Trump is a rogue president. That’s not plausibly debatable. He breaks rules. He’s like a driver who speeds, blows red lights and stop signs, passes stopped school buses, and parks in handicapped spaces without a placard. Which is fine with his most zealous supporters, who are frustrated [...]
Archive for August, 2020
August 17th, 2020 - 7:36 pm § in Misc.
Chased down and killed for a broken taillight
A 60-year-old black man went out for a grape soda. He never returned. It’s the old familiar story: White cop, black man, shot dead during a traffic stop. Julian Lewis, 60, woke up alive and healthy on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. That evening, after he went out to buy a grape soda for his wife, [&hel[...]
August 17th, 2020 - 3:00 pm § in Humor
7-Minute Movie: “Oh Sheep!”
(Rated R-35. Viewer Discretion: Contains simulated blood and gore of animated representations of farm animals.)[...]
August 17th, 2020 - 2:54 pm § in Racism
Dolly Parton sounds off on BLM
“Of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little White a**es are the only ones that matter?” Read about the mural here and what else she said here.[...]
August 16th, 2020 - 9:18 pm § in Humor
10-Minute Movie: “Revenge of the Roadkill Rabbit”
(Rated R-35. Viewer discretion: Contains simulated violence against stuffed animals resembling woodland creatures and real human actors.)[...]
Back to school!
Sample Questions from the Trump University Final Exam Trump University. Use these sample questions and the answer key provided to prepare for next week’s big test. Two plus two equals what? (a) Maybe four. (b) Could be four. Could be. Lotta people saying it’s five. (c) I’m not saying it’s fi[...]
Trump considering Snowden pardon
President Trump says he’s “very strongly” looking at pardoning CIA tattler Eric Snowden. His remarks suggest he’s made a decision and a pardon for the whistleblower is coming. Trump made the statements at one of his golf courses on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Earlier in the week[...]
Ferdinand the Bull charges firemen battling So. Cal. wildfire
No bull! This bull “is known locally as Ferdinand,” according to a Los Angeles TV station, and he’s not the flower-smelling sweetheart of the children’s story (left). He’s more like “Get off my lawn!” or snorting to that effect. Read story here and watch vid[...]
August 15th, 2020 - 5:00 pm § in Misc.
Russia’s Vietnam
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and withdrew in defeat in 1989. Over that decade, millions of Afghans were driven from their homes, between 1/2 million and 2 million Afghan civilians were killed, and the Soviets officially recorded about 13,500 combat deaths and some 53,700 wounded in c[...]