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Open Thread For August 21, 2017
Alumni Return Diplomas To Liberty University. Protesting Falwell Jr’s support of Trump’s white nationalism position. It’s Liberty University. What the bleep did they think they signed up for? RIP Jerry Lewis. While I can’t pretend to be a fan, this list of movies to stream might help you make up your mind. Gotta say, he […]
Open Thread For August 20, 2017
No Teflon For Macron. Could he become French toast? RIP Dick Gregory. A man ahead of his time. A political activist who mattered. How Tech Companies Do Business With Hate Groups. Their anti-hate policies are just words on paper. Or e-paper. A Judge Fighting The Opiate Crisis One Victim At A Time. Opiate Crisis Intervention […]
Open Thread For August 19, 2017
By The Time Trump Gets To Phoenix…: A political rally in August after just what went down? Remember, he thrives on chaos. I fear this could get real ugly. He wants those pictures on TV and in social media. Oh, and then there’s Joe Arpaio, who Trump just may pardon. Trump wants violence so he […]
Open Thread For August 18, 2017
Sen. Corker Diplomatically Says It: Trump Unfit to Be President. Calls for ‘radical change’ at the White House. I stand by my prediction: Trump will not be President by December 31, 2017. A Double-Secret Vote Dealing With Karen Hartley-Nagle? I can’t make this up. NCC Council voted on something dealing with Karen Hartley-Nagle and perhaps […]
Open Thread For August 17, 2017
Trump Has Exploited Racial Issues Forever. It’s who he is and it’s what he does. He followed in the footsteps of Old Man Trump. Steve Bannon Unplugged. Calls a progressive journalist and unburdens himself. Might have unburdened himself of a job as well. Pretty amazing. NAACP Calls For Halt Of State Funds To Georgetown Historical […]
“Old Man Trump”
I had no idea that Woody Guthrie had written a song about Trump’s racist father. But he did. Here are Woody’s lyrics: Old Man Trump Words by Woody Guthrie, Music by Ryan Harvey I suppose that Old Man Trump knows just how much racial hate He stirred up in that bloodpot of human hearts When […]
Open Thread For August 16, 2017
Trump Gives Major Boost To White Nationalists. He just lit a powder keg. Please, Republicans, remove this threat to our nation. Serial Grifters’ House Up For Sheriff Sale. Yes we’re talking Charles and Velda Jones Potter. Baltimore Removes Confederate Monuments Overnight. Celebratory crowd and police shared the moment. Rethugs Dismiss Hearings Requests For Hearings On […]
Donald Trump Is An Existential Threat To The Country
In an unbelievable press conference today, Trump doubled down on his ‘both sides do it’ screed, decried the removal of Confederate statues, and engaged in rhetoric that could only be construed as inciting violence. Watch this whole thing as it and he degenerates, if you can: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqGkvjHL-Ds
Carn(e)y’s New Business Council Gives Company $474 K To Create…Maybe 20 Jobs
The founder has already had one big success. Which raises this question, among other questions, why the bleep does this company need taxpayer subsidies? The company in question is Prelude Therapeutics, and the founder had previous success with Incyte. If Cerron Cade is to believed, this is extortion money to keep the company from even thinking of […]
Open Thread For August 15, 2017
Wilmington City Council Routinely Violates Open Meeting Requirements. Cue sound: Manafort’s $850 Million Deal With Organized Crime Figure And Putin Crony. Remember, Trump didn’t pull his name out of thin air. They both were neck-deep in schemes with Russian oligarchs. DOJ Demands 1.3 Million IP Addresses From Websites Protesting Trump. This isn’t America. Or, this […]
Open Thread For August 14, 2017
Trump Won’t Say It. His pathetic spinners can’t get him to call white nationalist terrorism for what it is. Because appealing to white nationalists is how he made his political bones. Birtherism, anybody? Why The Sinclair-FCC Lovefest Is Dangerous. At best, at best, it’s Rupert Murdoch Part Deux. Canadians Pay More In Taxes, Get More […]
Open Thread For August 13, 2017
Massive Embezzlement From DHSS Sparks Changes. One little tidbit I took away from the story–the embezzlement of $1.3 mill wasnn’t revealed to the public until a year after the crime was discovered. BTW, isn’t this something the State Auditor could/should have identified if he was merely doing his job? BTWBTW, nice convenient weekend news dump […]
Trump Refuses To Call Out White Supremacists For Violence
Not even after a car plows into a group of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va. Trump says the violence has been going on ‘on many sides’. Not today. Violence was the intent of the white nationalists and they accomplished their intent. Trump has never called out terrorism by white nationalists as terrorism. Betcha he doesn’t now […]
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