The photo below isn’t of a military unit; these dudes aren’t soldiers at all, they’re Jan. 6 rioters. In fact, Edward Richmond Jr. of Geismar, Louisiana (in middle of photo), was court-martialed and dishonorably discharged for murdering a handcuffed Iraqi civilian prisoner. Richmon[...]
November 18th, 2024 - 12:28 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts
Ex-soldier and war criminal sentenced for Jan. 6 rioting
Student protests: Enforcing laws or repression?
Nowadays when people discuss protests, the subject usually is pro-Palestinian protesters, so that’s what I’ll discuss in this posting. That’s because Black Lives Matter marches have receded into history, and there won’t be a Democratic version of January 6 though I’m su[...]
Stupid governor brings tiger to football game
Who makes a tiger ride all the way from Florida to Louisiana, a trip of 704 miles (I looked it up), to pace in a cage before 100,000 screaming football fans? Louisiana’s stupid Republican governor that’s who. LSU discontinued this sordid practice years ago. The school owns a mascot tiger[...]
November 17th, 2024 - 12:28 am § in Donald Trump
Is this the last National Weather Service storm alert?
Western Washington is under a winter storm alert this weekend, November 17-18, 2024, with rain and gusty winds expected in the Puget Sound lowlands and heavy snow in the mountains potentially closing the major highway passes (see story here). This weather forecast and storm warning came from the Nat[...]
How enforcing antitrust laws might change under Trump
When a Republican president replaces a Democratic president, you expect a drastic shift in how America’s antitrust laws are enforced. Specifically, you expect Republicans to be more lax about enforcing them. America’s stable of antitrust laws sprang from the monopolistic abuses of the la[...]
Oklahoma schools boss wants kids to pray for Trump
Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s controversial schools chieftain who put the Ten Commandments in classrooms, has issued another edict to public schools: Kids have to watch a video infused with politics and religion. In the video, Walters (photo, left) attacks teachers unions, claims religion is under [...]
November 16th, 2024 - 2:15 am § in Russia
Full-length movie: The Edge (2010). In Russian with English subtitles. Train chases! Raging rivers! Collapsing bridges!
Railfans will love this movie. Where else can you see steam locomotives race on side-by-side tracks, ending in a PIT maneuver at a switch junction? The bridge scene strains plausibility, but the plot is interesting, the acting is terrific, and the photography is spectacular. Set in a Siberia labor c[...]
November 16th, 2024 - 12:42 am § in Health
Human bird flu now in Washington, Oregon
Human avian flu has been detected in 8 states as of November 15, 2024, including Washington last month and Oregon this week (see stories here and here). The CDC says (here), “Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) viruses have been detected in U.S. wild aquatic birds, commercial poultr[...]
November 15th, 2024 - 6:15 pm § in Law and Courts
Immigrant parents jailed for honor killing attempt in Washington
Immigrants typically bring their customs, beliefs, and habits with them. But when you’re in another country, you’re subject to its laws. Don’t bring drugs with you to Indonesia, or you might get to visit that country’s notorious “Execution Island” (grisly details [...]