Eating 1½ bags a day of licorice killed a 54-year-old man, NBC News reported. The problem is that glycyrrhizic acid in licorice root extract raises blood pressure and could lead to “dangerously low” potassium and electrolyte imbalances. Eating “as little as 2 ounces of black licor[...]
Archive for September, 2020
September 23rd, 2020 - 10:01 pm § in Misc.
What to do with lying cops?
Well, first of all, we should recognize they’re human like the rest of us. I mean, none of us are perfect, right? We’re all guilty of a little dishonesty, now and then, and the folks who wear the badge aren’t saints any more than we are. Everyone fudges a bit now and then, it’[...]
September 23rd, 2020 - 5:27 pm § in Misc.
Why wasn’t this cop fired years ago?
This article contains news and liberal commentary? “A former Tennessee state trooper’s insistence that he never yanked the mask off a protester near the state Capitol has been refuted by surveillance footage and an eyewitness account from a fellow law enforcement officer,” ABC News[...]
September 23rd, 2020 - 4:40 pm § in Racism
BREAKING NEWS: No charges for killing Breonna Taylor
This article contains news with liberal commentary. The facts of the case Police suspected Taylor’s current and prior boyfriends of drug dealing, and obtained a no-knock warrant to search her apartment for drugs I(none were found). When they battered down the door, her current boyfriend believ[...]
Town of Swastika keeps its name
Swastika, New York, won’t change its name. The town supervisors debated the issue for 5 minutes. Several “appeared offended by the request” and one said “I’m dead-set against changing it,” adding “only an intolerant person” would assume the town’s name has anything [...]
Chinese bomb U.S. Guam base!
But only in the movies. “The People’s Liberation Army Air Force released a dramatic promotion over the weekend showing … its H-6K strategic bomber… conducting a simulated attack on an unnamed military base … identical to … Andersen Air Force Base in Guam,” N[...]
September 23rd, 2020 - 11:48 am § in Misc.
Reform bill targets Trump abuses
This article is news with liberal commentary. Trump has taken abuse of power to unprecedented levels, and on September 23, 2020, House Democrats unveiled a bill to rein in some of those excesses. They’ll need to win the White House and Senate to pass it. They claim the bill would: Prevent pres[...]
September 23rd, 2020 - 10:00 am § in Misc.
Kenosha shooter’s b.s. self-defense argument
The Daily Mail reported on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 (read story here): “Attorneys for Kyle Rittenhouse have released new footage of the shootings he carried out during protests and riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, arguing that they demonstrate a clear-cut case of self-defense. … In a s[...]
Of Spandex, Feminism, and Male Liberation at the UW
(from a Facebook Post by a friend) When I was a student at the University of Washington, spandex was very popular. I remember one day, I was walking to class, and this one gal, who lived in the dorm, and who was known for always wearing spandex and no underwear, was walking in front of […][...]
September 23rd, 2020 - 9:05 am § in Misc.
Florida clown wants to jail Bloomberg for vote buying
This article contains news with liberal commentary. Rep. Matt Gaetz, attorney, blowhard, and congressional clown (photo), “has called for a criminal investigation into billionaire Mike Bloomberg, who paid off $20 million in debt for more than 31,000 convicted felons in Florida so that they can[...]