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Archive for June, 2021
June 25th, 2021 - 10:46 pm § in Misc.
Bad cops cost taxpayers big $$$
Most police officers do excellent work in an often thankless job that at best is difficult and can be dangerous. They are to be commended, and deserve our wholehearted support. But police work isn’t for everyone, some people just aren’t suitable for its demands, and like any other occupa[...]
Retail workers are quitting. What took them so long?
Retail jobs are lousy jobs. In many cases, they don’t pay enough to live on. Fluctuating hours make it difficult or impossible to arrange child care and/or work a second job. Since the pandemic began, they’ve been at exceptionally high risk, because they work indoors and are exposed to l[...]
June 25th, 2021 - 8:04 pm § in Misc.
Cop kills “good guy with a gun”
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” That’s an NRA motto. But being a “good guy with a gun” got a Colorado man killed on Friday, June 25, 2021. First, a cop-hater named Ronald Troyke dressed up in tactical gear, went hunting for pol[...]
A “peaceful” riot
Many Republicans, with the help of enablers like Fox News, have tried to falsely portray the Capitol riot as a peaceful protest, and even compared the rioters to “tourists”. Here’s one of those so-called “peaceful” protesters: “Forty-three-year-old Shane Jason Woo[...]
Will China’s emperor start a war?
“Xi Jinping is a man on a mission,” the influential Washington D.C.-based Foreign Affairs magazine says. Much of his focus is on domestic issues such as eliminating corruption, political rivals, and internal dissent. But he’s also picking fights with other countries, “especia[...]
June 24th, 2021 - 2:51 pm § in Misc.
OAN airs “execute Democrats” rant
One America Network (OAN), an ultra-far right media outlet that peddles pro-Trump election conspiracies, and is a sponsor of the Arizona GOP’s sham “audit” of Democratic-leaning Maricopa County’s 2020 ballots, says the “people responsible for overthrowing the election&#[...]
June 24th, 2021 - 12:27 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
How much prison time will Derek Chauvin get?
George Floyd’s killer appears in court for sentencing tomorrow, Friday, June 24, 2021, and “at least” 12 years in prison, The Hill reports (see story here). Under Minnesota sentencing guidelines, the maximum possible sentence is 40 years, “but because Chauvin has no previous [...]
Giuliani facing NY disbarment
Rudy Giuliani was handed an interim suspension of his New York license to practice law on Thursday, June 24, 2021, pending disciplinary proceedings that could lead to his permanent disbarment, CNN has just reported (see story here). The judges hearing a disciplinary complaint against Giuliani consid[...]
June 24th, 2021 - 12:44 am § in Environment, Politics
Fine, but how ya gonna do that?
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), America’s Dumbest Congressman®, recently “asked a U.S. Forest Service official if her organization or the Bureau of Land Management could change the orbit of the moon or Earth to reverse the effects of human-caused climate change.” (See story here.) “T[...]