“Climate change is steadily raising sea levels around the world, but the Gulf of Mexico is rising faster than almost anywhere else in the world,” an article in the UK-based tabloid Daily Mail said on Friday, May 3, 2024 (read it here; see map below). “Ocean levels are at least si[...]
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May 2nd, 2024 - 10:01 pm § in Donald Trump, Humor
Is Trump teleporting drugs into people’s bodies?
Ryan Garcia, a professional fighter (bio here), in April 2024 tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (see story here). Garcia promptly tweeted on Elon Musk’s soapbox, X, that he was set up. “I’m seen with Trump and now I’m positive for steroids,” Garcia wrote. “[...]
As usual, officials are lying about the protests
This time Mother Jones is calling out NYC Mayor Eric Adams (see story here). Days after city cops stormed the Columbia University campus, Hizzoner held a press conference. He used it to condemn “outside agitators,” naming a retired teacher Mother Jones says “was not on Columbia’s[...]
Have you seen this alligator?
If you have, his owner wants him back. Wally (photo below) is an emotional support ‘gator who was swiped from his owner by pranksters, dropped off in a backyard, recaptured by a certified trapper, and taken by wildlife agents to a remote swamp (read story here). Wait a minute. An “emotio[...]
May 2nd, 2024 - 2:58 pm § in Israel/Palestine
Is Palestinian boy’s death a war crime?
Innocent people get killed in wars. Examples are countless. But the West Bank isn’t at war. There, the Israeli army is policing an occupied zone, where violent incidents have increased since the war in Gaza began. On November 29, 2023, several Palestinian boys were playing in the street near t[...]
May 2nd, 2024 - 2:18 pm § in Law and Courts
Child-mistreating judge is reprimanded and reassigned
She was ambushed. The 13-year-old girl was in court to support her father, who was about to be sent back to jail for violating the terms of his supervised release. He worried about his daughter. They lived in a bad neighborhood, she had smoked some weed, and while in jail he wouldn’t be there [...]
May 2nd, 2024 - 12:54 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Schools & Colleges
PHOTOGRAPHY: Peaceful protest
Although the UCLA protest on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, turned violent when pro-Israel counter-demonstrators attacked the protesters (see story here), while police waited more than two hours to intervene (see story here), this photo has nothing to do with that. It’s what the police did to the st[...]
Kristi Noem’s dead dog
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) is campaigning to be Trump’s 2024 running mate. When she revealed she shot her dog “Cricket” (photo, left; story here) because of behavior problems, her intent was to present herself as someone who can “make tough decisions.” The dog’s offe[...]
The loose ends of insurrection disqualification
I didn’t expect the Supreme Court to uphold Colorado’s disqualification of Trump under the “insurrection clause” of the 14th Amendment, which was enacted after the Civil War to keep ex-Confederates from taking control of the Federal government. The Colorado statute establishe[...]
May 2nd, 2024 - 1:21 am § in Misc.
Welcome to Steve’s blog
Dr. Steve Schwartz, a University of Washington medical researcher, created this blog to discuss campus issues, and it soon expanded to a wide range of subjects. Although he’s no longer with us, a longtime contributor still posts articles which readers may find informative, interesting, or simply e[...]