A Covid-19 outbreak caused by a Maine wedding reception that violated state-imposed gathering restrictions “is now responsible for 3 deaths and nearly 150 infected people,” NBC News reported on Sept. 4, 2020. Two weeks later, there were 7 deaths and over 170 cases. Sixty-five people atte[...]
Archive for September, 2020
Labor Day
Groups representing labor won a federal holiday honoring workers in 1894. For many today, it’s a 3-day weekend and retailer sale event. Labor rights and middle-class prosperity were hard-won. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, workers were treated little better than serfs; and in the early [...]
September 4th, 2020 - 6:11 am § in Misc.
THE-Ave Challenge: Who’s this chick?
A. A rock musician B. Stalin’s granddaughter C. Paris Hilton in junior high D. A tech billionaire’s daughter E. An Evergreen State College professor F. Mitch McConnell’s hairstylist G. Jerry Falwell’s mistress H. Al Capone’s great-great niece I. DeGaulle’s grandd[...]
Historians say Truman didn’t order Nagasaki bombing
Once the A-bomb was tested and worked, whether civilians or the military would control it became an issue. Thanks to Truman, it remained under civilian control. Today, the Department of Energy, not the military, is the custodian of America’s nuclear weapons. Everyone knows Truman ordered the H[...]
September 3rd, 2020 - 5:30 pm § in Humor
You caught it, what you gonna do with it?
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Incendiary rhetoric
“If you kill one of us, it’s time for us to kill one of yours.” — Kenosha protester This article contains news with liberal commentary. Those incendiary words were snarled into a bullhorn by a black speaker at a protest rally in Kenosha. There’s no disputing it; it’[...]
September 3rd, 2020 - 2:59 pm § in Politics
She said, he said
“She” referring to the salon owner, not Nancy Pelosi, who says she was “set up,” and “he” being the hairstylist calling the salon owner a liar. She denies it. Even went on Tucker Carlson’s Fox show to deny it. And complain about being shut down. But he says [...]
September 3rd, 2020 - 12:51 pm § in Humor, Schools & Colleges
Playing hooky in 2020
News spiked with eccentric humor. “Police have arrested a Florida high school student for alleged cyberattacks that rendered the Miami-Dade school district’s remote learning platform almost impossible to use,” NBC News reported on Thursday, September 3, 2020. An “unnamed 16-year-[...]
September 3rd, 2020 - 1:18 am § in Misc.
Fla. couple shoots at black men returning U-Haul rental
Stupid is … A Florida white couple allegedly shot at two black men with a child who were merely returning a U-Haul rental van. The couple (photos below) hid inside another U-Haul with guns, waiting to ambush people they claim have been stealing gas (presumably from U-Haul vehicles, as no gas p[...]