Last Sunday, five black St. Louis Rams players raised their hands to show solidarity with Ferguson protesters. The gesture infuriated the city’s white police union, whose business manager, Jeff Roorda — a white cop with a checkered personal history — called it “tasteless, off[...]
Archive for December 3rd, 2014
St. Louis black cops repudiate white cops’ criticism of NFL players
Nobody knows how many people are killed by cops.
“Syndicated columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote this week that young black men are 21 times more likely to be shot and killed by police than young white men. Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly had a much different take on his show Monday night, offering that more whites are killed by poli[...]
What global warming? I don’t see no global warming! It’s cold outside!
“This year is on track to be one of the hottest, if not the hottest, year on record, a U.N. agency reported Wednesday.” http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/03/world/climate-change-report/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 But hey, it’s cold and there’s snow in Seattle right now, which proves global[...]
Rookie Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Was Fired From Previous Police Job
The rookie cop who killed a 12-year-old boy last weekend quit his previous police job for “personal reasons” after only 5 months while in the process of being fired, according to a Cleveland TV station, which we all understand is an effective termination. His former supervisors described[...]
FACEBOOK: on those damn illegal immigrants
Joseph Larson I know a farmer in WI. that pays cash for Mexican help. One night some guys came out to the barn and took all the money these guys had thinking they would get the weeks wages. Actually they got way more than that, they got the money saved up for a once a […][...]
Remembering a Jewish Hero From The Sixties
Michael Schwerner is one of the heroes we celebrate in our family Haggadah. Now, 50 years after James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael “Mickey” Schwerner were slain in Mississippi by members of the Ku Klux Klan, Schwermer’s his martyrdom has been recognized by President Obama’[...]
National Defense
Buck Wheat commented on an article of Facebook. November 27 at 2:33am · With the Stealth fighter everything is all about sensor and data technology, if they are that far behind then the fighter is no better then an American F-15 New Russian Stealth Jet Fighter Called ‘Super Weapon’ Giving Russi[...]
How NOT to make peace in Palestine
Last night at Drinking Liberally a new friend, Mary, and I had the usual liberal discussion about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Mary, insisted that the US and Israel are guilty of rejecting multiple offers of peace. I told her that no such offer has been made and that, worse, Hamas insists[...]