I wonder how many white people in Florida get sentenced to 400 years in prison for being the getaway driver in an armed robbery in which no one was hurt? That was the sentence imposed on Sidney Holmes in 1989, and he wasn’t even the getaway driver in the robbery. He was convicted on the [&hell[...]
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Range war
Dwight and Steven Hammond, eastern Oregon cattle ranchers, set fires that escaped onto federal land in 1999, 2001, and 2006. They were convicted of arson and spent about 2½ years in prison until pardoned by President Trump. Read details here. Randy Snodgrass is a U.S. Forest Service “burn bos[...]
Will the Supreme Court destroy the rule of law?
The Supreme Court’s new conservative majority appears to be as reckless as the president who appointed them. In just the last 10 days, “the court has gutted limits on gun possession, severely weakened the wall between church and state, and taken away a right that has existed for nearly 5[...]
April 18th, 2022 - 3:13 pm § in News Media
How a (married) Fox host gets dates
Fox host Jesse Watters, by his own admission, wanted to date a young producer (even though he was married at the time). So here’s what he did: “When I was trying to get Emma to date me, the first thing I did was let the air out of her tires,” Watters said. “She couldn’t go […][...]
February 16th, 2022 - 6:07 pm § in Politics
Garbage candidates are elected by garbage voters
Mark Finchem wants to run Arizona’s elections. Currently a state representative, he’s seeking an upgrade to secretary of state (story here). He shouldn’t be allowed to get within a country mile of that office. Not because he’s endorsed by Trump, but because of what he is. Fin[...]
December 9th, 2021 - 10:25 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Jussie Smollett found guilty, while black
A jury convicted actor Jussie Smollett of felony disorderly conduct for staging a fake hate crime. “Smollett said two men punched him, kicked him, used racist and homophobic slurs, threw chemicals in his face, wrapped rope around his neck and even yelled out a slogan in support of then-Preside[...]
December 4th, 2021 - 10:37 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Sorry, Ammon, but that isn’t community service
Ammon Bundy … … the rightwing militia dude who led the gang that vandalized an Oregon wildlife refuge in 2016 (details here) … … then protested a mask mandate by disrupting the Idaho legislature (details here) … … for which he was fined $750 and ordered to perform[...]
November 23rd, 2021 - 8:34 pm § in Politics
Oath Keeper unfit to be legislator, fellow West Pointers say
Alaska state legislator David Eastman is a West Point graduate. He’s also an Oath Keeper, and dozens of his fellow West Pointers aren’t happy. In a letter to an Alaska paper (read it here), they blasted his conduct and demanded he resign, alleging he “discredited” himself and[...]
October 27th, 2021 - 2:44 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
When school meetings turn into jackass conventions
… this time, in Portland, Oregon. Read story here. Be sure to follow the Twitter thread here. It’s one thing to have legitimate objections to school policies. That’s qualitatively different from believing in false conspiracy theories, engaging in unsafe behavior, and disrupting mee[...]
Idaho’s far right wants to renounce federal funding despite what that will do to their state
As elsewhere, a civil war is raging within Idaho’s GOP — between far right and even farther right. There are very few Democrats in Idaho. It’s a place where Ammon Bundy is fixin’ to run for governor (although he probably won’t be elected). The current fight is between p[...]