In Tennessee, Pamela Moses was sentenced on January 31, 2022, to 6 years in prison for “illegally registering to vote” despite her assertion the state department of corrections told her she was eligible to vote (story here). Legal experts said they were “baffled” by the sever[...]
Archive for February, 2022
More coffin nails in “lab leak” theory
Two new studies “offer further evidence that the coronavirus originated in animals and spread to humans in late 2019 at the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China,” CNN reported on Saturday, February 26, 2022 (read story here). These are preprint studies, not yet peer-reviewed or publishe[...]
February 26th, 2022 - 9:18 pm § in Politics
Texas democracy? No way!
Click here for the faces and stories of people who Texas Republicans don’t want voting — the blacks, the elderly, the sick and disabled, the young. To be honest, I can’t vote for a party or politicians who do that to their fellow citizens. How about you? And if a party has to preve[...]
Russians with a sense of humor
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February 26th, 2022 - 8:51 pm § in Environment, Humor
Notice to hikers
Mountain goats are native to the North Cascades, but not the Olympic mountains. Goats need salt. The North Cascades have salt licks, the Olympics do not. There, the goats have only one salt source: Hikers. Consequently, the “Olympic National Park in Washington had a huge problem: [very friendl[...]
Is Putin creating a giant of history?
In August 1914, Germany demanded passage for its troops through tiny Belgium. King Albert refused, “took personal command of the Belgian Army, and held the Germans off long enough for Britain and France to prepare for the Battle of the Marne” (quoted from Wikipedia here), the pivotal ba[...]
Ukraine and nuclear risk
For decades, the U.S. and Russia avoided direct confrontations that could escalate to nuclear war. Leaders on both sides were cautious. Putin may be cut from different cloth. Even before he invaded Ukraine, Biden declared sending U.S. troops was off the table, and Russia’s nukes was why, but P[...]
February 25th, 2022 - 9:31 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Why Senate should confirm Jackson for Supreme Court
Biden’s choice of Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court is no surprise. She has a very strong resume, and was always the frontrunner. Jackson has the traditional Supreme Court credentials: Harvard, magna cum laude; Harvard Law, cum laude, and Harvard Law Review; clerked at the district, [...]
February 25th, 2022 - 4:56 pm § in Misc.
Weird news: Burglar tries to steal bomb shelter
Wesley Morgan, 71, a rich Republican who once got elected to the Kentucky legislature, maybe because he resembled Richard Nixon (photo, left), spent $3 million on a bomb shelter under his house (photo, right) when Barack Obama was elected president. I guess that’s okay if you can’t think[...]
February 25th, 2022 - 1:32 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Silly things Capitol rioters say at their sentencings
A federal judge sentenced the Capitol rioter who gleefully posed with Speaker Pelosi’s podium to 75 days in prison on Friday, February 25, 2022 (story here). He also was hit with a $5,000 fine and 200 hours of community service. Adam Johnson, 37, of Tampa, Florida — like most of the other ri[...]