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Archive for February 2nd, 2017
February 2nd, 2017 - 11:17 pm § in Politics
GOP: Mentally ill should have guns
Look for Republicans to strip away every remaining restraint on weaponry. Earlier this week, it was reported the NRA’s top legislative priorities are (1) legalizing silencers, and (2) making a CCW permit issued by any state valid in all 50 states. So this probably was inevitable: “The H[...]
February 2nd, 2017 - 12:49 pm § in Misc.
Hype vs Hope in Science
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February 2nd, 2017 - 12:16 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
NEW SPEAK: Terrorist Means Muslim
Hoda Hawa, director of policy for the Muslim Public Affairs Council, said she was told last week by people within DHS that there was a push to refocus the CVE effort from tackling all violent ideology to only Islamist extremism. “That is concerning for us because they are targeting a faith group a[...]
February 2nd, 2017 - 10:12 am § in America
Funny that Trump spent so much time on MLK day comparing himself to Dr. King but never mentioned this.
Trump doll hangs in effigy from a tree by a noose at an Indiana home A U.S. Army veteran in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hung a life-sized effigy of President Donald Trump from a noose in the man’s front-yard tree shortly after Trump’s inauguration, and cops say they can do nothing about the display [...]
Trump Praises Fred Douglass as Up and Coming Figure
In which Donald Trump discovers some guy named Frederick Douglass The President joked that Fred was his own father’s name! “Maybe I am African American too?”[...]
February 2nd, 2017 - 5:44 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Why Public Unions Are Bad … Seattle’s Cops and Trump’s Feds
Meanwhile at the federal level: President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress are drawing up plans to take on the government bureaucracy they have long railed against, by eroding job protections and grinding down benefits that federal workers have received for a generation. Hir[...]
February 2nd, 2017 - 3:47 am § in Misc.
DRINKING LIBERALLY: Join Us Monday Nights for Beer, Pizza and Politics
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Letter to a Republican Friend
I Still Want to Talk. Let me be clear. I have never been a member of either political party except where I was required by law to declare an allegiance and then I have registered as a Republican or as a Democrat depending on the person I was supporting. While on most issues I lean […][...]