Steve Slaton, an Arizona GOP legislative candidate, “has much to be proud of,” says the Vietnam veteran who helped draft the Stolen Valor Act. “He had three years of military active-duty service, and that should be enough.” So why did Slaton claim to be a Cobra gunship co-pil[...]
Archive for June, 2024
June 14th, 2024 - 11:09 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Arizona candidate falsely claims he’s a Vietnam veteran
Biden didn’t head-butt the Pope
Under “News of Things That Didn’t Happen Today,” this is a story only because Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany is the story. On June 14, 2024, McEnany enhanced her reputation as an airhead (see my posts here and here) by alleging that President Biden “head-butted” Pope Fr[...]
June 14th, 2024 - 9:35 pm § in Hypocrisy, Republicans
GOP candidate’s abortion hypocrisy
Republicans claimed there was voting fraud, so I looked for voting fraud, and found it here (Colorado GOP chairman convicted of voting his ex-wife’s ballot), here (Republican lawyer urged Florida residents to vote in George election), here (3 Pennsylvania Trump supporters charged with voting f[...]
Ignore CNN’s investing advice, and laugh at Wells Fargo Bank
Why CNN’s investing advice is laughable The headline of a CNN article published (here) on Friday, June 14, 2024, a day when stock indexes sank a little more after sinking for the last month, reads: “Here’s how to invest in stocks when interest rates are higher for longer” “[...]
June 14th, 2024 - 4:06 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Will 2024 be a Republican year?
Nobody knows, people can only guess. Peter Zeihan isn’t convinced in the video above. Nor is Prof. Alan Lichtman in the video below, and he correctly called the last 10 popular votes. What about polls? They predicted Hillary Clinton would win in 2016, and a 2022 “red wave” that didn’t ma[...]
June 14th, 2024 - 2:06 am § in News Media, Politics
News or propaganda?
It can be hard to tell. The news industry’s traditional business model has collapsed, and newsrooms are going away. Newspapers used to be supported by advertising, local TV news by commercials. But shopping and advertising moved to the internet, greatly reducing financial support for unbiased [...]
June 13th, 2024 - 6:38 pm § in Law and Courts
Inhumane cop gets humane sentence
Pearl, Mississippi, pop. 27,115 (photo below), is a suburb of Jackson, the state capital. It’s in Rankin County, where 6 former sheriff’s deputies were sent to prison in March 2024 for torturing black men (see that story here). Michael Christian Green (photo, left), 26, a Pearl city cop [...]
June 13th, 2024 - 4:21 pm § in Misc.
This blog will never ask you for boxes of free cookies
“The owner of a New York-based cookie company is going viral after calling out a beginner influencer,” NBC News reported on June 13, 2024. The wannabe influencer wanted free cookies for her wedding reception. Her email said, “I’d love to include your amazing products in my bridal party b[...]
June 13th, 2024 - 3:47 pm § in Law and Courts
The Stars and Stripes upside down
“The veteran organization the American Legion weighed in on the upside-down American flag controversy Thursday, noting that flags should only be flown this way if there is ‘extreme danger to life or property,'” NBC News reported on June 13, 2024 (story here). But that’s not t[...]
June 13th, 2024 - 1:51 am § in Misc.
Parking lot buskers (video)
I’m running across them, too; they’re everywhere. No, they’re not real performers; you’re hearing recorded music and they’re faking playing the violin or whatever. There are lots of videos of people confronting these scammers, but this one is positively hilarious. Retur[...]