Scott Perry had a hardscrabble childhood, enlisted in the Army National Guard at age 18, worked at various blue-collar jobs, and put himself through college. In the service, he graduated from Officer Candidate School, qualified as a helicopter pilot, flew combat missions in Iraq, and rose to the ran[...]
Posts Tagged ‘sedition’
The Oath Keepers leader is guilty
Some election deniers are really dumb. For example, this one. Elmer Stewart Rhodes isn’t one of them. A former congressional staffer (for Rep. Ron Paul) and a Yale Law School graduate, he’s a very smart guy who possesses the intellect to easily grasp abstract concepts like those I discus[...]
The Trump plot in a nutshell
An article in Salon (here) sums up what we’ve learned from the Jan. 6 hearings: “In the public hearings so far, the House Select Committee on January 6 has marshaled facts in fastidious detail showing that former President Trump’s attempted coup was plotted and organized by the pre[...]
June 25th, 2022 - 5:08 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Are the Jan. 6 hearings having any impact?
The public hearings by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot aren’t over, they’re just taking a break until after July 4. These hearings have already revealed that Trump was at the center of a wide-ranging conspiracy to overthrow our government that culminated in the violent[...]
June 10th, 2022 - 12:13 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Ginni Thomas’ selfie
“Never before in our nation’s history have our elections been so threatened by fraud and unconstitutional procedures,” Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, wrote in a Dec. 13, 2020, email. She was right about that, but was talking about Trump and herself, although you&#[...]
January 11th, 2021 - 4:37 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Capitol cops may have aided rioters
Over a dozen Capitol Police officers are under scrutiny for possibly helping rioters breach Capitol Building security last Wednesday. “Early videos — one showing a Trump supporter taking a selfie with a police officer near an entrance to the Capitol and another appearing to show police l[...]
Seattle cop union boss falsely blames insurrection on BLM
Mike Solan (photo), president of the Seattle Police Officers Guild, tried to blame the U.S. Capitol insurrection incited by Trump and perpetrated by his followers on Black Lives Matter and “the far left.” Solan, a rightwing extremist who’s been criticized in the past for controvers[...]
January 11th, 2021 - 2:07 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Airport arrests of D.C. rioters (video)
Rioters who assaulted the U.S. Capitol are easy pickings for police at airports as they try to return home. Here’s a sampling of those arrests. https://youtu.be/CegNO9waSSc Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
January 11th, 2021 - 2:03 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Rioter bawls in airport after being put on no-fly list (video)
“They called me a ****** terrorist!” Dude, turn yourself in to the police. There’s a room waiting for you in the D.C. jail. Otherwise, enjoy your walk home. Update (1/12/21): CNN reports the caption “was inaccurate: The airport incident was not about the Capitol insurrection.[...]
July 10th, 2015 - 10:11 am § in Misc.
To my Brother in Law in SC: Did YOU show up?
Black Crowd Cheers as StarsnBars comes down. My brother in law chose South Carolina as his home and castigates me for criticizing his chosen home. This photograph explains why I will continue to do so. Bill and my sister are Jews, as am I. Unlike them I refuse to be called “white” [...]