Of course he would! He’d pull out fingernails, then chop off fingers, one knuckle at a time. And whatever else it takes to get suspects to talk. At least, that’s what Virginia state senator Steve Martin says he would do for God and Country. And he has plenty of fans who “like”[...]
Archive for December, 2014
December 22nd, 2014 - 10:32 pm § in Misc.
Radical Republicans: No, this isn’t a toy gun; and the kids are real, too
These are Michigan state representative-elect Todd Courser’s children, whom he’s “training up” to fight against “tyranny” and for “Christ.” http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/19/1352903/-Mich-GOPer-posts-pix-of-his-kids-with-AR-15s-calls-them-modern[...]
Biggest anti-science fools of 2014
This would have been hard to write, if Mother Jones magazine hadn’t written it for me. Many thanks! Here are their nominees: #1 “Basically anything said by Donald Trump,” with marqee mention of calling global warming a “hoax” that’s merely a result of scientists &[...]
December 22nd, 2014 - 7:17 pm § in Misc.
‘Atlantic’ magazine blasts partisan exploitation of police tragedy
It’s exceedingly rare for NYPD cops to be gunned down in the line of duty, despite NYC having the nation’s largest police force with over 34,000 uniformed officers. These were the first such cop killings in over 3 years. The nation’s heart goes out to the families of the slain offi[...]
December 22nd, 2014 - 5:21 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
BLACK AMERICA: Who chooses the schools?
This bothers me a lot more than the color of the skin in a police officer’s uniform. Too often I hear well-meaning lace curtain liberals, white and black, telling black parents what is best for their kids. Education is not a way out of the current occupation of black America, its is the only[...]
December 22nd, 2014 - 5:08 pm § in America
The RIGHT Joins North Korea in Blaming Obama
FUCK KIM JONG UN, AND FUCK YOU. David Atkins is right: It wasn’t “Hollywood” or America who pulled The Interview due to North Korean pressure, it was Sony, a multinational corporation that, like any other, values shareholder interest waaaaaay more than free speech. Of course con[...]
December 22nd, 2014 - 1:47 pm § in Misc.
North Korea Threatens the US
calendar>>December 21. 2014 Juche 103 U.S. Urged to Honestly Apologize to Mankind for Its Evil Doing before Groundlessly Pulling up Others Pyongyang, December 21 (KCNA) — The Policy Department of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK issued the following statement Sunday: Strang[...]
December 22nd, 2014 - 11:25 am § in Misc.
Fired Milwaukee cop not charged for killing homeless man
A Milwaukee cop who was fired for killing a mentally ill homeless black man won’t be criminally charged because he acted in self-defense, the county prosecutor announced today. The cop was dispatched to conduct a “welfare check” on a man seen sleeping in a downtown park. When the c[...]
December 22nd, 2014 - 10:17 am § in Misc.
Should NY cops who disrespected Mayor de Blasio be reprimanded?
Yes. On Saturday, after two New York police officers were ambushed and slain by a deranged ex-felon and prison gang member, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio met privately with the officers’ families, and also went to the hospital where the officers were taken after being shot. As he arrived, a nu[...]
December 22nd, 2014 - 9:54 am § in America
Calls to Try Cheney and Bush for War Crimes
Germany Files War Crimes Against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld And Other CIA Officials Author: Ryan Denson December 21, 2014 1:35 pm If President Obama won’t do it, someone else will. Thankfully, a human rights group in Berlin, The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, has begun[...]