Trump counts evangelicals among his staunchest supporters, but mocks them behind their backs. Asked about it, a White House flack said, “The president is … well known for joking and his terrific sense of humor.” Huh??? Trump has a sense of humor? Trump refers to evangelical leader[...]
Archive for the ‘Hypocrisy’ Category
Lindsey Graham says he’ll accept Supreme Court choosing president
This article contains news with liberal commentary. “At a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Thursday, Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he would accept whatever decision the Supreme Court decided if the election results reached that point,” NBC News reported. “Bottom line is whate[...]
Of Spandex, Feminism, and Male Liberation at the UW
(from a Facebook Post by a friend) When I was a student at the University of Washington, spandex was very popular. I remember one day, I was walking to class, and this one gal, who lived in the dorm, and who was known for always wearing spandex and no underwear, was walking in front of […][...]
Toxic Flag Syndrome
A single exposure to the US flag shifts support towards the Republican Party for up to eight months (T. J. Carter et al. Psychol. Sci. 22, 1011–1018; 2011). There is scant evidence that incidental cues in the environment significantly alter people’s political judgments and behavior in a [...]
Trump official wasted taxpayer $$$millions on image burnishing
This article is news with liberal commentary. Trump’s top Medicaid official, Seema Verma, paid consultants at least $3.5 million of taxpayer money for anti-Obamacare messaging and polishing her image, Newsweek reported on September 10, 2020. The money was used to get her on panels, podcasts, T[...]
July 4th, 2020 - 12:28 am § in Hypocrisy
JULY 4 NEWS: Sally Heming’s Bedroom
I very much enjoyed and recommend the novel written about Sally Hemings. In that book Barbara Chase-Riboud describes a bedroom Jefferson built in Monticello for the slave paramour. Archaeologists have now excavated an area of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello mansion that had been used as a[...]
June 23rd, 2020 - 10:21 am § in Hypocrisy
A FB Experiment: Is this obscene?
I posted this last year on FB. Do you they declared it obscene?[...]
“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[...]
May 1st, 2020 - 1:11 am § in Hypocrisy
THE Ave Challenge: These Custom Limosines Are Being Made For …
A. Prince Muhamud ben Salman B. President Donald Trump C. Dear Leader Kim Jung Un D. President Vladimir Putin E. CEO Jeff Bezos[...]