With paint rounds, not potentially-lethal rubber bullets; but it’s still horrifying to think what might have happened to a deaf or elderly resident who couldn’t hear or understand their commands. https://youtu.be/y3qZEA-nbY8[...]
Archive for the ‘America’ Category
June 4th, 2020 - 5:21 pm § in America
Video shows National Guard shooting at Minneapolis residents on their porches
Police arrest non-white CNN crew covering Minneapolis riots
They had been complying with police orders. They were in a relatively peaceful area under police control. A nearby white CNN crew was not molested. The police lied about why they were arrested. They were released about an hour later after the governor intervened. Read story here.[...]
How America stacks up against Asia in fighting Covid-19 (spoiler: not so well)
America, pop. 330 million, has 98,000+ Covid-19 deaths; six Asian nations with a combined population of 328 million have ~1,200 Covid-19 deaths. (The six nations are Australia, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, and Vietnam.) Our death rate is 80 times theirs. On Saturday, May 23, 2020, “Ameri[...]
May 25th, 2020 - 11:47 am § in America
Memorial Day is also for remembering what they fought and died for
“Given the deep implications of Memorial Day, the question arises; do we ‘observe’ Memorial Day or do we ‘celebrate’ it? … Looking past the tears and bowed heads and folded hands … we can see something else; an idea. The idea of America is arguably the most significant in h[...]
May 6th, 2020 - 6:13 pm § in America
Is this what we’ve come to?
Is this what America is now? I thought we were smarter than this. Read story here. [...]
May 5th, 2020 - 3:49 pm § in America
Bad behavior
Stress brings out the worst in some people. And maybe some people simply have been cooped up in their homes too long. In California, a grocery store customer wore a KKK hood. (Read story here.) In Michigan, a Dollar Tree customer who was told to wear a mask by an employee wiped his face on […[...]
May 3rd, 2020 - 1:28 pm § in America
About that Kent State photo
This photo, taken on May 4, 1970, won a Pulitzer Prize for a journalism student named John Filo. Today, he is “head of photography for CBS,” according to his Wikipedia biography. The girl, 14-year-old Mary Ann Vecchio, was called a “dissident communist” by Claude Kirk, the Re[...]
“W” calls for unity, end of partisanship
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Kent State shootings, former president George W. Bush “called on Americans … to put aside partisan differences, heed the guidance of medical professionals and show empathy for those stricken by the coronavirus and the resulting economic devastati[...]
“I have constitutional rights!”
But no brains. Just because you have a right to do something (or think you do*), doesn’t mean you should. (* Courts, not individual citizens, decide what’s constitutional. There’s a well-established body of case law upholding public health regulations.) Look, I understand many peop[...]
April 30th, 2020 - 1:05 am § in America
FACEBOOK on the Louisiana Purchase
On Saturday, April 30, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was signed by Robert Livingston, James Monroe, and Barbé Marbois in Paris. President Jefferson announced the treaty to the American people on July 4. After the signing of the Louisiana Purchase agreement in 1803, Livingston made this famous[...]