A Gross Miscarriage of Justice Texas has been much in the news lately. First you had the winter storms … people dying because of power outages that could have been avoided had it not been for the stubborn resolve of the state to be independent of the rest of the nation. And off went ol’ Ted […]
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Many things bother me at the moment: Those who are actively rejecting the COVID vaccine; the determined obstruction by the Republican Party in Congress; climate change and those who refuse to so much as lift a finger to help reverse decades of man-made damage; wealthy people not paying their fair share in taxes; the ignorance […]
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There Outta Be A Law! There is currently no law in the U.S. that says a convicted felon cannot run for public office all the way up to the presidency. Crazy, right? You’ll likely remember the Bundy brothers – Ammon and Ryan – and their father, Cliven, who came to fame in 2014 when they engaged […]
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Texas, like many other states, has been desperately looking for cases of voter fraud in the 2020 election. Finding none, they seized on a 62-year-old man … a Black man, naturally … to make an example, to plead their case for the latest round of voter suppression laws they are attempting to pass. Charles M. […]
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Just what pleasure do people get from setting off obnoxiously loud fireworks for hours on end? I’ve never understood it. I am sitting here at just after midnight, and every few seconds comes another loud BOOM! This is an apartment complex of 180 townhouses, most occupied by working class families with children and pets. Some […]
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esterday, the Supreme Court dealt a crippling blow to voting rights across the nation. The case involved a voter suppression law in Arizona, and the court ruled in favour of the state, allowing the voter suppression and disenfranchisement to remain law. Unfortunately, this does not bode well for We the People, for it may well […]
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Filosofa’s Mind Is Bouncy There was much in yesterday’s news that I could, perhaps should, be writing about. There was the Supreme Court decision to uphold Arizona’s voter suppression laws, Bill Cosby’s sentence being overturned, even though he has admitted his guilt, Trump organization along with CFO Weisselberg being charged with running a 15-year tax scam, […]
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Death On Our Doorstep — Thanks Exxon-Mobil
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The Demagogues Are Having a Field Day Our friend Annie has touched on a number of hot topics today, from General Milley’s response to the little wuss, Matt Gaetz, to the fools over at Fox News, to the Big Lie, to voter suppression efforts by Republicans! Her post is well worth the read, and she […]
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Understanding Our Past — CRT: Part I Okay, folks … it seems that there is much confusion surrounding the concept of Critical Race Theory or CRT. The confusion is twofold: genuine confusion by people who truly do not understand the theory, and fake outrage by racists and Republicans (largely one and the same) who are […]
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