This article contains news with liberal commentary. While the most dishonest person in America campaigns on “law and order,” public trust in police is eroding to the point where it’s almost gone. It doesn’t help when police are caught lying. Hardly anyone believes the cops wh[...]
Archive for September, 2020
September 25th, 2020 - 1:24 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Don’t they shoot saboteurs?
“Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told a federal court that hundreds of high-speed mail sorting machines he ordered removed cannot be returned to service because they were stripped for parts,” Huffington Post reported on Friday, September 25, 2020. That’s DeJoy’s excuse for n[...]
September 25th, 2020 - 1:03 pm § in Misc.
Hero rat wins medal and mention in dispatches
This rat is a hero, and he’s now been decorated and mentioned in dispatches. There are several ways to clear landmines. The simplest, quickest, and least desirable way is by stepping on them. This has obvious disadvantages. So a variant of this method has been developed that consists of making[...]
September 25th, 2020 - 4:22 am § in Politics
Candidate delays election by dropping dead
Literally. And that means Nov. 3 votes to represent Minnesota’s 2nd district in Congress won’t be counted. Instead the election will be a dry run for a special election to be held on Feb. 9, 2021. The district encompasses the southern part of Twin Cities, and is considered Republican lea[...]
September 24th, 2020 - 10:57 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Democrats float term-limiting Supreme Court justices
This article is news with liberal commentary. Some Democrats want to change the Supreme Court’s lifetime tenure to 18 years. Under this scheme, every president would appoint 2 justices in a 4-year term, so a two-term president would appoint a total of 4 justices. “It would save the country a[...]
September 24th, 2020 - 10:13 pm § in Politics
Why does everyone hate Lindsey Graham’s guts?
This article contains news and sarcastic liberal commentary. Hmm. Isn’t that kind of a rhetorical question? Isn’t it obvious? (If not, see list below.) Now Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is whining about how much money his opponent is raising “from people who hate my guts.” Graham cla[...]
September 24th, 2020 - 9:18 pm § in Health
Models predicted 200,000 Covid-19 deaths. Here’s what they say now.
This article contains news with liberal commentary. When Covid-19 arrived in the U.S. earlier this year, “scientific models forecasting hundreds of thousands of deaths were met by some people with derision” (including you know who). The models turned out to be true, and “they’[...]
September 24th, 2020 - 8:51 pm § in Racism
Be a racist, lose your job, reputation, and dining privileges
Sophia Chang and her sister were eating dinner and minding their own business at the Bluewater Grill in Newport Beach, California, on Saturday, September 12, 2020, when James Hilbrant walked past them while going to the men’s room and said, “Go back to Wuhan.” When he came back and[...]
Lindsey Graham says he’ll accept Supreme Court choosing president
This article contains news with liberal commentary. “At a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Thursday, Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he would accept whatever decision the Supreme Court decided if the election results reached that point,” NBC News reported. “Bottom line is whate[...]
September 24th, 2020 - 8:31 am § in Misc.
Rightwing thug trained for truck attack, lied about protesters throwing objects
A man who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of Black Lives Matters protesters on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in Pasadena, California, trained for the attack at a San Gabriel Valley vineyard owned by his family that was used as a “tactical training camp” and shooting, the FBI says. Benjamin Jon[...]