Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell complained Thursday that House Democrats are “trying to overturn a state-certified election,” The Hill reported on March 18, 2021 (read story here). It’s sorta true. But it’s a House matter, it’s constitutional, and has precedents (594 [...]
Archive for March, 2021
Rupert Murdoch, vaccine hypocrite
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 89 (photo, left), whose Fox News allegedly is a “hub of anti-vax propaganda,” got vaccinated through U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) on December 18, “before almost anyone else … presumably because he didn’t want COVID to kill him,̶[...]
March 17th, 2021 - 10:43 pm § in Law and Courts, Misc.
Wisconsin’s crazy liquor laws
Beer, wine, and liquor are readily available in Wisconsin (except in a couple of small towns). But state law prohibits carryout sales after 9 p.m., while bars can remain open until 2 a.m. This means that from 9 p.m. until 2 a.m., you can’t buy beer to take home. You have to sit on a […][...]
Florida business owner arrested for Capitol Riot fire extinguisher assault
Robert Scott Palmer, 53 (photos), who owns and manages a cleaning and restoration business in Clearwater, Florida, has been arrested for his actions in the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. He now faces multiple charges (read story here). Palmer allegedly went to [...]
March 17th, 2021 - 7:12 pm § in Politics
The filibuster isn’t sacrosanct
It’s not in the Constitution; it’s an arbitrary Senate rule, and the Senate can change its rules. It has a disreputable history; CNN calls it “a relic of Jim Crow.” (Read story here.) “Southern senators took advantage of the filibuster for years to block civil rights l[...]
Is climate denial on its last legs?
Not really. Republicans and their brainwashed followers will be around for a long time. But the industry coalition that has funded and supported climate denial for decades appears to be cracking apart, according to this article in The Atlantic. Here’s an excerpt: “If you read a lot of cl[...]
March 15th, 2021 - 10:57 pm § in Health
War Between the States
Nebraska’s governor accused Colorado’s of a “direct attack on our way of life” after the latter urged residents to go meatless one day per week. After Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, recognized “MeatOut Day,” a creature of the animal-rights movement, Gov. Pete Ricke[...]
House passes pro-union bill
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed “labor groups’ top legislative priority, a bill aimed at strengthening workers’ rights to unionize,” setting the stage for a Senate battle over labor rights. Labor unions arguably created America’s middle class by raising wage[...]
Ammon Bundy arrested for masklessness
Heard of homelessness? It’s not a crime, although Republicans are trying to make it one. And they’re not just targeting the homeless; in cities run by conservatives, giving food to a homeless person could land you in jail. Going maskless isn’t the same as being homeless. That̵[...]
March 15th, 2021 - 9:19 pm § in Health
A vaccine glut is coming
Still waiting? Your shot is on the way! Very soon there will two (or one, depending on vaccine type) for everyone who wants one.* By Sunday, March 14, more than a fifth of the U.S. adult population had their first shot (the newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine requires only one), and the vac[...]