“A police officer who was hired by the city of Snoqualmie despite a history of excessive force has been placed on administrative leave and is under investigation by the department, according to city officials.” That cop was hired by Snoqualmie P.D. despite a rap sheet that reads like b[...]
Archive for October, 2015
October 25th, 2015 - 1:32 pm § in Politics
GOP legislator equated Obamacare with Holocaust
This is somewhat old news now, because it’s a story from 2014, but here’s an actual statement by a real-life Republican state legislator, Tennessee Sen. Stacey Campfield: “Democrats bragging about the number of mandatory sign ups for Obamacare is like Germans bragging about the num[...]
October 25th, 2015 - 8:50 am § in Uncategorized
Donald Trump endorses dictators
“Donald Trump believes the world would be much better off if ruthless dictators like Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi were still in power,” CNN reported on Sunday. Trump asserted the Middle East would be more stable today if Saddam Hussein and Moamar Gadhafi, the thuggish rulers of Ira[...]
October 25th, 2015 - 8:14 am § in Uncategorized
Chris Christie defends killer cops, and calls for less civility to Congress
“Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie blasted President Obama on Sunday for ‘justifying’ the Black Lives Matter movement, which the New Jersey governor says has called for the killing of law enforcement officials. ‘The problem is this, there’s lawlessness in[...]
October 25th, 2015 - 8:03 am § in Uncategorized
Ben Carson’s violent past
GOP presidential frontrunner Ben Carson has admitted on NBC News that he has a “volatile” past. “I would go after people with rocks, and bricks, and baseball bats, and hammers,” he said. When he was 14, he also tried to stab a friend during an argument over a radio station, b[...]
October 25th, 2015 - 4:05 am § in Misc.
Picasso’s Birthday
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso, was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Wikipedia[...]
October 24th, 2015 - 5:52 pm § in Misc.
Are we tough enough on drunk drivers?
In American criminal jurisprudence, intent is a major factor in how we punish antisocial behavior. Killing someone intentionally is punished differently than doing it recklessly. Ever since it was invented, the automobile has been an instrument of carnage on our streets and highways. Drunk driving h[...]