand adventure in Afghanistan/ Iraq turned out so well...

Memories.

Microbeads, Cilantro, and Tesla's Home Battery. With these we will rule the world! Or Something...

Banning microbeads.

Chief Justice Roberts Accidentally Reveals Everything That’s Wrong With Citizens United In Four Sentences

Do you love or hate cilantro?

How much food we waste daily, illustrated by dumpster diving.

The beautiful rant against those who actually think that Obama is going to invade Texas.

Do you think the Baltimore PD has learned anything?

Tesla's home battery.