From Huffington Post, May 14, 2022 (see story here): “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas clutched his pearls on Friday as he regarded Americans so distraught over the prospect of losing human rights in their country that some showed up at justices’ Washington-area homes to address the peo[...]
Archive for May, 2022
May 14th, 2022 - 2:02 pm § in Politics
Republicans make stupidity a sport
Republicans lie a lot, we all know that. Lately, they’re into fantasy, too. This isn’t new. “Chinese bamboo ballots” are a fantasy. “Stop the Steal” exists only in overheated imaginations. And QAnon lives in Never-Never Land. The GOP recently announced it won̵[...]
Will Trump’s postmaster go?
Trump lackey Louis DeJoy (photo, left) is notorious for slowing mail service. But I’ll always remember him as the guy who made mailboxes disappear before the 2020 election. (They magically reappeared after the election; see my posting here.) You want an election conspiracy? Well, there it is. [...]
May 13th, 2022 - 6:53 pm § in Politics
Is there hope for GOP voters?
There’s not a lot of reason to believe there is. After all, they still support Trump despite his immorality, dishonesty, and total lack of character. Their own behavior leaves a lot to be desired (see, e.g., threats against election workers). And, in North Carolina, they elected Madison Cawtho[...]
All subpoenas are not equal
The House committee investigating the Capitol riot issued subpoenas this week to several GOP House members, including GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy. They debated it for months, “wrestling with whether they had the constitutional right to do so, and … if they wanted to set such a preced[...]
May 13th, 2022 - 10:54 am § in Health
Who’s still dying from Covid-19?
“People 65 and older account for about 75 percent of U.S. Covid deaths,” NBC News reported on Friday, May 13, 2022 (story here). “And some risk persists, even for seniors who have completed an initial two-dose series of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine or gotten one dose of the Johnso[...]
May 13th, 2022 - 3:22 am § in Russia
Dog’s best friend
Igor Pedin rescued his dog, Zhu Zhu, from besieged Mariupol by walking 140 miles. On the way, he tried to blend in, but was arrested and questioned by Russians — then let go. He walked past dead bodies, stepped around mines, and crossed destroyed bridges. He and his dog made it to safety. Read[...]
May 13th, 2022 - 2:44 am § in Foreign Affairs, Health
North Korea: No vax, no masks, no safe haven
As Covid-19 spread around the world, North Korea tried to seal itself off, but it didn’t work. You couldn’t expect it to, in a country where no one is vaccinated, nobody wears masks, and attending huge military parades is mandatory. Its April 25, 2022, “Founder’s Day” m[...]
May 12th, 2022 - 5:32 pm § in Russia
First Ukraine war crime trial begins
Russian army sergeant Vadim Shysimarin (photo, left), 21, is charged in a Kyiv court with murdering a 62-year-old civilian. Ukrainian prosecutors say Shysimarin, described as a tank commander, was ordered to kill the civilian on a bicycle in a village outside Kyiv on Feb. 28, four days after the inv[...]
May 12th, 2022 - 3:21 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump wanted to court-martial retired military officers who criticized him
It’s abundantly clear that Trump was lawless and accepted no limits on his power. Admiral William McRaven (bio here), retired since 2014, criticized Trump as a civilian. Furious, Trump wanted to recall McRaven to active duty and court-martial him for “disloyalty.” Same with General Stanley McC[...]