Female hummingbirds, like females everywhere, have to put up with a lot of crap. But some of them have figured out a way around it. Don’t want to be harassed at meal time, or chased, plucked, and body-slammed? Then retain your blue feathers so the boys will think you’re one of them. Read[...]
Archive for August 28th, 2021
He died for freedom
Not in Kabul. In Texas, a far deadlier place for Americans than Afghanistan ever was, or ever will be. According to Johns Hopkins University’s Covid Tracker data base (here), Covid-19 has infected over 3.5 million Texans, and killed 56,577 of them. That’s approaching, and likely will soo[...]
Customer service in Texas
Two middle-aged black guys took a defective TV set one of them purchased earlier that day to the customer service counter at a Texas WalMart. The white guys behind the counter spent an hour examining their receipt. Then the white cops arrived. They were handcuffed, body-searched, etc., and after bei[...]
PHOTO: Horse sees his girlfriend
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Ohio prison horror story
A middle-aged black inmate is dead, and 10 correctional employees have lost their jobs. Criminal prosecutions may follow. What happened to 55-year-old Michael McDaniel sounds like something out of a medieval torture chamber. Although McDaniel died from cardiac arrest, the coroner ruled his death a h[...]
Covid-19 headlines for Friday, 8/27/21
TEACHER WHO VIOLATED SCHOOL MASK POLICY INFECTED OVER HALF THE CLASS Read story here * * * LAW PROFESSOR SAYS MAKE UNVACCINATED PEOPLE PAY FOR THEIR HOSPITAL COSTS Read opinion here * * * FEDERAL JUDGE RULES AGAINST FLORIDA GOVERNOR ON SCHOOL MASK MANDATES Read story here * [...]