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Archive for March 20th, 2021
March 20th, 2021 - 4:59 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Pierce County’s sheriff must go
For years, Ed Troyer (photo below) was the official voice of the Pierce County, Washington, sheriff’s department. He was on TV whenever there was a major crime story, press conference, or announcement. So when the old sheriff retired, it’s not surprising he won the job, given the influen[...]
Out of control sports fans
Ohio State’s Buckeyes No. 2-seeded basketball team lost to No. 15-seeded Oral Roberts University in the national tournament’s first round, “making Ohio State the ninth No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament history to lose an opening round game, according to WCMH-TV, the NBC affiliate in [...]
Stimulus payment
This time I’m getting my stimulus payment 6 weeks earlier, and by direct deposit instead of by mail. Nothing’s changed on my end. I’ve had direct deposit of my government benefits (social security) all along. The only thing that has changed is new management overseeing federal reli[...]
March 20th, 2021 - 12:31 pm § in Politics
Leveling the political playing field
The voting rights bill snaking through Congress is pushing GOP buttons. “‘H.R. 1 is an attempt to use the Democrats’ slim majority to unlevel the playing field and take away the rights of roughly half of the voters in the country,’ said Mark Weaver, a GOP consultant based in [...]