BACKSTORY: About a month ago, on July 29, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down North Carolina’s anti-voter law. The appeals court noted that the 2013 law suppressed African-American voter turnout “with almost surgical precision” and invalidated most of it. The court’s scathing opinion said that “because of race, the legislature enacted one of the largest restrictions of the franchise in modern … Read More
50 Years Ago Today: The Debut Of Star Trek
A lot of ink and pixels being spilled about Star Trek and its cultural impact. Many of these articles are personal, and I was going to write one myself. But here’s the thing about Star Trek — you either get it or you don’t. And if you are a child of the 1970s like me, you get Star Trek in … Read More
The Latest Faux Clinton Scandal
Seriously? Earpiece? #CrookedHillary pic.twitter.com/6LqxRGTgA5 — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) September 8, 2016 This originated with Alex Jones at Infowars. It’s now on Drudge. Watch the mainstream media talk about how her earring has “raised questions” in 3…2….1…. UPDATE: Aaaaand less than 20 minutes after my initial post, Fox News bites down hard. It’s source? A website nobody has ever heard of…
Last Night’s Commander-in-Chief Candidate Forum
Last night, the two presidential candidates — Trump and Clinton — met with NBC’s Matt Lauer for a live interview on the U.S.S. Intrepid in front of an audience of military veterans to discuss issues of interest to those veterans. It was, by most accounts, a shitstorm. Matt Lauer was not biased, so much as he was unprepared. Jonathan Chait … Read More
BREAKING SCANDAL: Bill Clinton Did A Thing That Wasn’t A Scandal As It Turns Out!
Here’s the front-page headline from Monday’s Washington Post: Inside Bill Clinton’s nearly $18 million job as ‘honorary chancellor’ of a for-profit college And here’s the first sentence of the fifth paragraph: There is no evidence that Laureate received special favors from the State Department in direct exchange for hiring Bill Clinton…. And this from the 26th paragraph: Clinton’s contract with … Read More
62 Days And Counting
Summer is over. Labor Day has past. And now, says conventional wisdom, is when people start paying attention to the election. So where are we? Well, we were all greeted this morning with a bunch of polls, including a 50-state poll from NBC/SurveyMonkey. Several of them are grabbing headlines, most notably, the CNN/ORC poll (rated A- by 538.com) which has … Read More
Trump/Bondi And The Media Double Standard
Here is a timeline of events for your consideration. All of these events took place in 2013: Mid-late August: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi “personally solicited a political contribution from Donald Trump” “several weeks” before Bondi’s “office publicly announced it was deliberating whether to join a multi-state lawsuit proposed by New York’s Democratic attorney general.” September 10: In an unusual … Read More
Fox Settles With Gretchen Carlson
It’s over, although I don’t expect that corporate culture has changed at Fox News: 21st Century Fox has reached a $20 million settlement deal with Gretchen Carlson, the anchorwoman who sued Roger Ailes alleging harassment and retaliation in July. The eight-figure deal is likely to have consequences across corporate America. Fox also apologized to Carlson in a highly unusual public … Read More
Creepy Clowns Come To Winston-Salem
Last week, there were reports in South Carolina of clowns — yes, clowns — trying to lure children into the woods: This tale sounds like a mishmash of newspaper clippings and pages ripped from Stephen King novels, but these are actually details taken from a report filed by the sheriff’s office in Greenville County, S.C., last week, after several residents … Read More
Shortest New York Times Article Ever?
From today’s New York Times – a one word article: Although, if you click on the word “No”, you get this.
SpaceX Explosion at Cape Canaveral
JUST IN: Dramatic video captures SpaceX explosion at Cape Canaveral. https://t.co/YQHFmbkfXr pic.twitter.com/AdbA8HCDQS — ABC News (@ABC) September 1, 2016 Nobody hurt, but obviously a setback.
The Clinton Campaign’s Response
Let’s be real. Trump was a coward. Every rally he would bake a huge blustery deal about making Mexico pay for his Wall. But when he got to Mexico, Trump went silent when he actually met face to face with the President. He apparently even to lied about the issue even coming up in their meeting. But it came up according to … Read More
“It Was Better In The Original German”
Many people are saying that last night’s “Immigration Policy” speech by Trump in Phoenix Arizona was historical. I’m one of those people. Just WHY it was historical is a point of contention. To me, the speech was historical because it contained the 21st century version of some of the worst ills of the world’s past. Divisiveness and demagoguery. Mad red0faced … Read More
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