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Archive for February, 2021
February 3rd, 2021 - 5:17 pm § in Law and Courts
Cops can’t find Kenosha shooter; D.A. seeks arrest warrant
“Wisconsin prosecutors are seeking a new arrest warrant for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse,” the Daily Mail reported on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Apparently the murder suspect has disappeared. In court documents, authorities allege “his address is ‘false and the defendan[...]
February 3rd, 2021 - 4:27 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Gutless GOP House leaders won’t discipline Rep who advocated assassinating Democrats
“House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced no disciplinary actions against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) [photo, left] in a statement released as he met with his caucus,” The Hill reported on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. “During the meeting, he told members he[...]
February 3rd, 2021 - 2:14 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Mar-a-Lago update: Trump can live there as an “employee”
A legal review by Palm Beach’s attorney concluded the agreement between Trump and the town allowing him to convert Mar-a-Lago into a private club with certain residency limits “does not expressly prohibit him from residing there,” and town zoning ordinances allow him to do so if he[...]
February 2nd, 2021 - 11:59 pm § in Misc.
6-Minute Movie: “The Dentist”
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February 2nd, 2021 - 2:05 pm § in Donald Trump
Update: Capitol cop wasn’t killed by fire extinguisher
Authorities haven’t released autopsy results, but said “medical examiners did not find signs that the officer sustained any blunt force trauma, so investigators believe that early reports that he was fatally struck by a fire extinguisher are not true,” CNN reported on Tuesday, Febr[...]
A brief history of African-American heroes
From Revolutionary War days to the present, many African-Americans have given their all for a country that often was reluctant to acknowledge them. While the Tuskegee Airmen are widely known, thanks in part to Hollywood, how many people know the story of the Buffalo soldiers? Or the Harlem Hellfight[...]
Do chickens have feelings?
Maybe I shouldn’t ask. If I think about this, a drumstick may never taste the same again. Anyway, here goes: ” … [W]e’ve known for a while that chickens are very intelligent and feeling bird beings. And, so too, are many other birds. The excellent essays written for Psycholo[...]
Did some GOPers just blink?
If so, welcome back to the civilized world, boys, because we need two competitive parties in this country — to keep each other honest, and keep our politics from going off the rails. “Rep. Liz Cheney, under fire from … Trump” and the batshit-crazies who believe his election l[...]
When Capitol rioters didn’t vote, what does that tell us?
“They were there to ‘Stop the Steal’ and to keep the President they revered in office, yet records show that some of the rioters who stormed the US Capitol did not vote in the very election they were protesting,” a CNN article published on Monday, February 1, 2021, says. Read[...]