The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and withdrew in defeat in 1989. Over that decade, millions of Afghans were driven from their homes, between 1/2 million and 2 million Afghan civilians were killed, and the Soviets officially recorded about 13,500 combat deaths and some 53,700 wounded in c[...]
Search Results
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 [...]
May 15th, 2020 - 1:52 am § in Misc.
Anniversary of Outlawing Unions
On May 2, 1933, Adolf Hitler’s storm troopers occupied all trade union headquarters across Germany, and union leaders were arrested and put in prison or concentration camps. Many were beaten and tortured. All of the unions’ funds – in other words, the workers’ money – were confiscated. For[...]
February 24th, 2020 - 1:12 pm § in Misc.
More Worries About Bernie
Alexandra Chalupa FB post The national press secretary for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign encouraged people to vote for Jill Stein in 2016 during the general election. Today, the day of the Democratic Debate, she told blatant lies about another Democratic candidate, falsely claiming Bloomberg had a[...]
February 23rd, 2020 - 12:45 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: IN THE ERA OF TRUMP, SOMEONE NEEDS TO ‘SPLAIN TO POPE FRANCIS THAT TRUTH MATTERS!
As a non Christian, I treasure this Pope as an honest man, but this last November, Pope Francis celebrated the feast of All Soul’s with a Mass held in the ancient catacombs in Rome. He was celebrating a myth. Francis used the location to repeat the story that Christians were persecuted by Rom[...]
January 20th, 2020 - 9:22 am § in The Ave Scene
Lets BAN Cock Fights in the Democratic Party
STUPID is a six letter word. Is this sort of behavior white male? When women or blacks or hispanics enter politics do they/we need to wear jockey shorts .. as in “get a set of balls.” I am perpetually pissed of by the ohso liberal claims of moral superiority in politics. This is espe[...]
December 18th, 2019 - 5:23 pm § in Donald Trump
IMPEACHED!
And boy, does he deserve it. Donald Trump is the 3rd president in U.S. history to be impeached. The House of Representatives passed both articles of impeachment and the case will now go to the Senate for trial, where the Republican majority is expected to protect him from removal. Non-Republicans in[...]
December 13th, 2019 - 11:47 am § in Donald Trump
Trump campaign fakes Time cover, too!
Everyone’s getting in the act. Get a load of this Trump campaign poster. Talk about childish jealousy! Elementary school playgrounds have nothing on Trump and his campaign staff. (Click on image to enlarge) Update: Commenter Mark Adams alleges, “This is clearly a Democratic campaign post[...]
November 24th, 2019 - 10:20 am § in Hypocrisy
Is Mike A Troll?
I DON’T THINK SO, But .. Over on Facebook I have this FB friend who I think is a real person. I think Mike is a real person because my wife and I had the real pleasure of meeting Mike for dinner. He seems real! But, on FB he comes across as a troll. The […][...]
October 13th, 2019 - 12:47 am § in Hypocrisy, Israel/Palestine
The Role of Zionism in the Founding of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
A return to the 1920’s to fully appreciate the origins of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Excerpted from Mondoweiss, an essay by Nu’man Abd al-Wahid. Mondoweiss is pro-Palestinian website devoted to issues relating to Israel/Palestine. The site says it provides news and analysis unavaila[...]