The Rev. Al Sharpton sat so quietly in the courtroom’s spectator benches the judge didn’t even notice he was there. The jury probably didn’t, either, until the lawyer defending one of the white men accused of lynching black jogger Ahmaud Arbery complained to the judge. Kevin Gough [...]
Archive for November 11th, 2021
November 11th, 2021 - 7:47 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Should black pastors be banned from lynching trials?
The stupid things journalists write
“The Perseverance rover took a well-deserved break in October during solar conjunction, but it’s back to investigating intriguing rocks in Jezero Crater on Mars,” CNN correspondent Ashley Strickland wrote in an article posted on Thursday, November 11, 2021. Or, out of an abundance [...]
November 11th, 2021 - 1:43 pm § in Racism
Racist ex-police chief assures us he’s not a racist
He was caught on surveillance video (below) “leaving a ‘Ku Klux Klan’ note on a Black officer’s raincoat,” NBC News says (here). That’s not all. He also “fashioned a KKK style hat out of paper” and told the officer “he had to wear it on his next [...]
November 11th, 2021 - 12:12 pm § in Health
Vaccination is free, fake cards aren’t
If you get scammed by this, you deserve it. “The hidden market for fake vaccine cards has been growing as more states start to enforce vaccine mandates for public gatherings, and employers require proof of vaccination,” the Guardian reported (here), and “many of the people offeri[...]
Did you know WW2’s G.I. Bill was whites-only?
After World War 2, the troops returned home to a heroes’ welcome. A grateful Congress passed the G.I. Bill bestowing benefits that enabled them to attend college and buy homes, which provided millions a path into the middle class. If they were white. The law itself wasn’t discriminatory.[...]
November 11th, 2021 - 1:48 am § in Humor
Why the Founding Fathers didn’t go with pure democracy
Obviously because they watched this clip from the (now-canceled) Norwegian TV series “Norsemen” on YouTube (like we do) and after thinking about it went “hmm.” Yeah, reserving a veto power is always a good idea. Especially when you’re among friends. Return to The-Ave.US[...]