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March 5th, 2021 - 7:17 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics

Georgia GOP legislators outlaw “Pizza to the Polls”

Feed voters, go to jail. Georgia Republican legislators have just passed a law making it a felony to give coffee or food to voters waiting in line. Read story here. During the 2020 election, some voters waited in lines for hours. Republicans made it as hard to vote as they possibly could, and if the[...]

March 5th, 2021 - 6:47 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts, Politics

Georgia grand jury to probe Trump’s election interference

“A criminal investigation into … Trump’s attempts to overturn” Georgia’s election results “is set to intensify this week as a grand jury convenes, offering the local district attorney her first shot at seeking subpoenas for records and interviews,” CNN repor[...]

March 5th, 2021 - 6:21 pm § in Health, Politics

Latest mask brouhaha

States run by Republicans have begun lifting their mask mandates. In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott said, “Texans no longer need government running their lives” (read story here). His party used to prosecute draft dodgers, but that was a long time ago. His party also passed legislation to prose[...]

March 5th, 2021 - 11:42 am § in Law and Courts, Misc.

Sick and stupid

   A New Jersey man has been arrested and extradited to New Hampshire for carving QAnon graffiti into a rock formation at a tourism site, the Union Leader reported on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Read story here.    “Mark Russo, 50, was charged with one count of felony criminal mischief afte[...]

March 5th, 2021 - 11:18 am § in Misc., Science

PHOTOGRAPHY: Atmospheric magic

This picture isn’t photoshopped. The ship is actually over the horizon, and light-bending atmospheric conditions made it visible. Read story here. This would’ve been useful to naval commanders before radar was invented if they could’ve figured out how to turn it on. Return to The-A[...]