If you live in Wisconsin, GOPer Eric Hovde wants to be your U.S. senator. A banking and real estate magnate, Hovde (photo, left) is continuing the mostly (not exclusively) Republican tradition of wealthy people buying their way into politics. A very rich guy who pulled himself up by his bootlaces by[...]
May 18th, 2024 - 1:09 pm § in Politics, Republicans
GOP Senate hopeful says old folks shouldn’t vote
He didn’t say, “I support Hamas,” Republicans did
The GOP’s congressional campaign committee put those words (see them here) in Rep. Pat Ryan’s mouth. Why? Because Ryan (D-NY) voted against a GOP bill attacking Biden’s arms delivery pause, as did nearly all House Democrats. It’s a ludicrous political attack. Ryan supports the U[...]
May 17th, 2024 - 7:03 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Justice Alito has “very political” neighbors
Yeah, well, he’s a very political judge. Alito, in case you forgot, wrote the decision overturning Roe v. Wade, in which he cited a medieval manuscript. (When I was in law school, I didn’t think you can do that; I was taught you have to cite the law.) He’s in the news because a fla[...]
May 17th, 2024 - 6:05 pm § in Law and Courts, Schools & Colleges
Soccer mom sues cops who gave her a fire ant sandwich
A Texas woman is accusing cops “of hogtying her and pressing her face down to a pile of fire ants.” When dropping her son off at school, she turned into a bus-only lane, and then apparently panicked (see story here). But the cops claim she drove across a lawn fleeing from police, then fo[...]
May 17th, 2024 - 5:32 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Lefties can be angry jerks, too
A Florida man bent out of shape by a federal judge’s dismissal of an LGBQT+ challenge of that state’s anti-gay law left her vulgar and menacing voicemails, and now he’s facing the legal music. Retired teacher Stephen Jay Thorn, 66, of Pensacola, spared no language in berating the j[...]
Texas governor pardons protester’s killer
Daniel Perry (photo, left) was driving an Uber when he encountered a protest crowd blocking a street on July 25, 2020. Perry ran a red light and drove into the crowd. A protester legally carrying an AK-47 walked up to Perry’s car to tell him to stop. Perry shot him dead, then claimed self-defe[...]
May 17th, 2024 - 12:26 am § in Politics, Republicans
Snakebit politics
Most people outside of West Virginia had never heard of Doug Skaff before he got bit by snakes. After losing a GOP primary, he was taking down his campaign signs when he stepped on two copperheads, a mom and baby. Now he’s hurting like heck in a hospital bed. (See story here.) Skaff has been [&hel[...]
May 16th, 2024 - 11:59 pm § in Law and Courts
Court throws out 100-year-old conviction of tribal hunter
It took 100 years, but Jim Wallahee’s illegal hunting conviction was finally reversed. The Washington Supreme Court ruled on May 16, 2024, that he had a treaty right to shoot that deer. (See story here and court decision here.) When Europeans began settling in North America, they exercised wha[...]
Of course debates are rigged against Trump
Lara Trump, RNC co-chair and daughter-in-law, complained “debates are always ‘rigged so heavily’ in President Biden’s favor,” The Hill reported on May 16, 2024 (read story here). Of course they are. Biden ate Trump’s lunch in 2020 and will in 2024. Trump is weak on i[...]
May 16th, 2024 - 7:39 pm § in Misc.
Will Caitlin Clark fizzle?
Sports history is littered with No. 1 draft picks who fizzled in the pros. Notable examples include Ryan Leaf (NFL), LaRue Martin (NBA), Mark Appel (MLB), and Alexander Daigle (NHL). Will college superstar Caitlin Clark be the latest? So far, she’s off to a slow start, doing little better than[...]