Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who’s disappointed in nearly everything she votes for, but keeps voting for it anyway, called the cops because someone chalked a message on the sidewalk in front of her home asking her to “please” support women’s abortion rights. (See story here.) O[...]
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December 1st, 2021 - 11:11 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
The hypocrisy of Susan Collins
“Sen. Susan Collins, the moderate Republican from Maine, favors passing legislation to enshrine the protections of Roe v. Wade into law,” NBC News reported on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 (here), as the Supreme Court listens to oral arguments in a Mississippi case challenging Roe v. Wade.[...]
Sen. Collins says the election winner “should” choose the SC nominee; what’s that worth?
It’s worth a handful of warm spit, that’s what it’s worth. Senator Collins issued the statement below: “In order for the American people to have faith in their elected officials, we must act fairly and consistently — no matter which political party is in power. Presiden[...]
September 15th, 2019 - 10:27 am § in Misc.
Is Susan Collins a gullible fool?
She’d be a lousy juror. When Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) announced she would vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, she said she believed “someone” had assaulted Christine Blasey Ford “at some point,” but contended Ford’s allegations failed “to [...]
October 7th, 2018 - 8:36 am § in Politics
Collins asserts someone else assaulted Ford
In a TV segment taped Saturday for Sunday airing, GOP Sen. Susan Collins, who cast the pivotal vote that put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, claimed she believes someone else assaulted Sen. Christine Blasey Ford. The rest of her party abandoned the “mistaken identity” defense immed[...]
January 6th, 2015 - 1:42 am § in Misc.
HarperCollins omits Israel from maps for Mideast schools, citing ‘local preferences’
Where’s Israel? (adapted from the Washington Post and the American Thinker) The book publisher HarperCollins UK learned a valuable lesson on the dangers of trying to appease in the modern age of instant communications. The company literally wiped Israel off the map by omitting Israel on their[...]
January 15th, 2011 - 8:56 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Francis Collins To Blocl 50% of Chimp Grants on Moral Grounds
Most Medical Research Using Chimps Isn’t Necessary, NIH Says December 15, 2011, 2:02 pm A report out today from the Institute of Medicine criticized most federally supported medical research on chimpanzees as unnecessary. Immediately afterward, Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institut[...]
Flags of our fathers
Jay Collins (photo, right) is an American hero. A career Army sergeant and Green Beret, he returned to duty after losing a leg in combat (see his bio here). Collins, a Republican, was elected to Florida’s state senate in the state’s 2022 “red wave.” The first-termer is among [...]
December 29th, 2022 - 2:40 am § in Politics
Can George Santos serve in Congress from prison?
Yes! If newly-elected Rep. George Santos (R-NY) goes to prison — which is a possibility, see story here — he could still serve in Congress, but presumably would vote remotely, and participate in committees via Zoom. Arrangements could be made to wire his cell for videoconferences, so he [...]
I’m used to racist/sexist GOP candidates, but a lobotomized one?
Disclaimer: Just because I’m used to them, doesn’t mean I vote for them. Blake Masters, 36, is the 2022 Arizona GOP nominee for U.S. senator. He wasn’t born stupid, as he has B.A. and J.D. degrees from Stanford, so his cerebral cortex must have been pithed at some point, perhaps as[...]