Trump stole taxpayer money. My question to Republican voters is, what are you gonna do about it, vote for him again? I can easily back up that assertion. In 2019, news sources reported that military travelers were being diverted to Trump’s money-losing Scottish golf resort and charged for stay[...]
Archive for October, 2022
October 17th, 2022 - 8:25 pm § in Foreign Affairs
Iran’s George Floyd moment
Mahsa Amini, 22, was murdered by the Iran regime’s “morality police” after arresting her for letting hair show under a head scarf. Yes, she was killed by the cops for a dress code violation. The hijab law has been around since religious fanatics seized power in 1979, but is unpopul[...]
October 17th, 2022 - 7:34 pm § in Russia
Wind energy isn’t hot air
I’ve seen conservatives pooh-pooh wind energy, and I’ll bet you have, too. But wind and solar energy have provided 24% of the European Union’s electricity since Russia invaded Ukraine, and increased renewables capacity has saved EU countries $97 billion “in avoided gas imports be[...]
October 17th, 2022 - 3:48 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
This better be the stolen bike
My thinking is this: If you make a citizen’s arrest, you’d better have the culprit, and should face serious legal consequences if you detained an innocent person. In this case, if this isn’t the stolen bike, this vigilante should be charged with a hate crime; but even if it is the [...]
October 17th, 2022 - 3:35 pm § in Science
A black hole is born
Around 2.4 billion years ago, a massive star in the Sagitta Constellation collapsed to form a black hole, and fired gamma rays into space. Astronomers are calling the explosion “BOAT” — the “brightest of all time.” The gamma rays arrived at our planet last week, and wer[...]
Are these Democratic campaign ads unfair?
CNN calls them “misleading” in a story here. All involve House races. Esther King is a GOP candidate in Illinois. The Democratic ad says she “stands with Republicans who want a national abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest,” even though her stated position is “[...]
October 16th, 2022 - 10:46 pm § in Misc.
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I hope Roger Stone gets what he deserves
Roger Stone, the penultimate GOP dirty trickster, has been a toxic pollutant in American politics for over half a century. He’s also a criminal. As Huffington Post says (here), he was “sentenced to 40 months in prison for multiple felonies, including witness tampering, lying to Congress,[...]
October 16th, 2022 - 9:09 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Republicans aren’t entitled to elections they trust
They’re entitled to elections by the established rules, no more nor less. In a TV interview with CNN reporter Dana Bash, whackadoodle candidate Kari Lake said, “The real issue, Dana, is … we have Americans who don’t trust our elections.” (See story here.) No, that isn&#[...]
October 16th, 2022 - 8:32 pm § in Law and Courts
Manson killers should never get out of prison
On August 9, 1969, Patricia Krenwinkle accompanied other “Manson Family” members to actress Sharon Tate’s Palm Springs home, where she stabbed coffee heiress Abigail Folger to death while her companions murdered Tate and three other people. The next night, August 10, 1969, Krenwink[...]