“Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Monday that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level,” Reuters reported on November 15, 2021 (read story here). Marijuana, if you don’t know, is illegal everywhere in the U.S., including where it&[...]
Archive for November, 2021
November 15th, 2021 - 7:57 pm § in Politics
Is Liz Cheney a Republican?
Liz Cheney (R-WY) was elected to Congress as a Republican. She describes herself as a staunch conservative. Nobody can really argue with that; her voting record proves it. But the Wyoming GOP’s central committee voted 31-29 to “no longer recognize [her] as a member of the GOP” on S[...]
November 15th, 2021 - 7:35 pm § in Jews, Law and Courts
Teen arrested for synagogue arson
A Texas teen has been arrested for a Halloween night synagogue fire, ABC News reported on Monday, November 15, 2021 (read story here, more details here). Prosecutors charged Franklin Barrett Sechriest (photo, left), 18, with intentionally setting a fire at Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Austi[...]
November 15th, 2021 - 2:33 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Texas parent rants against school suicide prevention
Mental health counseling has no place in schools, she says. It’s up to parents to prevent teen suicides. The school district should instead use that funding to hire “tutors” to help kids (hers?) pass college entrance exams. “At a September school board meeting in Southlake, T[...]
November 14th, 2021 - 7:10 pm § in Donald Trump
How “Blair Witch Project” explains Trumpism
The Blair Witch Project, which I haven’t seen, is a cultural phenomenon (details here). Simply put, it’s a horror-genre movie based on a fictional plot involving people who disappear. Now, a Seattle TV station helpfully uses the movie to explain the Trump phenomenon (read story here). Si[...]
November 14th, 2021 - 1:06 am § in Racism
Racist veteran embarrasses himself, the service, and our country
The council voted 4-1 for one of the two sites under consideration. A local veteran identified as Eugene Kaplan, a supporter of the rejected site who served in the Air Force from 1964-1970 (see here), ripped into Vice Mayor Tammy Kim as follows: “You came from South Korea. How do you feel abou[...]
Flynn flunks 9th grade civics again
Ex-Army general and pardoned felon Michael Flynn, who has advocated overthrowing our government with a military coup, wants to take away more than your voting rights. He’s coming for your religion, too. Speaking at a far-right religious rally on Saturday, November 13, 2021, he thundered: ̶[...]
November 13th, 2021 - 11:22 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Politics
Face of defiance
Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, 94, fought the Nazis as a member of the Polish Resistance in World War 2, cradling a machinegun during the Warsaw Uprising. Speaking at a pro-European Union rally recently, she was heckled by far-right extremists in the crowd. They were picking on the wrong war veteran and ex-[...]
November 13th, 2021 - 3:27 pm § in Misc.
Viral airplane tantrum video is fake
Millions of people have watched a “Karen” video of a maskless woman insisting a flight attendant move an unvaccinated passenger to another seat. Watch it here. The video is quite convincing to a lot of folks, and more than one radio talk show host was fooled by it, but it’s not rea[...]
November 13th, 2021 - 12:16 pm § in Law and Courts
Were the Kenosha vigilante’s courtroom tears fake?
Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse is on trial for killing two men and wounding a third with a gun he was too young to possess at an anti-racism protest he crossed state lines in order to mix it up with protesters. On the witness stand, testifying in hopes of bolstering his self-defense claim, he let [...]