My continuing series on the events and situations around the insurrection of 06 January and the aftermath….. The “Most Wanted” of the insurrectionists, Evan Neumann, is still cowering like the spineless toad that he is….. Neumann, 48, of Mill Valley, CA continues to occupy a spot on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. He was captured […]
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Closing Thought–09Jul21 As an old protester from the 60s and 70s I am always interested in the attempts by government to try and silence the people’s right to protest….and 2021 has been an active year to try and silence people from taking the politicians and attempts to task….. This June, a dangerously low-flying helicopter operated […]
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Closing Thought–08Jul21 One of the big ideas for trying to control all the gun violence in the US is the use of background checks when buying that gun…… And how is that working out? America’s gun background check system, designed to keep weapons out of the hands of people who might use them in […]
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“They Fought To Establish A Country” God knows I have had my differences with the deification of the Founders…..the common belief is that they ‘fought’ to establish this nation…..and that is where I pick up this re-blog…..chuq Gulf South Free Press College of Political Knowledge I recently audited a class on the Federalist Papers….and […]
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McConnell And Democratic Centralism I have often said that the US Senate is where great bills go to die…….and for the past decade it is more so than normal under the leadership of McConnell….but now the GOP Senate seems to be practicing ‘democratic centralism’……. What is that? Democratic centralism is a practice in which political […]
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Closing Thought–06Jul21 Oops! My bad! A head honcho lobbyists at Exxon just revealed that he has 11 US Senators in his pocket and they will do as they are told in the law making process…… From an interview with Keith McCoy is a senior ExxonMobil lobbyist on Capitol Hill… McCoy said he has 11 […]
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SCOTUS–This Is What We Get One of the more recent opinion offered by the Supreme Court was one that upheld the attempts to suppress the vote (at least in Arizona)……and as usual since I am an opinionated SOB I had something to say on this ruling…… https://lobotero.com/2021/07/02/screw-the-damn-voter/ Like I stated…this is what we get […]
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Marquis De Lafayette Since we are in the process of celebrating our independence I thought that a young Frenchman should be recognized for his assistance in our fight…. One of the ‘heroes’ of the American Revolution…..a French noble that came to fight on the side of the Colonials….. At a dinner on August 8, 1775, […]
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Happy Independence Day Today this country celebrates the Declaration Of Independence a document that set this country on a path to gain their independence from the yoke of Great Britain…… And you guys know me….I cannot let this go by without a short history lesson of the day….. 1712–12 slaves are executed in New York […]
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Those Pesky Constitutional Amendments I have always hated it when politician use the Constitution as a prop in their campaigns….most pick and choose what parts they want to use and most times they are off base completely….I am talking about both idiot parties here….their ignorance knows NO political affiliation. Let me begin with some of […]
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