Journalist, pesky creatures they are, like to fact-check political speeches. CNN says Trump delivered a “doozy” at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington D.C. on Saturday, March 4, 2023 (see story here). By now, his M.O. is familiar: Portray America as a post-a[...]
Archive for March, 2023
March 5th, 2023 - 5:51 pm § in America, Biden, China, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Hypocrisy, News Media, Politics, Republicans, Russia
Fact-checking Trump’s CPAC lies
March 5th, 2023 - 10:51 am § in Misc.
Does the movie dog die?
Are you squeamish? Thinking about watching a movie, but hesitating because you don’t want to see a dog get it? Help is available! Someone set up a website just for people like you. It’s called “DoesTheDogDie.com” (here) and offers spoilers on whether popular movies portray a[...]
March 4th, 2023 - 7:28 pm § in Donald Trump
Trump proposes “freedom cities” in the desert
Trump unveiled “utopian ideas for the future” in a campaign video released on Friday, March 4, 2023, coinciding with his speaking appearance at a Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) gathering. The Hill reported (here) those ideas include building “freedom cities” o[...]
March 4th, 2023 - 6:57 pm § in Politics, Republicans
WTF Texas Republicans?!
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) represents southwest Texas. The Uvalde elementary school, scene of a mass shooting in May 2022, is in his district. The perpetrator bought the gun legally a day after his 18th birthday, and committed the crime a week later. Following that school massacre, there was another [...]
GOP legislator’s anti-LGBQT hate tax
Texas state Rep. Bryan Slaton (the gunman in the photo below; read his bio here), a former preacher-man, is a hater. He was elected by country hicks in northeast Texas (details here and here). The product of a Baptist bible college, he wants the state to kill doctors who perform abortions, and wome[...]
March 4th, 2023 - 2:03 am § in Politics, Republicans
Memo to Nikki Haley
Memo: If you’re tired of losing, don’t be a loser. But she’s not off to a good start. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a gathering that has a reputation for foaming-at-the-mouth extremism, Haley started off by reminding a small crowd that, “We’ve[...]
March 3rd, 2023 - 10:52 pm § in Misc.
PHOTOGRAPHY: There’s rocks in those clouds!
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March 3rd, 2023 - 5:59 pm § in Religion, Republicans
DeSantis wages religious war against Disney
For half a century, Disney managed its sprawling Florida properties through an entity called “Reedy Creek Improvement District.” Last year, Disney got into a pissing match with Gov. DeSantis over the latter’s bigoted, discriminatory “Don’t Say Gay” bill, so the GO[...]
Why are Republicans such jackasses?
Republican sorry for suggesting ‘hanging by a tree’ as execution method That’s the headline on a Guardian story published on Thursday, March 2, 2023 (read it here). If he’s sorry he said it, maybe he shouldn’t have said it; instead, maybe he should have engaged his brain, if he[...]
March 2nd, 2023 - 11:24 pm § in Law and Courts
Crime blotter: Trial predictions
Defendants are presumed innocent until there’s a guilty plea or verdict, but you just know lots of people are placing bets on the outcomes of these high-profile cases. People bet on everything from dog races to cockfights. I won’t put money on it, but … Alex Murdaugh This story per[...]