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Three democracies that survived near-misses with tyranny
The best way to learn is from other people’s travails. Two University of Chicago professors studied three democratic countries that barely missed being taken over by tyrants. Take a look at how they saved themselves. Case #1: Finland in 1930 “[T]he right-wing mass Lapua movement that par[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Has Jesus Been Reborn?
Has Jesus been Reborn? About six years ago a 10-year-old girl was raped. This “Maria” may have fulfilled the prophecy of a virgin birth since she was too young for normal birth and was forced to give birth via C-section. We do not yet know if Maria’s son is the second coming. CHU[...]
Where gun sales are hottest
Update: In its 10/29/20 segment, CBS After Hours reported that 3 out of 4 voters are worried about post-election civil unrest, “both sides” are arming themselves, and gun sales are up 66% over last year (starts at about 7:20 in this video). The segment also notes there are many first-tim[...]
If white people have armed militias, black people can, too
That’s how it works in this country. Read story here. And if it leads to gun battles in the streets between rival militias, like they have in other Third World countries, well, that’s what the Supreme Court wants, isn’t it? At least you’d think so from their rulings. Photo: S[...]
Was the Civil War about slavery?
This article is liberal commentary. Lincoln didn’t think so. He didn’t get around to emancipating the slaves until 3 years into the war, and then only in the secessionist states, as a measure to punish them for secession and pressure them to give up. Lincoln fought the Civil War to prese[...]
Award Sgt. Cashe the Medal of Honor and rename Fort Benning for him
It’s indisputable that Alwyn Cashe deserves the Medal of Honor. His heroism is extraordinary. An Army platoon leader, he wasn’t injured in the initial explosion of a roadside bomb in Iraq that damaged a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, but he repeatedly dived into the burning vehicle to pull ou[...]
What Kirstie Alley doesn’t get about democracy
Basically, everything. “Alley, a longtime Trump supporter, took to the platform on Saturday night to tell her followers that she will vote for the president again in 2020 because ‘he’s NOT a politician,’ Newsweek says. “I voted for him 4 years ago for this reason and sh[...]
A brief history of America’s parties and where it might go from here
America’s system of electing presidents is responsible for there being two major political parties, and increasing polarization of Republicans and Democrats — who virtually hate each other now — has brought that system to the verge of collapse, writes Lee Drutman, a political scien[...]
October 12th, 2020 - 2:27 pm § in America, Donald Trump, Environment, Health, Humor, Misc., News Media, Science
FAKE NEWS: Man did NOT cheat on his wife with a goat!
“Beatrice, AL | An Alabama woman had the surprise of her life when, while surfing the web, she fell on videos involving her husband and a goat in sexual foreplay,” the headline screamed in World News Daily Report, a satirical fake news website whose motto is, “Where Facts Don[...]