I’m against government micromanaging the economy, but I’m for government protecting consumers from deceptive business practices. Restaurants are struggling with higher costs, but are afraid that raising menu prices will drive away customers, so they’re passing those costs through ([...]
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June 6th, 2024 - 3:20 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump’s fake crowd waves
Trump is trying to make himself look popular. Recently he’s been caught several times waving at fictitious crowds. There was this incident, staged in a parking lot behind a stadium, and also the stunt in the video below. In addition, political operatives lie about his crowd size (as here), or [...]
Should “born again” killers be freed?
David Berkowitz (photo, left), 70, is a born-again Christian. Some imprisoned Manson Family members are too, but to keep this discussion focused, I’ll talk about Berkowitz. Berkowitz drove out his demons and embraced the Christian faith 37 years ago. He’s involved in prison ministry and [...]
December 27th, 2022 - 4:40 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Whitmer kidnap plotter gets 16 years
Adam Fox, 39, described as “co-leader” of a rightwing plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, dodged a life sentence but will spend 16 years in prison. Prosecutors portrayed Fox as a dangerous terrorist, but a federal judge questioned whether he has the brains to be a leader, and [...]
January 18th, 2022 - 3:41 pm § in Law and Courts
The cops who couldn’t shoot straight
Gunfire broke out at a high school football game in a Pennsylvania town on August 27, 2021. It was a gunfight between two teens. Three officers patrolling the stadium returned fire when a couple of the rounds came in their direction. Rather randomly, it seems; they “discharged their weapons in[...]
December 22nd, 2021 - 11:07 pm § in Environment
Ruining our national parks
Many of America’s most magnificent tracts of real estate are preserved as national parks and monuments. The crowds have never been bigger. The Covid-19 pandemic drove people denied admittance to theaters, stadiums, and shows into the Great Outdoors. It’s not pretty. “The hey-let’[...]
November 7th, 2021 - 8:19 pm § in Politics
Some people like to fight and cops should let them
“Are you ready to rumble?” As I recall that how the W.W.E. announcer introduced wrestlers to fans. Everyone knows professional wrestling is fake. People pay money to watch it, because it’s entertaining. I wonder when Portland — long a scene of slugfests between freaks of the [...]
GOP congressman visits school and tells kids to defy mask policy
A Republican congressman from Virginia is telling high school students to disobey their school’s mask policy and refuse to wear masks. Rep. Bob Good (bio here, photo below), who represents a mostly rural district abutting West Virginia, spoke to a high school government class on Thursday, October [...]
September 12th, 2021 - 6:21 pm § in Misc.
Football fans save falling cat
First a frightening scene, then a stadium erupting in cheers, when a cat that dangled, then fell, from the upper deck of a Miami stadium on Saturday, September 11, 2001, was caught by fans in the lower seats who improvised a net from an American flag. Read story here, and watch video below. The sto[...]
April 22nd, 2021 - 10:36 pm § in Misc.
Is this climbers’ club getting too politically correct?
The American Alpine Club, one of America’s oldest (founded in 1902) and largest (24,000+ members) organizations devoted to the climbing sports (read about them here; their website is here), is launching an initiative it refers to as “rethinking” route names, which apparently was se[...]