Did I miss it, or are the media avoiding the discussion of Republican politics as a major factor in the recent spikes in Covid-19 cases? America is reopening. But have we flattened the curve, asks a headline on the website of the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. Data at their site and at the NPR.Org … [Read more…]
I think I may have finally figured out a thing or two about Trump’s loyal supporters. It seems they do not mind if Trump shoots and kills someone on 5th Avenue–as long as it is not one of them. Perhaps that is why they stayed away in droves from Trump’s idiotic perfect-storm-for-spreading-COVID-19 event on Saturday … [Read more…]
How many people have lost their employer-based health insurance during the current pandemic in each of the following countries? United States – 27,000,000 Australia – 0 Belgium – 0 Canada – 0 Denmark – 0 Finland – 0 France – 0 Germany – 0 Greece – 0 Italy – 0 Japan – 0 New Zealand … [Read more…]
Of at least 4,024 people killed by police between January 2013 and June 2016, only 85 of these cases led to an officer being charged with a crime, and only six of these resulted in convictions. The main culprit is the 1989 Graham v Connor U.S. Supreme Court decision, which in effect gives police a … [Read more…]
D: Here is a fabulous summary of the Trump-bible photo-op from Robert Hendrickson, rector, Saint Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, Tucson, describing a photo of Trump holding a Bible while standing in front of St. John’s Church in DC.: “This is an awful man, waving a book he hasn’t read, in front of a … [Read more…]
Incredibly, police officers appear to have a license to kill unarmed black folks. Well, they do. Police have a license to kill anyone, and they use it disproportionately on black people. They received this “license” in the Graham v. Conner Supreme Court decision in 1989, written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist. In 1985 the Court … [Read more…]