For years, Ed Troyer (photo below) was the official voice of the Pierce County, Washington, sheriff’s department. He was on TV whenever there was a major crime story, press conference, or announcement. So when the old sheriff retired, it’s not surprising he won the job, given the influen[...]
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Out of control sports fans
Ohio State’s Buckeyes No. 2-seeded basketball team lost to No. 15-seeded Oral Roberts University in the national tournament’s first round, “making Ohio State the ninth No. 2 seed in NCAA Tournament history to lose an opening round game, according to WCMH-TV, the NBC affiliate in [...]
GOP is losing business support
The GOP, once the party of business, has morphed like a mutating virus into a petrie dish teeming with conspiracy nuts, racists and bigots, anti-maskers, and violent insurrectionists. In Georgia, where GOP legislators are ramrodding a huge voter suppression bill, the Chamber of Commerce is distancin[...]
Yes, GOP voting laws are racist
“Stacey Abrams’ stark warning about Georgia’s new election bill being racist is shining a spotlight on a nationwide battle … as Republicans around the country try to suppress voting rights,” CNN said on Sunday, March 14, 2021. (Read story here.) You̵[...]
What the city paying George Floyd’s family $27 million means
It means “we screwed up BIG TIME.” “We” refers to the four cops, the police department that failed to properly supervise them, and the city government that failed to properly oversee the police department. It also says, “We’re sorry,” but no apology can be a[...]
March 10th, 2021 - 10:17 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
I can’t believe these people got on the George Floyd murder trial jury
So far, 5 of 12 jurors have been picked for the murder trial of the ex-police officer who killed George Floyd, consisting “of two people of color, a man and a woman, and three white men in their early 30s or 40s” (read story here), and I’m genuinely surprised by who got on the jury[...]
GOP senators are systematically opposing Biden’s minority nominees
Who happens to be African-American. Rep. Marcia Fudge (R-OH) was confirmed to the cabinet position by a 66-34 favorable vote. (Read story here.) The 34 GOP senators who voted against her nomination are more than two-thirds of the GOP’s 50 senators. The vote is part of an emerging pattern of Re[...]
March 7th, 2021 - 2:51 pm § in Racism, Schools & Colleges
How to get sacked from a tenured faculty position in one easy step
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March 4th, 2021 - 1:36 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Black man sues movie theater for kicking him out
A black man kicked out of a Phoenix movie theater despite having a ticket is suing the movie chain for racial discrimination. His video of the incident (watch it here), which occurred in 2019, went viral at the time. Accused of sneaking in, he showed the manager his ticket, but was ordered to leav[...]
House Dems pass voting rights bill, now comes World War 3 in the Senate
“House Democrats passed sweeping voting and ethics legislation over unanimous Republican opposition” Wednesday night, sending to the Senate “what would be the largest overhaul of the U.S. election law in at least a generation,” AOL News said. (Read story here.) The bill takes[...]