Want to blow up the Capitol? (See story here.) Come and get it. Depleting the population of domestic terrorists is no loss to our democracy. (Technical details: The rifles aren’t loaded, but an ammo magazine in a chest pouch is visible on the National Guard soldier on the left. With practice, [...]
Archive for March, 2021
March 4th, 2021 - 1:36 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Black man sues movie theater for kicking him out
A black man kicked out of a Phoenix movie theater despite having a ticket is suing the movie chain for racial discrimination. His video of the incident (watch it here), which occurred in 2019, went viral at the time. Accused of sneaking in, he showed the manager his ticket, but was ordered to leav[...]
House Dems pass voting rights bill, now comes World War 3 in the Senate
“House Democrats passed sweeping voting and ethics legislation over unanimous Republican opposition” Wednesday night, sending to the Senate “what would be the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation,” AOL News said. (Read story here.) The bill takes[...]
CNN vets key 2022 Senate races
CNN has identified 10 Senate seats it considers mostly like to change hands in 2022. Each party currently holds 5 of them, so if all 10 seats flip, the Senate’s partisan composition will stay the same — 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans. That would be a win, of sorts, for the Democrats as [...]
March 3rd, 2021 - 2:42 pm § in Law and Courts
Prosecutors accuse tax swindler of faking dementia
Software tycoon Robert Brockman, 79, possesses the usual billionaire accoutrements: Mansion, yacht, private jet, and Aspen ski cabin. He’s also an accused tax crook. Federal prosecutors have charged him with 39 counts of tax evasion, wire fraud, and money laundering. Brockman (blank stare at l[...]
Scientists: Covid-19 is here to stay
Impatient Americans want to know when the Covid-19 pandemic will be behind us and life will return to normal. They won’t like the answer. Scientists are increasingly skeptical it will ever end. “A new consensus is emerging among scientists … that SARS-CoV-2 will not only remain wi[...]
March 3rd, 2021 - 12:12 pm § in Misc.
GOP balks at Biden’s HHS pick
Senate committee Republicans closed ranks in opposition against Biden’s HHS secretary, Xavier Beccerra (photo, left), holding up his confirmation. For bad reasons. With equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans on the committee, the vote tied at 14-14, and it’s now up to the partiesR[...]
March 3rd, 2021 - 11:27 am § in Law and Courts
Crime news: Canadian car attacker found guilty
A Canadian man who drove a rented van on a crowded Toronto sidewalk in 2018, mowing down pedestrians, is criminally responsible for his actions despite suffering from autism spectrum disorder, a judge ruled on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. She found him guilty of 10 counts of murder, for the people w[...]
The Covid-19 baby bust
It seems counter-intuitive, but 9 months after Covid-19 lockdowns began, two dozen states reported a 7% drop in their birth rates; and, the Brookings Institution is predicting “a large, lasting baby bust” in 2021. The explanation? “It’s not the main reason births have declined du[...]
Curious otters clobber trail camera (video)
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