Sen. Jim Imhofe (R-OK), 87, who was re-elected to a 5th term in 2020, is expected to announce this weekend he will resign at the end of this year so his successor can be elected this coming November (see story here). Imhofe previously had said he wouldn’t run for reelection in 2026. He plans t[...]
Archive for February, 2022
The great stay-in-place
One reason there’s so few houses for sale is because Americans simply don’t move anymore. That may not be entirely voluntary. “Americans, it seems, are finding themselves increasingly locked into places that they wish to escape,” two psychologists wrote in a study of residential stag[...]
Whose side is she on?
Yesterday, Russian leader Vladimir Putin broke his agreements to respect Ukraine’s independence and sovereignty. When he massed troops on Ukraine’s border, he denied intending to attack Ukraine. He was lying (and everyone knew he was). Here’s what Elise Stefanik, the #3 ranking Hou[...]
February 24th, 2022 - 5:08 am § in Politics
GOP candidate calls Hispanic cop “immigrant”
“A Republican congressional candidate in Florida was caught on police body camera footage threatening to end an officer’s career because she pulled him over for a traffic stop,” Huffington Post reported on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 (story here). “Martin Hyde, who is running in[...]
Trump praises Putin’s Ukraine invasion
“Two nauseating, fearful pigs who hate what America stands for and whose every action is driven by their own weakness and insecurity, rubbing their snouts together and celebrating as innocent people lose their lives.” — Andrew Bates, deputy White House press secretary, Feb. 23, 202[...]
The underbelly of democracy
I forget who said, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” (Churchill?) Democracy does have weaknesses. For one thing, it depends on consent of the governed, a potential for chaos (as we saw in 1861-1865) that doesn’t exist in, say, North Korea (a ve[...]
February 23rd, 2022 - 4:17 pm § in Law and Courts
But they look alike, don’t they?
Let’s face it, cops are human, just like the rest of us. So we have to accept that sometimes they’re stupid, lazy, do sloppy work, and aren’t as careful as they should be. The only questions are how much taxpayer money juries should give the victims of their boneheaded screwups, a[...]
February 23rd, 2022 - 3:16 pm § in Biden, Law and Courts
Who’s still in the Supreme Court running?
Biden “is expected” to name his Supreme Court nominee within days, the Guardian says (here), and has interviewed three black women widely considered leading candidates. They are Ketanji Brown Jackson (left), Leondra Kruger (center), and J. Michelle Childs (right); the media have portraye[...]
February 23rd, 2022 - 2:49 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
45 days in jail for inciting civil war
They always sing a different tune in front of the judge after pleading guilty. I guess you can’t blame scum like this for doing anything they can that might get them leniency they don’t deserve. Acting like they deserve leniency is their standard tactic. The latest in this hit parade is [...]
February 23rd, 2022 - 2:13 pm § in Politics
Texas GOP governor orders kids to drop their drawers
“Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) wants the government to investigate children’s genitals,” Huffington Post reported on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 (story here). He’s ordered the state child welfare agency to investigate sex change procedures on minors, just one day after Texas Attorn[...]