In early November 2020, Joshua Macias (photo, left) traveled from Virginia to Philadelphia where he and a confederate were arrested outside a building where votes were being counted (details here). “Police recovered handguns, an AR-15-style rifle, 160 rounds of ammo, a lock-picking kit and a s[...]
Archive for June, 2022
June 13th, 2022 - 8:58 pm § in Politics
Herschel Walker’s resume padding
Herschel Walker, 60, is a former NFL player whose qualifications to be a U.S. senator consist of winning the GOP nomination because of his name familiarity. That’s as far as he should get. There’s nothing wrong with the incumbent, Sen. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist C[...]
June 13th, 2022 - 7:56 pm § in Misc.
Google invents HAL … and doesn’t want you to know
Google has suspended a software engineer for revealing it has created a computer which he says thinks and has feelings. The company denies Blake Lemoine’s description of conversations with the artificial intelligence machine, asserts he breached its confidentiality policies, and says “he[...]
How old are you? How much would you pay to find out?
The calendar lies. You may be younger or older than you think. That’s because chronological and biological age are different. But measuring the latter is tricky. There are several ways to do it, some better than others. Scientists consider “epigenetics” the “gold standardR[...]
June 12th, 2022 - 8:13 pm § in Misc.
Thank God Ledge (video)
This notorious vertigo-inducing ledge on Yosemite’s Half Dome is 1700′ above the ground. Some climbers call it “walking the plank.” One described it as “almost perfectly flat, and as you cross – it gets narrower and the wall pushes you outwards, just enough to be [...]
Nixon’s crimes
Most people just remember the Watergate break-in, if anything at all. Many weren’t even born yet. But Richard Nixon’s crimes went far beyond the break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in the Watergate complex (photo below) and the coverup that followed. He kep[...]
June 12th, 2022 - 2:15 pm § in Politics
Florida governor declares Texas drag show is dangerous to Florida children
A video of a Texas drag show triggered Florida’s book-burning Gov. Ron DeSantis. He announced during a press conference he’s “considering using child protective services to investigate parents who bring their children to see drag performances,” and proposed to “terminate t[...]
Where “Liz Cheney” is a swear word
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) is the rioter in the video below. Now he wants to be “Sen. Mo Brooks (R-AL).” But first, he has to win a primary election. Meanwhile, Trump has endorsed his opponent, Katie Britt (“does this mean we’re not friends anymore?”). It was only last year[...]
June 11th, 2022 - 12:44 am § in Misc.
Poor sportsmanship at a hockey game
Is it New Yorkers? Hockey fans? People on edge? Or just raw tribalism? This isn’t the first time sports loyalties have provoked violence. Nonetheless, it was shocking, and it’s the sucker punch that has gone viral as America tries to put its Great Pandemic Hibernation behind it. The New [...]
Giuliani faces more lawyer discipline
Rudy Giuliani (photo, left), whose New York license to practice law is already suspended, now faces similar action by the D.C. bar, CNN reported on Thursday, June 10, 2022 (read story here). The new disciplinary charges stem from his pursuit of baseless election fraud claims in Pennsylvania courts i[...]