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Archive for November, 2020
What “fraud” means to a Republican
Trump and Giuliani are meeting with Michigan’s GOP legislative leaders at the White House on Friday, November 20, 2020, and it’s no secret what they will talk about: Blocking certification of that state’s election, which Biden won by more than 148,000 votes, to clear a path for the[...]
November 20th, 2020 - 12:46 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
Romney slams Trump’s efforts to steal election
Most Republican senators have remained stunningly silent as defeated President Donald Trump brazenly tries to overthrow the election results, but Trump’s actions have finally become so outrageous that Mitt Romney, the most independent of the GOP senators and the only one to vote for upholding [...]
November 20th, 2020 - 12:02 am § in Misc.
Australian military hit with Afghan atrocity scandal
Australia is reacting with “shame and anger” to an official report that found their soldiers “allegedly killed 39 unarmed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan, with senior commandos forcing junior soldiers to kill defenceless captives in order to ‘blood’ them for comb[...]
November 19th, 2020 - 6:53 pm § in Misc.
Essay: The real threat to democracy isn’t Trump
America is, of course, a capitalist nation. Everyone knows that, and also that it’s a democracy, albeit an imperfect one. Most people take this state of affairs for granted, and assume it’s permanent. An essay in Harper’s magazine argues that capitalism doesn’t need democracy[...]
Judges toss more Trump lawsuits
Judges in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia rejected more election lawsuits by Republicans and the Trump campaign on Thursday, November 19, 2020, CNN reported, adding that “nearly no viable post-election cases remain.” Read story here. In Arizona, a state judge threw out a lawsuit that�[...]
November 19th, 2020 - 3:59 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Giuliani’s hilarious hair dye fiasco
On Thursday, November 19, “Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani delivered a rambling monologue meant to reveal evidence for a ‘massive’ vote fraud where he quoted ‘My Cousin Vinny’ and claimed he had ‘hundreds’ of sworn affidavits” blah, blah, blah, the Daily [...]
This is America’s Putin moment
It’s time for Republicans to choose: Are they for freedom or tyranny? “President Donald Trump has invited Republican state lawmakers from Michigan to the White House on Friday” after reaching out to canvassing board members who blocked certifying election results, CNN reported on T[...]
November 19th, 2020 - 1:56 pm § in Science
Bye bye, Arecibo telescope
Engineers have assessed the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, completed in 1963, is unrepairable, unsafe, and plans are now being made to demolish it. The structure was damaged and weakened by Hurricane Maria in 2017, and two support cables snapped in August and November 2020, and part of the [...]
November 19th, 2020 - 1:43 pm § in America, Biden, Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Israel/Palestine, Politics
Why Pompeo’s provocative visit to a West Bank settlement is a bad idea
Lame-duck U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo toured an Israeli settlement in the Palestinian West Bank on Thursday, November 19, 2020, the BBC reported. It’s the first time a high-level U.S. official has ever done so, and the action is considered provocative. But it’s consistent with Tr[...]