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March 21st, 2019 - 11:48 am § in Misc.

White cop pulls gun on 4 black students for broken tail light

A Lynchburg, Virginia cop ordered 4 black college students out of their car at gunpoint, ordered them to the ground, and handcuffed them after pulling them over for a broken tail light. The cop claimed he “smelled marijuana,” but no drugs were found on the students or in their car. The p[...]

March 21st, 2019 - 10:33 am § in Donald Trump, Politics

Is Trump a Fascist?

Sighhh …  Trumpists take offence at that name and the analogy to brownshirts by .saying Trump has not killed Jews.  That is true. It is also true that Hitler had not killed any Jews in 1932 and there were Jews Nazis at that time.  Nor has Trump placed immigrants on Dachau or declared war on[...]

March 21st, 2019 - 3:25 am § in Misc.

Volunteers arrive at wall

(TA News, Mexican Border, Nogales, Arizona, USA; 3-20-19)  The first group of redhat volunteers have arrived in Nogales to help build the Great Wall.  Eric Trump, Jr. the leader of the group, says they plan to add concrete layers to the existing slat fence.  The volunteers are unpaid but have bee[...]

March 21st, 2019 - 1:56 am § in Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy

As Brexit Teeters, What flag should the English fly?

Replace the corporate logo flying at our heritage sites with the flag of St. George (petition at Change.org) Flying a flag is a political act. It means something, even if we cannot always explain quite what it is or why it is important. It is more blood and guts than bloodless theorems, and it can [[...]

March 20th, 2019 - 10:38 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges

Is there a “Teacher Shortage” in Seattle?

The Seattle Times and the teachers union agree there is.  But is there a shortage of people who want to teach, or a shortage of people who the rules will let teach? This figure show the real problem  … in a tight and challenging job market no one wants to go to “teacher school.” [...]

March 19th, 2019 - 12:51 pm § in Misc.

A DowDuPont subsidiary cut open live dogs and dumped pesticides in their lungs in the name of research

Company claims Brazil made them conduct the horrific beagle experiments A Michigan lab owned by a subsidiary of DowDuPont Corp. has terminated a study in which beagles were force-fed agricultural chemicals, then were euthanized, after the practice was exposed by a Humane Society undercover investiga[...]

March 19th, 2019 - 12:31 pm § in Misc.

Virginia school cop is a recruiter for a white supremacist group

A Virginia school resource officer has been suspended from his job and is facing dismissal after activists poring over online chat messages identified him as a recruiter for a white supremacist group. Although he’s been removed from the school, and may not remain a cop, how did he get the job [...]

March 19th, 2019 - 10:58 am § in Misc.

Can Evangelical Christians Oppose Netanyahu?

“We’re just operating in an environment in which younger evangelicals for a number of years now have not really liked the bargain that my generation made with Republican politics,” Todd Deatherage Adam Wren of POLITCO has a fascinating picture of Todd Deatherage, a former GOP activist and eva[...]

March 19th, 2019 - 10:11 am § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy

BREAKING NEWS: Trump may fire disloyal intelligence chief

In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Alt Right News Site, Newsmax Media CEO Christopher Ruddy warned that Trump believes “generally, there’s a deep concern that on the eve of the North Korea summit, to have your Director of National Intelligence in open hearings undercutting y[...]

March 18th, 2019 - 10:12 am § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy

MAGA FAILURE: US Falls in World Esteem: Trump Desperate for a China Deal

According to Trump’s former chief economist, Mr. T is now desperate for a deal with China. At home, the Trump Administration is faced with scandals that are epic … Grant’s Whisky Ring and Harding’s Tea Pot Dome are now faint memories after and administration where two thirds [...]