This Week’s Stories: – Rand Paul: His strategy, his chances (slim), and his backup plan. – Iran’s Supreme Leader makes life even more difficult for US negotiators – Police Brutality: what, if anything, can we do?
The only reason we know that a North Charleston, SC police officer murdered a fleeing suspect is that this unconscionable act was captured on video. The bad news is that so many other abuses aren’t filmed. While body cameras for police aren’t by any means a panacea, they have been demonstrated to significantly reduce use of force….
It doesn’t seem possible to improve on the below photo, from the White House, and the accompanying comment, from the American Spectator, so we’re simply reposting the photo and telling you to read what the Spectator has to say about it.
This Week’s Stories – The Iran Deal: Will ‘The Great Satan’ Get Burned by the Mullahs? – Indiana: We’re Not Anti-Gay, Honest! We Even Changed Our Anti-Gay Law. – Senator Menendez: A Corrupt NJ Politician (Shocking!) – McDonalds Pretends
This Week’s Stories – The Iran Deal: Will ‘The Great Satan’ Get Burned by the Mullahs? – Indiana: We’re Not Anti-Gay, Honest! We Even Changed Our Anti-Gay Law. – Senator Menendez: A Corrupt NJ Politician (Shocking!) – McDonalds Pretends to Care About Workers
Ezra Klein’s ‘explanatory journalism’ site Vox.com seems to have concluded that Trevor Noah is guilty of not meeting the high moral standards required of a Daily Show host. (A requirement I wasn’t even aware of until now.) They base this conclusion on half a dozen tweets, out of thousands that the comedian has made over…
In an absolutely stunning revelation, it’s been discovered that Trevor Noah, who will be taking over The Daily Show when Jon Stewart leaves, has made jokes. Jokes that have offended some people. As opposed to all those amazingly funny jokes that offend absolutely nobody. You know, jokes that tend to start with, “Knock, knock…” (Politico,…
This Week’s Stories – Ted Cruz: Why he won’t win, but what he could accomplish. – Indiana: Anti-gay or pro-religion? (Both, maybe?) – Bowe Bergdahl: should he be prosecuted, or has he suffered enough already? – The ungodly mess that is U.S. foreign policy. – The mystery man behind California’s “Sodomite Suppression Act” Links –…
Hillary Clinton deleted all the emails on the private email server she used while Secretary of State, according to the chair of the House committee investigating Benghazi. But she promised that her attorneys looked over everything and made sure all work-related emails were released. I *totally* believe her, because when it comes to sharing with…
You may be a damn good DEA agent, but around here, we do things by the book!—- attend a party with drug cartel hookers, and you’re looking at a two to ten day suspension! “Seven of the 10 DEA agents alleged to have participated in the gatherings — most of which took place at “quarters”…