What Did They Really Do? Do inventions really come from the inventor? As the weekend begins and I am still in the process of cleaning up after Ida and dealing with a screwy family situation…….. I thought a little history would be good. There are those people in history that are credited with amazing accomplishments…..but […]
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Coming To A Precinct Near You By now everyone has an opinion of the assault on our ability to vote….and now a new twist….far Right precinct workers……. Far-right followers of Steve Bannon are heeding his unusual battle cry—to start working in their local election precincts. And as an investigative piece by ProPublica explains, this seemingly innocuous […]
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Screw Civics! I have personally thought that all this division in our government comes from the lack of civics education….our students have no idea how the government works and why. I begin this post with a quote from Fran Herbert, author of the Dune series…….“Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities […]
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Sunday Observations AS the weekend begins and I stand down from the news of the day….I would like to offer some observations…… Bars and eateries are non-smoking because second hand smoke could be hazardous to your health…..but yet something as infectious as Covid it is perfectly okay to go unprotected and possibly expose people to […]
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A Murderer Gets His Due The policeman that killed Floyd has been convicted of his crimes and now he has been sentenced. Derek Chauvin is going to prison for the murder of George Floyd. A judge in Minneapolis on Friday sentenced the former city police officer to 22 and a half years behind bars, reports […]
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“We Have A Deal”! Well not really…..what the Dems and Repubs have is an agreement……oh boy bi-partisanship is alive and well…..a laughable premise at best. The two sides have reached an agreement on infrastructure…… President Biden has his long-sought bipartisan deal on infrastructure. Whether it becomes legislative reality is a trickier question. “We have a […]
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AUMF In The Crosshairs AUMF? Authorization for the Use of Military Force. You know that piece of crap that allows the US to attack and destroy anybody that we see fit. In case you bare still confused then here is the Act in 60 words…. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/107/sjres23/text (Another link that will go unused) All I can […]
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GOP Senators Are Cowards This is a continuation of my thoughts on the US Senate….. To be honest most Dem senators are also cowards (notice I stated ‘most” not all)…. Before I explain why the GOP are such cowards I will explain why I feel that way about Dems…. Dems are cowards because they still […]
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