Pat Robertson, when you’re right, you’re right!
I have often asked: When, oh when will white people put a stop to this shit?!
Pat Robertson and I may be on common ground here.
Politics
The Invention of the Police
Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.
Europe 1348
Art thou more afeared of side effects than of death?
Scene from a Georgia voting line
see attached clip from Ben-Hur
Accountability – one sentence post
It’s a one sentence post. There’s no sense in reading an excerpt, particularly given that this excerpt contains one more sentence than the post does.
You said you want numbers
The poll — which was conducted July 9-12, before the death of civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis — found that a majority of voters, 56 percent, say that American society is racist, while 40 percent disagree.
53 years ago today, March 31st, 1968
A Democratic president from Texas--a Democratic president who had been a segregationist for most of his career--finally and firmly embraced civil rights.
LBJ, The Ides of March, and Voting Rights
In a 'whites only' America, the votes of nonwhite citizens are fraudulent by definition.
Attacking 15th Amendment now, 19th later
“Because it puts us at a disadvantage relative to Democrats.”
Texas, Take 3
You’d think that with all that weather-related power grid crap that the Texas government wouldn’t do anything else stupid.
You’d think.
Texas, Take 2
On August 29, 2011, I published a post on Open Salon called “Governor Perry’s Flirtation With Secession.” I’m reprinting it here, with an epilogue.
Re Domestic Terrorism: There Ought to Be a Law
Domestic terrorism is a national problem. It should also be a federal crime.
It’s Official….Take Note!
Without accountability, there can be no decency. Without decency, there can be no democracy.
Seeing the Capitol
Seeing it was jarring. I’ve never had a negative reaction to it before. It means something different now.
A Question About Election Fraud in Georgia
a) (1) A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, or otherwise attempts to cause the other person to engage in such conduct.
Let’s Play ‘What If’ with a False Equivalence
What if Farrakhan and the event organizers had chosen to ignore and violate the terms and parameters of the permits issued and march up Pennsylvania Avenue with the expressed intention to storm the Capitol?
Impeachment Video Case & Summary of Team Trump Legal Defense
Resolved, the Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:
Don’t Put That in a Precarious Position
The idea of bipartisanship is exactly what we all know it to be...unless it isn’t. To the point, I think this recent Tango with the GOP over governance, and the desire to do so in a bipartisan manner, is a litmus test for how committed they are to the United States
Here’s a Rich Fact
U.S. Billionaires Could Give $3,400 Stimulus Checks To 331 Million Americans Using Only Their Increase In Wealth Since March 2020...
One Sentence Post: A Message to Democrats
We ran the table and won the government in a clean sweep...
Are SOME People Really Buying US Currency with Trump’s Signature?
If this ripoff tells us anything, it is telling us that the people who support Donald Trump believe that other people who support Donald Trump are so stupid that they will believe this drivel, and they might be right.
The Sum of Their Fears
"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; ... if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle."
------Sun Tzu
A Funny Thing Happened…
Sure enough, the zombie rose again. Watching this process repeat with this concept and others over the past couple of decades, I began to wonder about the capacities of human intellect broadly.
Memes for the First Post Inaugural Sunday Afternoon
He was gone at 6AM on Inauguration Day!
Dear Evangelical Christian, You really do not trust God
You do not trust the God you claim to worship in ANYTHING and it is painfully obvious.
“How Long? Not Long!”
In honoring his legacy, it should be noted that his method and approach to making an accusatory case for equality and justice, ensconced in the effectiveness of rhetorical lamentation, is sorely missed...
Reductio Ad Racism
The fascist ideology of Trumpism and the minions of Trump must be crushed and eradicated from American public life...
Washington, We Have a Problem
The thing we need to address right now is that it appears that people within government are at least sympathetic to the insurrectionist’s position, if not totally aligned.
The Seven ‘A’s of National Unity and Healing
Unless all or most of these conditions are met, there can be no National unity or healing, and we can look forward to nationwide repetitions of what took place in the Nation's Capitol last week...
Only Trump stands between us and the Tooth Fairy
She buys up teeth for a pittance, then sells them on the lucrative International Tooth Market.
Do Unto Others, Before They Do Unto You
McConnell was one of the establishment Republicans who didn't want Trump to win the Republican nomination at the outset....
One Sentence post: on Fake News
Fake News is what cowards say when they’re afraid of facing something.
Stop! Children, What’s that Sound?
Hawley does not fit the profile of an insurgent, a rebel, or an insurrectionist. Why in the world would Hawley sacrifice a comfortable future within the establishment to raise a fist in front of an angry mob
HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE. THE GREAT IS THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD
Now that the Democrats have somehow managed to grab onto the reins of power by their fingernails, some of us are already writing off the Biden administration by declaring that they will blow this chance to remake reality. Shame on US.
Help the Bombardier! I’m the Bombardier!
Once the news showed the attempt at breaching the Speaker’s suite of offices, I began to think of the riots in Los Angeles when I was a police officer. Back then, I was closer to Nately’s age, but had a dual perspective between Nately’s and the old man’s. Not only was it my job to keep the peace, but I was also a young Black man.
HOLY COW – LIKE WOW – & WHAT NOW?
And now I read Guiliani and Dershowitz repping tr-mp in impeachment
Bogey Bait
While it is true that BLM would have been met with a different response, the comparison is not apt. What results from such comparisons is that movements like BLM are considered to be complementary opposites of groups like Q-anon, or even broad, enthusiastic Trump support
So, Where Were They?
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the District has six local law enforcement agencies employing 4,262 sworn police officers, about 722 for each 100,000 residents. This is the highest proportion of police officers to citizens of any state or territory.
January 6, 2021
And now I’ll say something I never expected to say in my lifetime: How the police have treated Black protesters would have been more appropriate yesterday than how they treated those White protestors. They are terrorists and traitors.
By Delivering Ossoff and Warnock, She has Delivered Us from Evil
The double defeat of the Republican incumbents in deep red Georgia is the political miracle upset of the era.
Joy Reid: If the rioters were supporters of BLM…
There’s nothing I can add to this explanation of why there was little or no fear of a police presence or a police response to this seditious riot at the capitol today…
A Single Sentence on Where We Stand: Update
Doors and windows were smashed and shots were fired resulting in the death of a woman caught in the melee...
Thank You
“I’m not gonna get Catholics to become Baptists. I’m gonna get Baptists to go to church.”
–Stacey Abrams
On Tape: Trump Begs Georgia Secretary to Commit Election Fraud
You can't make this stuff up...
Gohmert Says Street Violence Is only Recourse
A typical white male, "law & order", Republican is now suggesting that street violence is a legitimate response to failure at the polls and in the courts....
Gohmert v Pence: The 12th Amendment: Update
The judge said Gohmert’s argument relied on entirely speculative circumstances.
Gohmert v Pence: The 12th Amendment
This farce of a lawsuit hasn't got a snowball's chance in hell of succeeding...
A Question About the Presidential Power to Pardon
In light of the recent spate of presidential pardons, it should be apparent to most conscientious Americans that something must be done about excessive and/or abusive use of the Presidential power to pardon.
$600.00 Is An Insult!
If we don’t straighten this wealth and income disparity shit out, American Democracy won’t be worth shit, and it will be gone by the end of the century….
Income Disparities? Something’s Inherently Wrong
"It is difficult to get a man (or woman) to understand something, when his or her) salary depends on his (or her) not understanding it."
Upton Sinclair
A Single Sentence on Where We Stand
Trump won't be satisfied unless and until somehow, some way, some where he precipitates and armed confrontation...
Grasping at Straws: The Last Gasp of Republican Angst
Quite a few people are questioning whether the continued refusal of the Republican party to accept the results of the recent election might not constitute sedition. I did some extensive research on this subject some years ago and I do not believe that anything has changed since then but, No, it is NOT sedition.
Holiday Gift Suggestions for Trump’s Last White House Christmas
Searching for the perfect holiday gift for our former President? Let's give him a Christmas to remember!
Update: The Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election
The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of
complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of
the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a judicially
cognizable interest in the manner in which another State
conducts its elections.
The Court of Original Jurisdiction Will Say No
Despite the Court packing efforts of Trump and McConnell, the Supreme Court is likely to unanimously vote against the Texas suit, thus snuffing out the last remaining chance of a favorable legal outcome for Trump and his supporters...
Operation Warp Speed: Cutting Corners and Red Tape?
Operation Warp Speed (OWS) is a public–private partnership initiated by the U.S. government to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics.
Me and Slobodan Milosevic Down by the Schoolyard
Was feeling about half past dead. Just need some place where I could lay my head. Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed. He just grinned and shook my hand, “genocide” was all he said...
Disenfranchising Native Americans a cautionary tale
This occurred in North Dakota however the reality is that it can, and most likely will, occur in any state where there are large rural areas without street addresses designated by 911 administrators. Interestingly, the entire problem goes back to 911 enabling legislation.
Social Security is Already Under Attack Again
Now that the Republican party has lost the presidency and failed to recapture the House of Representatives, Republicans and the more stupid Democrats in Congress, along with the chattering classes, will immediately resume their "National Debt" hawkishness.
The National Review Joins the Fight Against Mail-In Ballots
There is an editorial currently running on the National Review's website that begins with the following statement: “There are legitimate issues to consider after the 2020 vote about the security of mail-in ballots and the process of counting votes..."
Going missing and catching up
I need a damn vacation.
DONALD TRUMP VOTED ILLEGALLY IN 2020
With all of the speculation about the illegal things Donald Trump may have done, he did this right out in the open and we never even blinked: he voted illegally in the 2020 presidential election.
Giuliani’s Case and Giuliani’s Message
Black and Brown people must not be permitted to overturn the will of White people, and determine who should be president of this country....
Ohio Curfew Starts November 19th
I find this interesting because I am not entirely sure what their angle is. There is already a 10pm closing time for bars and restaurants. Maybe this is to avoid closing other businesses, and allow citizens to make essential errands without necessarily weighing on businesses directly.
On the Second Amendment – one sentence post
No excerpt necessary for a one sentence post.
55 Percent of White Women Voted for Trump…
During the Women's Suffrage Convention In 1851 white women were expected to choose between the Abolitionist movement and the Women's Rights Movement.....
Racism was on the ballot in 2020, but the majority of white women chose Trump anyway.
A Legal Remedy for the Stonewalling of the Presidential Transition
Emily W. Murphy, the administrator of the General Services Administration, has yet to recognize President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. for the transfer of power to begin.
Kayleigh McEnany on The Legality of Voting While Black
White supremacist and white nationalist ideology holds that only votes cast by white people are legitimate and legal.
Didn’t Want to Rain on the Parade but I’ve got Georgia on my Mind.
This isn't over yet...and it won't be over until the fate of the two Senate seats from Georgia are decided when Georgians go back to the polls on January 5, 2021. Joe Biden's very slender margin of victory in Georgia should not encourage us to expect these races to go in our favor.
The Affirmative Action Hire Fallacy
The assumption being made here, and it’s a surprisingly common one, is that in the workplace the choice is between Merit hiring and Affirmative Action hiring.
A post election message to Trump and his followers…
From Ron Powell's 'Sunday Funnies'.
President Elect: Joe Biden!
Pennsylvania, the state of his birth, has given Joe Biden and Kamala Harris their moment in history.
Proposition 16 and unexpected consequences
What? You didn’t think that all college admissions policies favored women and minorities, did you?
I Have An Election Question
After all that has been revealed and all that has occurred, nearly half of the electorate remains solidly in support of the individual who appears to be hell-bent on the ‘deconstruction of the administrative state’, the dismantling of the democratic process, and the outright destruction of American Democracy.
Tim Wise: On The Myth of Meritocracy: Listen to Black People
"We should have been listening to Black people..."
----Tim Wise
All Voting is Personal: The Politics of Humiliation and Racism
As Nelson Mandela said: “There is nobody more dangerous than one who has been humiliated.”
The Pathology of Trumpism
At a time when a would-be dictator must be defeated by an overwhelming margin, most polls show the race for the presidency is within the statistical margin of error or simply too close to call.
Color-blindness & Journalistic Objectivity
What’s phony about colorblindness is that it involves consciousness of discrimination in only one direction."
----Koshersalaami
A better image than a rising tide and boats
A while ago I thought of a way to illustrate the difference between injecting money into an economy at the bottom and at the top.
Trump’s Corona Calculus
In his mind, he determined that since the virus would do the most harm to people of color who lived in 'blue state' cities, there was no real need to declare a national emergency and react and respond accordingly...
A pair of one-sentence posts:Republicans, Have-nots, & Rising Tides
Not necessary for this short a post
How will you address civil unrest in South Carolina, Take 2
So what he was actually saying was:
You cannot be elected to public office in South Carolina if you’re a liberal young African-American or immigrant.
How will you address civil unrest in South Carolina?
Under review. Context of this post may be wrong. ks
Answer: “If you are a young African-American, an immigrant, you can go anywhere in this state. You just need to be conservative, not liberal.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, 10/9/20
The strange stupidity of the Supreme Court nomination
I don’t understand the Republican calculation here. The math doesn’t work.
Typhoid Mary and Covid Donald
Donald Trump is at the epicenter of a severe outbreak and cluster of COVID19 infection at the White House.
Donald Trump: The Incarnation of White Privilege
What white Privilege Looks and Sounds Like
Reckless Endangerment
I understood that he wouldn’t care if people he didn’t know got sick with COVID-19. I didn’t know that not caring would extend to people he interacts with all the time personally.
The Mystery of Trump’s Anti-Mask Stance SOLVED
On February 7, 2020, Donald J. Trump told reporter Bob Woodward that COVID-19 could be transmitted through the air, that it was very dangerous and that it would be difficult to contain, saying, “This is deadly stuff,” Why, then, did Donald Trump - having admitted to knowing this - launch an anti-mask crusade that is largely responsible for the spread of the epidemic throughout the United States.
The Biggest October Surprise Ever
Now that DJT has contracted COVID-19, reality has taken some strange twists. If DJT becomes incapacitated, he would have to turn the presidency over to Pence, who would become acting president,...unless or until Pence comes down with it. At that point, Nancy Pelosi becomes Acting President.
The October Surprise: The Trumps Test Positive
The 'official' narrative is that the Trump's got the virus from Hope Hicks.
Renounce Cannibalism
When you think about renouncing cannibalism, I can’t believe they have not renounced it already
Guess what other population Trump’s in trouble with?
A poll was just conducted by the Yale School of Management. They polled attendees at Yale's Chief Executive Leadership Institute CEO Caucus. These guys like Trump because of his tax and regulatory policies, right?
Wrong.
Trump Surprised Me
Last night, though, I found myself quite surprised. Donald Trump shocked me. You might think this is a criticism of Trump’s conduct. It isn’t. Trump’s conduct did not shock me in the slightest. The thing I can not get my head around was what Trump did not do.
Trump Won’t Support Outcome of Process He Plans to Disrupt
If Trump isn't beaten by landslide proportions, on the ground at the polls, on election day, we may well lose the fight to retain and secure our democracy....
What Running on Racism Looks Like
His words are already a white supremacist call to violence meme.
In 2017, Trump paid $318,672 in taxes. Why doesn’t he say that?
The NY Times has reported that Donald Trump paid $750 in taxes in 2017.
Well, that’s how most people are reading it but, strictly speaking, that’s not what the Times reported. They reported that he paid $318,672 in taxes in 2017.
That’s a pretty big difference. Why isn’t Trump calling anyone on this? Why isn’t he talking about the other $317.922?
Trump Just Lost Control of the Game
His tax returns dispel all his pretensions to wealth and sacrifice, and his reelection campaign is running out of time.
Death and Taxes Meet Fake News and The Hoax
" ’Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but Death and Taxes."
Carole Jane Cadwalladr: Democracy v Facebook
If you don't do anything else online today, it is absolutely essential that you watch and absorb the information and insight of this extremely enlightening video...
It Figures…
Kentucky didn't get the BLM memo.
The grand jury report may be shocking, but it shouldn't be surprising.
AGT: bad news, not a real $1 million, good news, who won
The winner is promised $1 million and headlining a show in Las Vegas. The show turns out to be two performances of a variety show, and the million is paid out over forty years.
Now Is the Time….
Trump must be beaten AT THE POLLS by insurmountable margins or our democracy will face demise and ruin...
Racehorse and Racist Theory?
"A lot of it is about the genes, isn’t it, don't you believe? The racehorse theory. You think we’re so different?"
Pat Boone Matters?
So, you might ask, what’s so bad about that? Isn’t art to be interpreted? Yes. Art should be interpreted. It is fluid and flexible, and if interpretations help one to enjoy, then do so.
McConnell the Apex Predator
"An apex predator, also known as an alpha predator or top predator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators."
Pack The Court
Packing the Court is a violation of tradition, but so is refusing to vet the Supreme Court nominee of a sitting President. Both are technically legal. The fuss will be asymmetrical. That will be the height of hypocrisy and we should treat it as such.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87
Should the Trump-McConnell-Barr cabal succeed in getting a Ginsberg replacement installed before January of 2021, the proverbial rock shall fall through the bottom of the legal, political, and social fabric of this country toward a depth of hell that even Dante would have been hard put describe...
Trump’s New 1776 Commission Will Dictate Public School Curricula
Donald Trump wants to take control of the curricula of the American public school system and is trying to give that control to members of organizations with ties to conservative think-tanks in an attempt to subvert the educational system to suit his belief systems.
The Road to Autocracy
Anyone who believes that a Trump 'win' in November can't or won't signal the end of American Democracy doesn't have sufficient intellectual wherewithal to pay attention...
It isn’t incompetence, it’s criminal intent
Donald Trump should be held criminally liable for the deaths of more than 190,000 Americans...
Who are the good cops and where are they?
Silence in the face of injustice is complicity in the perpetuation and perpetration of injustice...
Trump tells supporters to “vote twice”!
It wouldn't be a bad idea if it weren't for the fact that it is illegal to mail in a ballot and then vote in person.
The most blatant racism in Kenosha
Can you imagine the Kenosha police waving past a seventeen year old Black kid with that kind of weapon?
Does racist dog whistle politics work?
No Democratic president has gotten a majority of the white vote since since LBJ ....
Apparently, the public execution of George Floyd wasn’t enough…
Evidently, the white cops in Kenosha, Wisconsin didn't get the 'world is changing' memo...
A Historical Context for Watching the RNC
The GOP was now the White Man’s Party — courtesy of Goldwater, Buckley, and National Review.
Warped Speed: The Speed of Lies
Hogan was a remarkable creature to behold. I fully accept that hearing this description is like hearing about a mythical creature like the Loch Ness monster or a “compassionate conservative”, but Hogan is real and the Hogan Constant is valid.
Obama at the DNC: All hands on deck! This is not a drill!
'No drama Obama' delivers sharp attack and dire warning...
In Case You Missed It: Michelle Obama Goes High
DNC Keynote speaker, Michelle Obama slices and dices the Trump administration and policies as she soars in her address...
Senior Presidential Aide v America’s Mom
Another incident from the Trump Department of 'You Can't Make This Stuff Up'...
What Would Happen If Trump Refused to Leave Office?
"A peaceful transfer of power is necessary for American democracy to survive."
What the Hell is China doing?
From an international standpoint, [the Chinese] are basically shooting themselves in both feet. It isn’t prudent, it isn’t playing the long game, it isn’t anything that we normally expect from China.
Open Letter To AG Barr and the DOJ from the Black Students at Yale
Though Black students at Yale are not surprised at this attack on affirmative action, we are outraged nonetheless.
Color Me Fascinated
There was a time when Blackness in America involved an internal psychological struggle with personal connections to the condition of slavery. Some felt shame. I am not judging that, but I don’t agree with it.