It’s a talking point in a campaign season, and an empty one. Most of the political violence is coming from Republicans: The Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, threats against judges and election workers, talk of “civil war,” and the attempts to assassinate Trump. (Both would-be assassins[...]
Posts Tagged ‘rhetoric’
Oct 27: Anniversary of Reagan’s Great Speech
This speech is said to have launched his career as a politician.[...]
Racism at Evergreen, WASTATE’s Ohso Progressive Campus
50 EVERGREEN FACULTY CALL FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST BIOLOGY PROFESSOR These faculty call on the College to: Demonstrate accountability by pursuing a disciplinary investigation against Bret Weinstein according to guidelines in the Social Contract and Faculty Handbook. Weinst[...]
My Unhappy Life as a Climate Heretic
AN ACADEMIC POLICY WONK COMPLAINS THAT LIBERALS DO NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO HIM By Roger Pielke Jr. Wall Street Journal Much to my surprise, I showed up in the WikiLeaks releases before the election. In a 2014 email, a staffer at the Center for American Progress, founded by John Podesta in 2003, too[...]
November 12th, 2016 - 10:59 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN: Is this fascism?
Is Donald Trump a Fascist? He may well be, but sadly most Americans, on the right and the left, do not understand what a fascist is. Trump’s crude language does not mean he is a bigot like Hitler. Some of Trump’s best friends are gay. His daughter is an orthodox Jew. Trump’s fi[...]
May 20th, 2016 - 10:03 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Franklin Graham Preaches to Judge Ginsberg on Chrsitian Law
Franklin Graham demands Jewish Justice Ginsburg follow Christian beliefs on gay marriage Christian evangelist Franklin Graham invited his Facebook followers to pray for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday, saying they should pray that her eyes… RAWSTORY.COM[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Why Bertrand Russell was wrong about atheism
I wish folks like Bertrand Russell would stop blaming all religion for the bad things about Christianity and Islam. Religions are a lot more divers than Americans seem to understand and, I suspect, no better and no worse than any of the other aspects of organized human behavior. What is bad is evang[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Trump’s Jews Will Say Merry Christmas
“‘I don’t understand, when I was growing up, everybody said Merry Christmas. Even my Jews would say Merry Christmas. New York City, there are a lot of Jews, and they would even say Merry Christmas. Why can’t we even say Merry Christmas anymore?” Donald Trump, quoted by Michel[...]