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June 3rd, 2016 - 12:39 am § in Misc.

Seems Clear, SC Guv Will Not Be Trumpette VP.

Haley: Divisive Rhetoric Like Trump’s Led To Charleston Church Shooting Share BY ALLEGRA KIRKLAND[...]

June 2nd, 2016 - 11:21 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.

TRUMPISM: Philippines President Trumps Journalists

Philippine media groups expressed outrage Wednesday at president-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s endorsement of killing corrupt journalists, warning his comments could incite more murders. Duterte, who won this month’s elections in a landslide, told reporters on Tuesday that there was justificat[...]

June 2nd, 2016 - 7:11 pm § in Politics

Nate Silver grades the pollsters

Some polls are more accurate than others. Nate Silver grades them here. A few of his ratings of well-known pollsters: A+ … Monmouth, ABC/Washington Post, Field, Elway A … SurveyUSA, Marist, Farleigh/Dickinson A- … Ipsos, Fox News, NBC/WSJ, Quinnipiac C+ … Rasmussen, Harris In[...]

June 2nd, 2016 - 1:41 pm § in Schools & Colleges

Alabama teacher fired for racist test

Even in Alabama, this test will get a teacher fired. The content apparently came from a 20-year-old email typical of what rightwingers circulate as “humor.” Read story here and here.  [...]

June 2nd, 2016 - 10:46 am § in Misc.

The REAL GOP .. vote Hillary!

The Federalist is a long time REPUBLICAN loving organization! And they are telling people to vote for Hillary! WOW WOW – Make SURE you read it ALL. 7 Reasons You Should Vote For Hillary Instead Of Donald Donald Trump has proven himself irredeemably incompetent for the presidency. You should no[...]

June 2nd, 2016 - 8:31 am § in Misc.

The Arab Holocaust

BDS and other pro Intestinal groups see their campaigns as moral.  Moral, however needs to be judged by history. Antisemitism was not just the sin of Christian Europe.  While Jews did live better in Islamic Arab lands, that life was at best parlous.  The Quran itself records the Prophet’s [...]

June 1st, 2016 - 10:07 am § in Misc.

Advice to Bernie, From A Jewish Fan

Ken Waltzer FACEBOOK  Sound advice from Paul Berman. Sanders’ accomplishments have been to raise social democratic concerns in the race, to push Hillary to be better than she is, and to mobilize a young constituency for democratic action. But Sanders has not been forthcoming about concrete, [...]

June 1st, 2016 - 8:18 am § in Misc.

538 on California: The Odds

According to 538’s analysis of the latest polls,  Hillary Clinton has a 96%chance of winning the California primary. Bernie’s chances are 12%.[...]

June 1st, 2016 - 1:35 am § in Misc.

80th Anniversary of First Edition of Superman

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June 1st, 2016 - 1:31 am § in Misc.

90th Anniversary Tulsa Massacre

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