Matt Mowers, a peripatetic GOP operative from New Jersey who resides in Washington D.C. and is running for Congress in New Hampshire, voted in both states’ 2016 presidential primaries, a prima facie violation of federal law. Read story here. — A GOP congressman says his party is “a[...]
Archive for April, 2022
Outed hate-spewing cop resigns
“When I seize power, ‘hate crimes’ will be encouraged.” “If I found a genie and I had one wish? The Jews would be a distant memory in 72 hours. I am a supporter of as many holocausts as it takes to cleanse this world of talmudic influence.” “Niggers ruin everything. I have metal st[...]
Why Trump’s “America first” policy is a dead end
America’s isolationist movement before World War 2 that failed to preserve the peace or keep the United States out of the war. Trump is the most significant recent proponent of isolationism. If elected to a second term, he would have pulled the U.S. out of NATO, let Russia walk over Ukraine, a[...]
April 5th, 2022 - 12:49 pm § in Law and Courts
Don’t blame cops if it’s not their fault
In my role as a contributing writer for this blog, I’ve repeatedly criticized bad cops (e.g., here), and frequently called for better recruiting, training, supervision, and discipline of police officers. But we shouldn’t stereotype all cops as racist or trigger-happy. Some are, and polic[...]
April 5th, 2022 - 11:31 am § in Law and Courts
Seattle cops target serial shoplifters (video)
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April 5th, 2022 - 12:43 am § in Law and Courts, Politics
Get Madison Cawthorn out of Congress — and off the road, too
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) has a thing about rules: He disrespects them. Not formal House rules. Nor the Republican caucus’s unspoken rule to not publicly accuse its members of engaging in drug-fueled orgies behind closed doors. Or his home state’s traffic laws. He racked up 3 violatio[...]
April 4th, 2022 - 11:48 pm § in Law and Courts
Should pit bull owners go to jail if their dogs maul someone?
I say “yes,” without hesitation. Kyleen Waltman, 38, of Columbia, South Carolina, was attacked near her home by pit bulls. She looks like the victim of an artillery shell or bomb blast. She was bitten all over her body. Her face is disfigured, she lost both arms and her colon, may lose a[...]
April 4th, 2022 - 11:08 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
One man’s hate crime spree
A 28-year-old homeless man has been indicted in New York City for physically assaulting 7 Asian women in 3 hours. His M.O. was to approach the women from behind, strike them in the face with a closed fist or elbow, then flee the scene, according to police. He’s Steven Zajonc, and here’s [...]
How do you clean a bear’s cage?
Very carefully. Especially when dealing with a Russian bear. To that end, “The US has been careful not to take steps or make statements that could unnecessarily escalate the tensions between Washington and Moscow,” CNN says (here). “On Friday, the US canceled a test of the Minutema[...]
We’re not ready for the next pandemic, and don’t want to be
We humans aren’t exactly a suicidal species, but we come close. We’ve invented weapons to destroy ourselves. We regularly wage large wars that kill many of our own species. We refuse to stop destroying our own habitat. Climate change will end our way of life, but we’re not going t[...]