“First, we’ll kill all the lawyers,” Cado’s rebel henchman, anarchist Dick the Butcher, says in Shakespeare’s “King Henry VI,” in Part 2, Act 4. Anarchist rebel Donald Trump doesn’t kill lawyers, but he doesn’t pay them, and throws them under the[...]
Archive for November, 2022
November 20th, 2022 - 3:32 am § in Environment
A brief primer on lithium mining
Lithium, a soft white metal (photo, left), is a key material for electrical car batteries — making it a strategic material. The world’s currently known commercial-grade deposits are concentrated in South America and Australia. Mining methods on the two continents couldn’t be more d[...]
How 3 Republicans could elect a Speaker
Assuming a 220-215 GOP House majority, as NBC News has projected, it would take only 3 GOP votes to elect Justin Amash as speaker if Democrats cooperated. And on Friday, November 18, 2022, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado endorsed Amash, which could bring along other Democrats (read story her[...]
November 18th, 2022 - 11:44 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
“Antifa” gets 20 years for knifing two Proud Boys in Jan. 6 protest brawl
A state judge sentenced Alexander Contompasis (photo, left), 39, of Rennsalaer, New York, to 20 years in prison for slicing and dicing two Proud Boys in a street brawl outside the New York capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. The Proud Boys survived, but one was seriously injured. On the same day that[...]
November 18th, 2022 - 9:16 pm § in Environment
Victory for Klamath River dam removals
A river runs through a controversy that has brewed for 20 years, but is now coming to closure. Historically, the Klamath River (map, left) was the third most productive salmon river in the lower 48 states, behind the Columbia and Sacramento rivers, Wikipedia says (here). During the 1850s, gold seeke[...]
November 18th, 2022 - 7:28 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Stalker gets 9 years for attacking mixed-race family
A serial criminal who stalked, harassed, and then drove a stolen truck into the home of a Minnesota multiracial family (photo below) was convicted and sentenced on Friday, November 18, 2022 (read story here). Police found a teddy bear hanging from a noose inside the stolen truck (see story and photo[...]
November 18th, 2022 - 12:14 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Boebert’s opponent concedes
Democrat Adam Frisch, opponent of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), says he called Boebert and conceded, CNN reported on Friday, November 18, 2022 (see story here). Boebert leads by 554 votes, and the close margin triggers an automatic recount, but Frisch said he “does not expect the results to ch[...]
November 18th, 2022 - 12:05 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Judge compares Capitol rioter to Hitler’s followers
A federal judge compared a Capitol rioter to Hitler’s followers on Friday, November 18, 2022 (see story here). Judge Reggie Walton held nothing back when he sentenced Dustin Thompson, 38, an Ohio exterminator, to 3 years in prison for invading the Capitol and stealing a coatrack and bottle of [...]