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Archive for the ‘America’ Category
Trump considering Snowden pardon
President Trump says he’s “very strongly” looking at pardoning CIA tattler Eric Snowden. His remarks suggest he’s made a decision and a pardon for the whistleblower is coming. Trump made the statements at one of his golf courses on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Earlier in the week[...]
August 13th, 2020 - 10:36 am § in America
BEYOND KOSHER .. DAMNED PORK!
One Million Moms decried the use of “the d-word” in the ad campaign, One Million Moms has condemned Burger King for use of “profanity” in a commercial. At the 45 second mark, one customer, after sampling Burger King’s Impossible Whopper, the ad says: “Damn, that’s good.” “Burg[...]
August 9th, 2020 - 9:30 pm § in America
Navajos are flattening the curve by cooperating with health experts
They have everything stacked against them: Poverty, crowded living conditions, no running water, limited medical facilities. But the Navajos, who have a higher Covid-19 death rate than any state, are flattening the curve with a stringent curfew and other drastic measures. “It’s because of the Na[...]
The journey from FDR’s “New Deal” to Trump’s raw deal
FDR, faced with America’s worst economic crisis, didn’t know what to do. He threw spaghetti at the wall to see what would stick. Some ideas spawned by his “brain trust” were failures; others, like Social Security, were spectacular successes. Before the economy had recovered, [...]
Public health officials are quitting because of threats, harassment
From NBC’s Today Show, Aug. 5, 2020: [...]
WHO warns of “long road back”
“The World Health Organization warned on Monday that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a ‘silver bullet’ for COVID-19, and the road to normality would be long,” and “exhorted all nations to rigorously enforce health measures such as mask-wearing,[...]
Why the cops killed George Floyd
By now everyone has seen, or heard about, the video of accused police officer Derek Chauvin choking George Floyd to death while two other cops held Floyd down and another stood by fending off horrified onlookers; and to almost everyone watching that video, it looked like an act of murder. That video[...]
Trump lobbies GOP senator on base names
A Washington D.C. diner recorded a conversation between Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) and President Trump in which the senator promised to help Trump prevent the renaming of military bases bearing Confederate names. Read that story here. Congress has already passed a Defense Authorization Act containing [...]
When ‘gun rights’ lead to private armies
Armed racists faced off against armed black militants in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday, July 25, 2020. Shots were fired and three people were wounded. Read story here. Well, the Second Amendment does contemplate “well regulated militias,” although I’m not sure how well-regulate[...]