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Coach Kerr Speaks Out Against Republican Inaction …
Published May 25, 2022In case you missed it. During the pregame press conference ahead of game 4 between the Warriors and Mavericks in Dallas, Texas:
A Question About Evidence, Proof and God
Published May 24, 2022In his book 'Faith v Fact', Jerry A Coyne raises a key question: whether the drama of 'creation' inevitably culminates in humans (or something like humans) who are capable of acknowledging the playwright.
Carlin destroys pro life conservatives in one minu…
Published May 19, 2022The hyperbolic punchline is as apt and accurate today as it was more than 20 years ago.
An oversimplified juxtaposition?
Published May 16, 2022The juxtaposition of the terms can explain, to a degree, the Trump phenomenon with a through line...
Lunar eclipse right now
Published May 15, 2022Go outside and look up
My latest thinking on Palestine
Published May 10, 2022This particular path comes from wondering about Palestinian self-determination. I’ve noticed that the Palestinians seem far more concerned with getting the Jews out of Israel than of getting their own country. The Palestinians have never had self-determination, not that they’re that old as a distinct people, but still they’ve never had it.
Ipswich
Published May 09, 2022Sometimes age startles me. I’m looking at buildings in the US that were around for at least a quarter of a century before Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi were born.
A Brief Subject Matter Inventory
Published May 03, 2022I didn't mention racism in America because there's a racial aspect or component to virtually everything that can be identified for inclusion in this inventory...
Musicians I found on YouTube during COVID
Published May 03, 2022Like everyone else, presumably, I spent a lot of time on YouTube during COVID. I ran across a few musicians whom I thought were worth learning about.
Prohibition, Abortion and The Bad Court
Published May 03, 2022A leaked memo indicates that five members of the sitting Supreme Court of the United States are on record favoring the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal in the United States, and raises serious questions about how the Court works.
Ban The Bullets, Not The Guns
Published April 20, 2022THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE THAT PROTECTS THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE, OWN OR MANUFACTURE AMMUNITION.
Fictional Car Facts About Tesla
Published April 18, 2022A brief note about how the New York Times talks down to its readers with simplistic summaries of complicated stories.
Selling Wind Power With Misleading News Leads
Published April 07, 2022Another example of media manipulation, this time from alternative energy advocates.
How Qualified Do You Have to Be?
Published April 05, 2022Black people have been saddled at birth with the burden of overcoming this social, political, legal, and cultural barrier through the entirety of the history of this country.
Ginni and Clarence Thomas v 28 U.S. Code § 455
Published April 03, 2022If you really want to know where the bar is re spouses of federal judges, read the entire statute.
A story about Madeleine Albright
Published March 23, 2022"Did you notice who we just passed?" I asked my wife. She hadn't. "Madeline Albright." "You're right."
Va Fa Napoli
Published March 14, 2022The Ukrainians did not want the Russian warship there. Telling them to go to Naples seems like a reasonable thing to say in that circumstance.
Refugees and Racism
Published March 03, 2022As if being forced to become a refugee fleeing from war isn't psychologically and emotionally traumatic enough...
From Putin’s Bluff to Putin’s Invasion
Published March 02, 2022There is no straight line from Putin's bluff to Putin's invasion or to any one particular course of action.
“All We Know Is That We Don’t Know…”
Published February 28, 2022I like listening to him, and he’s even more interesting to watch while singing, and at the same time, he makes me want to punch his face flat.
Nukes
Published February 27, 2022Vladimir Putin recently brought up the idea of using nuclear weapons. When he talked about invading Ukraine he wasn’t bluffing. About using nuclear weapons, unless a Western invader enters Russia,
“Is the Nightmare Black or Are the Windows Painted…
Published February 25, 2022I saw bizarre images of people furtively seeking shelter from Russian rockets in Lviv, Ukraine.
Russians
Published February 24, 2022“….it’s such an ignorant thing to do if the Russians love their children too…”
Putin’s Bluff Failed: So He Will ‘Den…
Published February 24, 2022Putin's Bluff' has morphed into 'Putin's Crusade' to bring about the "denazification" of Ukraine the country he says shouldn't even exist.
IF GOD WERE
Published February 22, 2022A jocular poem about an unjocular subject.
Bluffing Comment
Published February 22, 2022The concept of bluffing is not limited to how a bluff works in a game.
THE FINAL OUT
Published February 17, 2022As you get older life is like always being up at bat when it's two out in the bottom of the ninth, the score is two-to-one against you
Russia Says It’s Begun Pulling Back Some Tro…
Published February 15, 2022Russia says some troops are returning to their bases, but other large-scale military drills continue.
A Very, Very Brief Look at Putin’s Russia
Published February 14, 2022Putin didn't create the criminality of the Russian government. He stepped into what was an active and ongoing criminal enterprise...
How will you know if the news is real or fake?
Published February 13, 2022Quora is a site where people pose questions and whoever feels like it answers them, with or without listing credentials. I sometimes find questions I’m interested in answering
Black History Month: The ‘Other’ Black…
Published February 11, 2022This is absolutely not a Beethoven was black post.
Freedom: Not Just Good. It’s the Right Thing to D…
Published February 05, 2022It has been said that democracy is not the best form of government, but it is the best we have. I find this analysis to be valid because it allows for choice, and the accountability for those choices.
ABC suspends Whoopi Goldberg over Holocaust remark…
Published February 02, 2022She's 67 years old. With all of her exposure and experience, you would think that she knows better.
My Country
Published February 02, 2022From every mountainside…
Kasparov with Velshi on MSNBC Re The Matter of Put…
Published January 29, 2022"Putin isn't playing chess. He's playing poker, and he is bluffing."
January 6th 2021 the Constitution and the Rule of …
Published January 29, 2022The Constitution of the United States of America Amendment 14, Section 3
Putin’s Bluff
Published January 28, 2022The bullies don't want to lose any money to the old black guy who looks like the kind of player who will win the pot and quit the game...
A Covid Question
Published January 27, 2022Trump cultists believe that they are demonstrating their fealty to Trump and his MAGA movement by refusing to get vaccinated and wear masks.
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