E.J. Dionne, looking at British and French and German elections, cautions that politics is moving to the center, and somewhat to the left, not going haywire. Part of this might be reaction to Trump. “Corbyn boosted the Labour Party vote to 40 percent, 9.5 points higher than it was two years ag[...]
Archive for June, 2017
June 12th, 2017 - 12:12 am § in Misc.
Is Wonder Woman Black?
White or Nah? Twitter Is Fuming Over People Saying the New Wonder Woman Is a Person of Color Israeli actress Gal Gadot is the subject of new controversy. People are obsessed with her “race.” She is Jewish. “Color” is a racist term that has NO meaning. As a Jew she could have[...]
June 11th, 2017 - 11:02 am § in Donald Trump
KARL ROVE DUMPS ON TRUMP
Karl Rove: ‘Trump lacks the focus or self-discipline to do the basic work required of a president’[...]
June 11th, 2017 - 10:30 am § in Foreign Affairs
Putin’s Opposition
The Kremlin critic Aleksei A. Navalny called for an anticorruption protest across Russia on Monday, and aims to run against President Vladimir V. Putin, if he can get on the ballot. Read Mr. Navalny’s Blog. [...]
June 11th, 2017 - 10:00 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: 6/12
After refusing to speak in public, Sessions will testify about Comey before Senate panel in public RUSSIA: Putin Opposition Leader Arrested After Mass Protests Across Russia Trump proposes cutting Holocaust Museum 5 million dollars out of 54 million dollar budget! MACRON’S TAKEOVER OF FRENCH [...]
June 11th, 2017 - 9:10 am § in Donald Trump
Trump Tweet: Attacks Comey’s Manhood
Washington (AFP) – “I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible.” “Totally illegal? Very ‘cowardly!'” On Friday, Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski criticized Comey as not “man enough&#[...]
June 11th, 2017 - 3:40 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Ending Racism
“Race” is a term with no definition outside of bigotry. As for as I know, none of the world’s bibles define humans as anything more than one species. Our ancestors certainly identified by tribe or people but those distinctions were not based on the bizarre idea of distinct hum[...]
NSF Ends Support For Environmental Biology Training Grants
WHILE FRANCE OFFERS US SCIENTISTS FUNDING IF THEY EMIGRATE, NSF CUTS PhD TRAINING PROGRAM Letter from the NSF: Dear Colleague: With this Dear Colleague Letter, the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) is notifying members of the research communities served by the Division of Integrative Organis[...]
Medical Research During Slavery