Is this what America is now? I thought we were smarter than this. Read story here. [...]
Archive for May, 2020
May 5th, 2020 - 3:49 pm § in America
Bad behavior
Stress brings out the worst in some people. And maybe some people simply have been cooped up in their homes too long. In California, a grocery store customer wore a KKK hood. (Read story here.) In Michigan, a Dollar Tree customer who was told to wear a mask by an employee wiped his face on […[...]
May 4th, 2020 - 11:23 am § in Misc.
THE-Ave Challenge: What is missing?
A. American flags B. French flags C. People D. Crosses E. Location [...]
May 3rd, 2020 - 1:28 pm § in America
About that Kent State photo
This photo, taken on May 4, 1970, won a Pulitzer Prize for a journalism student named John Filo. Today, he is “head of photography for CBS,” according to his Wikipedia biography. The girl, 14-year-old Mary Ann Vecchio, was called a “dissident communist” by Claude Kirk, the Re[...]
“W” calls for unity, end of partisanship
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Kent State shootings, former president George W. Bush “called on Americans … to put aside partisan differences, heed the guidance of medical professionals and show empathy for those stricken by the coronavirus and the resulting economic devastati[...]
“I have constitutional rights!”
But no brains. Just because you have a right to do something (or think you do*), doesn’t mean you should. (* Courts, not individual citizens, decide what’s constitutional. There’s a well-established body of case law upholding public health regulations.) Look, I understand many peop[...]
U.S., China, Russia and Europe taken by surprise as North Korea lands a man on the Sun
(Rewritten from material obtain with no respect for the original text as posted on an anti Peking Chinese web site.) North Korea’s surprise comes just months after China proclamation of a Lunar Defence Obliteration Zone . The Zone, established following China’s Moon landing, was[...]
May 1st, 2020 - 1:16 am § in Misc.
May Day: Let’s put Soviet heroes on our money!
They Saved Us Why not? These two guys, Vasili Arkhov and Stanislov Petrov, saved us by not launching their nuclear weapons. You may already know their stories, but if you haven’t heard, Arkhov didn’t launch his nuclear torpedo against U.S. ships during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, and [...]
May 1st, 2020 - 1:11 am § in Hypocrisy
THE Ave Challenge: These Custom Limosines Are Being Made For …
A. Prince Muhamud ben Salman B. President Donald Trump C. Dear Leader Kim Jung Un D. President Vladimir Putin E. CEO Jeff Bezos[...]