The subject of gun rights for convicted felons is a little more complicated that this, but it’s true in the main. How ironic.
Author: craigshields
Dick Van Dyke on Trump and His Supporters
Whether you remember Dick Van Dyke from Mary Poppins, his sit-com of the 60s, or any of the other hundreds of things he’s done in his long, eclectic, multi-award-winning career, it’s clear that, at age 95, he’s still totally lucid. …
Trump and Facebook
From Facebook: Last month, the Oversight Board upheld Facebook’s suspension of former US President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts following his praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol on January 6. But in doing so, the board criticized …
Good Point, Bad Analogy
There are times in life when the point being made here is 100% apt. It applies very nicely to beliefs: religion, art, philosophy, even the political positions that had existed until recently. However, it does not apply at all to …
Cruelty and Hate in America
The political divide that characterizes today’s America is largely about cruelty and hate. Those who think that somehow all this can go back to “normal”–whatever that means–need to ask themselves where is all this evil supposed to go. It can’t …
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How Many Laws Did These People Break?
From the Huffington Post: A Florida woman accused of pushing down a police sergeant with a flagpole and threatening to hunt down House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has been arrested. Audrey …
The Stolen Election Narrative May Never Die–What That Means
A few days ago, a judge refused to let the insurrectionists under his charge out on bail, citing the danger to society they represent. He pointed out that Trump is still maintaining that he won the election, and these morons …
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Insurrectionist’s Attorney: “My Client Is a ‘Dumbass’ Who Watches Too Much Fox News”
Oh, come on. Does this look like the face of a “dumbass” with his white power symbol? (Just kidding) From this: The lawyer for accused Capitol stormer Anthony Antonio, 27, is planning to argue that his client wasn’t interested in politics …
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Some Bad Days for Big Oil, and More To Come
As Bill McKibben notes here, it really hasn’t been a good couple of days for Big Oil. Are investors concerned about the baking of the planet at the hands of the fossil fuel industry, or are they worried about the …
Are We Systematically Dismantling Democracy?
Is this an extreme view, kind of a left-wing conspiracy theory? I’m not sure, but it’s worthy of concern.
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