A bumper sticker saying “In Science We Trust” apparently triggered one of Trump’s deplorables. Read story here.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘USA’
Game of Thrones …as we approach election season
Understanding Game of Thrones as an American[...]
Why would I go overseas?
“Anthony, why are you overseas?” I am overseas because I cannot find a job in the United States within my field. I am overseas because there are no jobs that pay like overseas basketball jobs. I am overseas because I don’t want to cook, or accept part time jobs working with kids. I am overseas[...]
Sen. Joni Ernst’s gritty self-reliance had “U.S. Treasury” printed on it
“Delivering the official Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst related tales of a hardscrabble upbringing in which she ‘worked construction’ with her father, took a job in the fast food industry, and placed plasti[...]
May 24th, 2016 - 5:44 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Ken Starr resigns after Baylor U. demotes him for ignoring campus sex crimes
Ken Starr, the controversial special prosecutor who investigated Bill Clinton, has resigned as Baylor University chancellor a week after being demoted to that position, but will keep his teaching position in the law school. The university declined to give a reason why Starr was removed as university[...]
Have a Bible-thumping shopping experience
A rightwing bigot, dragging her 12 kids behind her, rants inside a Target store. (Read story here.) https://youtu.be/TCIYsXhR1D0[...]
May 17th, 2016 - 12:06 pm § in Politics
Stupid candidate posts his porn sites
The speed of technological changes in modern political campaigning appears to have zoomed right by a conservative congressional candidate in Virginia. Mike Webb, who is running as an independent after losing the Republican primary in the 8th District in eastern Virginia, posted an attack against his[...]
May 16th, 2016 - 2:16 pm § in Politics
A 5-minute primer on vote supression
Politics is a dirty, bare-knuckles business. But of all the dirty rotten things Republicans do, none are nastier than their attempts to keep American citizens from voting in their own country — a right our veterans fought and died for. Of course, they rarely come right out and say “we do[...]
April 21st, 2016 - 12:05 pm § in Politics
Tea Party loses another high-stakes redistricting fight in SCOTUS
For the second time in a row, the Supreme Court has rebuffed efforts by Tea Party activists to redraw America’s election maps in favor of rural conservatives. First, let’s quickly review the SCOTUS redistricting jurisprudence of the last half century. In Baker v. Carr (1962), the Court [...]
How many Black athletes would kneel for the game?
Im sorry, but not standing for the Star Bangled Banner is something kids do at high school assemblies to protest injustice they learn about in their social studies classes. While I do applaud and admire Colin Kapernick, San Francisco 49ers Quarterback, who has taking a stance against “the op[...]