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Archive for November, 2018
Of Kushner and The Portrait
Jared Kushner often poses before Andrew Jackson’s portrait in Trump’s version of the oval office. Why Trump chose Jackson is obvious. Jackson was a racist and an imperialist. Unlike the Founding Fathers who drew inspiration for American democracy from tribal cultures, Jefferson believ[...]
November 27th, 2018 - 7:32 pm § in Politics
A black senator from Mississippi? Nah.
That’s asking too much. Mississippi is a third world country that pretends to be a state. They’ve just returned a Confederate sympathizer who likes public hangings and thinks college students shouldn’t be allowed to vote to the U.S. Senate. As CNN put it, “In the end, it was [...]
November 27th, 2018 - 3:33 pm § in Politics
Heather Heyer’s killer claims self-defense!
Really? Is he serious? James Fields Jr. will claim “he thought he was acting in self-defense” when he drove his car into a crowd, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 28 others, according to his defense attorney. Fields is charged with murder, hate crimes, hit and run, and other felonies.[...]
November 27th, 2018 - 11:26 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
Is Trump Destroying Detroit?
As GM drops the Volt, Trump’s damage to GM is part of a bigger and sadder picture. The two remaining major American car companies .. Ford and FM .. are either getting out of the small car and EV world or exporting those activities to Asia and Europe. Even John Deere and Trump’s beloved H[...]
November 27th, 2018 - 9:35 am § in Donald Trump
MAGA: GM’S VOLT GETS TRUMPED
General Motors announced Monday that it would cease production of the hybrid electric plug-in Volt. The announcement came as part of a larger restructuring by the car company as it seeks to focus production around the bigger vehicles in favor with U.S. consumers. US President Donald Trump went mad, [...]
November 27th, 2018 - 12:51 am § in Politics
Last uncalled House race flips blue
Democrat T. J. Cox has taken the lead in CA-21, the last remaining undecided House race, and one which had been called for the GOP. A victory here would raise the Democratic House gains to 40 seats, the Democrats’ largest gain in House seats since the Watergate year of 1974, and would mean Dem[...]
China to Edit Babies
S GENETIC CURE FOR AIDS: MAKE BETTER BABIES A team led by Prof He Jiankui says the twin girls, born a few weeks ago, had their DNA altered as embryos to prevent them from contracting HIV. The team at the Southern University of Science and Technology, in Shenzhen, has been recruiting couples to[...]