As far as conservative Christians candidates go, I always thought that Mike Huckabee was a slight cut above the rest. He doesn’t seem dogmatic, and he was governor at one time. So you would think that he would have some sense, while also being true to his conservative principles. But this past week he has proved to be either a … Read More
The Brady Decision and Deflategate
The decision says that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell could not act as an impartial arbitrator. You THINK?!? He also says no NFL policy says players can be disciplined and suspended for awareness of others’ misconduct. Footnote: On Twitter, the hashtag #DoYourJob relates to Kim Davis, the Kentucky law clerk who refuses to license same-sex marriages. But with the Brady news, … Read More
Kim Davis Is A Footnote To The Same-Sex Marriage Victory
I’m on vacation, but I am not completely off the grid. I just have a higher bar (this week)n as to what interests me enough to blog about. Checking in, I see not much has changed. Trump is still testing the bounds of open bigotry. Ho hum. And I see that Kim Davis, who I wrote about last week, has … Read More
For The Black Lives Matter Files
I suspect stories like this fly under the radar an awful lot, and nobody even knows about it: A young black man arrested by police in Portsmouth, Virginia, on the same day that one of the city’s officers fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old, has been found dead in jail after spending almost four months behind bars without bail for … Read More
Why Ben Shapiro Is An Ass (And Peggy Noonan Is A Liar)
This is so unbelievably bizarre. Esquire even calls it “the dumbest response to the Virginia TV shooting”. Shaprio (and Breitbart.com, which posted this — Shapiro is the Editor) argues this: After the Charleston shootings, he says, the “entire political and media establishment” blamed the Confederate flag. So if they were consistent, he goes on, then we should blame Black Lives Matter … Read More
Gun Problem? Us?
“We don’t have a gun problem. We have a criminal problem. We have a society that thinks it’s completely permissible to shirk responsibility. We have people who have no problem with what Planned Parenthood does in terms of fetal parts harvesting. We don’t teach a respect for life. We glorify violence in movie, music, film and books. This is what … Read More
Terrible Live Shooting On TV This Morning
Troubling video (not bloody, but shocking) Unbelievable shooting on live TV in the Roanoke area this morning. Prayers to my friends at WDBJ7. pic.twitter.com/q8ob9mI8VL — Jacob Wycoff (@4cast4you) August 26, 2015 Both the reporter and the cameraman are dead. During an interview on CNN, General Manager Jeffrey Marks confirmed that today was Parker’s last day with the station. Marks also … Read More
Trumps Reaction To Hate Crime — He Hits A New Low
This turns my stomach: The homeless man was lying on the ground, shaking, when police arrived early Wednesday. His face was soaked, apparently with urine, his nose broken, his chest and arms battered. Police said two brothers from South Boston ambushed the 58-year-old as he slept outside of a Dorchester MBTA stop, and targeted him because he is Hispanic. One … Read More
Ashley Madison Claims Its First “Celebrity” Victim
I’m not going to say who it was, although it is someone already “disgraced”. And I put “celebrity” in quotes, because this guy is more of a reality show star, than an actual celebrity. There is a certain schadenfreude at this “family values” guy being revealed as someone who cheats on his wife through Ashley Madison, but I think the … Read More
Ashley Madison Hackers Release Names
The Impact Team, the name of the group that hacked the Ashley Madison website (a site owned by Avid Life Media), has released the names, addresses and phone numbers — as well as a four-digit code that could be either partial credit card numbers or just user numbers — of the 37 million users of the cheat-on-your-spouse website. But don’t rush to a website … Read More
Even The Gun Nuts Don’t Want A Piece Of This
A few days ago, I mentioned the presence of armed white people — the Oath Keepers — present on the streets of Ferguson during the racial tensions. They were there, they said, the protect a reporter from the ultra-right wing website, InfoWars. Except now we learn that Infowars denies knowing these guys or what they’re doing. Maybe that’s true, maybe … Read More
Has Ferguson Gotten Better?
One year after the arrest and killing of Michael Brown, a young unarmed black man, Ferguson seems to be in deeper trouble than ever. Several investigations, including one by the DOJ, found that the police officer did not act improperly in the shooting of Michael Brown. BUT the DOJ found that the police department was ethically un-diverse (compared to the … Read More
Today’s Movie Theater Shooting
And the winner is…. Anitoch, Tennessee’s Carmike Hickory 8 Theaters The movie was: Mad Max The shooter is: Dead (shot by police) Shooter characteristics: White male, age 51 Shooter weapons: pepper spray, gun, hatchet, surgical mask and 2 backpacks (possible bombs?) # of victims: 0 dead, 3 treated for pepper spray, 1 with bruises from hatchet Motive: TBD Is he crazy?: TBD … Read More