Mar 292022
 

Yesterday, I made it to the DMV on time and didn’t have to wait more than a couple of minutes for my appointment.  However, they were not satisfied with my documents and gave me an additional one. I don’t, thank God, have o wait another four weeks to come back – I can return today. So, another day I will need patience from you on my comment replies. Sigh.

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Crooks & Liars – Wheels Of Justice Turning In Two Prominent Portland Proud Boy Cases
Quote – On Wednesday, notorious Proud Boys brawler Tusitala “Tiny” Toese was arraigned on multiple felonies related to the violence he led at a Portland rally on Aug. 22, 2021, and order detained without bail. Then on Thursday, the man who opened fire on a group of protesters in a park on Feb. 19 near his residence, killing one person and wounding four others before he was himself shot, was also arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court on multiple counts after he was released from his subsequent hospitalization.
Click through for a lttle good news. It contains two of the most beautiful words in the English language – “without bail.” (and if that unusual first name sounds familiar, it was the name given to Robert Louis Stevenson by the Samoan people after he moved there. It means “teller of tales.”)  TC would have been glad for this development.

Denverite – DPD verdict: Protesters awarded $14 million in lawsuit over police response to George Floyd rallies
Quote – “This was, as far as I know, the first case of George Floyd protestors injured by police to go to trial around the country,” said Tim Macdonald, an attorney for the plaintiffs. “So hopefully what police departments will take from this is that a jury of regular citizens took these rights very seriously. And they’re prepared to tell the police what they did to peaceful protestors is not acceptable.” … The verdict is likely to carry weight in future civil rights cases stemming from the protests, including others in Denver, said Jason Williamson, executive director of NYU’s Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, which tracks cases like the one in Denver.
Click through for full story. More good news. Our Declaration of independence states that governmentsmust draw their authority from “the consent of the governed.” Does this not also imply that police should get their authority from “the consent of the policed”?

Wonen’s History – Wikipedia – Mary Anning
Quote – Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was an English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist who became known around the world for the discoveries she made in Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis in the county of Dorset in Southwest England. Anning’s findings contributed to changes in scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the Earth…. Her discoveries included the first correctly identified ichthyosaur skeleton when she was twelve years old.
Click through for bio. Another unsing scientist among women. There’s really nothing that we can’t do.

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Mar 282022
 

Glenn Kirschner – NY DA Alvin Bragg Refuses to Indict Trump: Candidates for NY Governor Pledge to Remove Bragg

Lincoln Project – Be Not Afraid

The Republican Accountability Project – What the heck happened to the GOP?

Ojeda Live – You May Be in the MAGA Cult: Top 5 Signs

Farron Balanced – Georgia Voters Sue To Keep Marjorie Taylor Greene Off Ballot

Cracked – If Wine Were Honest

Beau – Let’s talk about direct NATO/US involvement….

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Mar 282022
 

Yesterday, I checked and double checked everything I need to go to the DMV today. I am not looking forward to that (I am looking forward to it being over, though.) I may actually not have to be there forever. I had to make an appointment – the earliest I could get was for today… but I made the appointment back in February. So that line may supersede the traditional line of people in person. Yes, I will definitely mask. If I am slow commenting, please be patient. Thanks!

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Daily Kos (David Neiwert) – Michigan militiamen hoped their kidnapping plot would spark nationwide ‘Boogaloo’ civil war
Quote – The defendants, … all members of the so-called “Wolverine Watchmen” militia, are leaning heavily on claims that the government entrapped them into the plot to abduct Whitmer from her summer home and put her on “trial,” for which they now face federal kidnapping-conspiracy charges. The trial’s outcome could have broad ramifications for how federal authorities tackle the rising tide of right-wing domestic terrorism, as well as ongoing prosecution of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrectionists.
Click through for story. Their lawyers are (maybe I should say “were”) going for an entrapment defnse, but these dudes are making that well-nigh impossible. I am not getting the impression that any of them have the tiniest particle of remorse, either. “FOFA,” as the saying goes.

Daily Beast – Madison Cawthorn Committed the One Unforgivable Sin of Politics
Quote – But Cawthorn did something far worse, at least for his own political prospects, and it may cost him his seat: He left his constituents—and then was forced to return to them, hat in hand, after the courts predictably struck down the state’s new map, and eliminated the district he left to run in, on Feb. 23…. The numerous candidates challenging Cawthorn in the GOP primary, slated for May, do not intend to let voters in North Carolina’s 11th District forget it. One of them is Michele Woodhouse.
Click through for the twists and turns. Irony may be dead to humans – but Karma remembers. Really, this could not have happened to a nicer guy.

Women’s History – Wikipedia – Fatima al Fihri
Quote – Fatima bint Muhammad Al-Fihriyya (Arabic: فاطمة بنت محمد الفهرية القرشية) was an Arab woman who is credited with founding the al-Qarawiyyin mosque in 859 AD in Fez, Morocco. She is also known as “Umm al-Banayn”. Al-Fihri died around 880 AD. The Al-Qarawiyyin mosque subsequently developed a teaching institution, which became the University of al-Qarawiyyin in 1963.
Click through for bio, including some historians’ doubts. Personally, I consider it far more credible for white male historians to doubt the existence of a successful woman than for male Muslims to invent (or accept if invented) an oral tradition about a powerful, successful woman. (Many people doubt the accuracy of oral tradition in any culture … but those who have studied it, while admitting there can be details which change, have found the substance to be pretty darned reliable.)

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Mar 272022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Ginni & Clarence Thomas, Mark Meadows & Trump: Corruption at the White House & the Supreme Court

Ojeda Live – The Oath Keepers or the “OOPS” Keepers!?!

Truth Matters – We Are Dems For Action

Farron Balanced – Clarence Thomas Disappears As His Wife’s Scandal Deepens

Armageddon Update | Judge Not Lest Ye…

Tiny Lost Seal Grows Up To Be Blubbery And Hilarious

Beau – Let’s talk about Abbott’s Operation Lone Star….

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Mar 262022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Prosecutor Pomerantz Says Evidence Proves Trump Committed Felony Crimes But DA Bragg Won’t Indict

Meidas Touch – Ted Cruz gets HUMILIATED during Confirmation Hearing

Thom Hsrtmann – Should Clarence Thomas Be Impeached Or Recuse Himself?

Rebel HQ – Richard Ojeda Goes OFF On Partisan Hack Mitch McConnell

Puppet Regime – Ukraine Edition: Kim Jong Un Will Not Be Ignored!!

Abandoned Cat Was Antisocial Until A Tiny Kitten Forced Him To Play With Her

Beau – Let’s talk about Ukraine political parties and the mirror….

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Mar 252022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Donald Trump Flips (Politically) on Mo Brooks. Could it be that Mo Brooks has Flipped on Trump?

Meidas Touch – Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson takes Senator Cotton to School!

Lincoln Project – Josh Mandel: Ohioans or Trump?

Robert Reich – Why Abortion Bans Aren’t Pro-Life

Armageddon Update – Havin’ Fun Yet?

Shirley Serban – Song for Ukraine and the World – Give Us Peace / Dona Nobis Pacem

Beau – Let’s talk about Rule 303 Belorussian style….

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Mar 242022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Donald Trump Appeals Judge’s Order Directing him to Submit to Deposition by NY AG Tish James

Meidas Touch – Republicans Exposed as Traitors | #GOPMustGo

Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republicam Party

American Bridge (Senator Hirono0 – It’s About Time

Don Winslow – #TedCruzLessonsForHisDaughters

No Dem Left Behind – Barrett vs. Jackson … what’s the difference?

Beau – Let’s talk about a claim about Mariupol and consistency….

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Mar 232022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Glenn Kirschner on… What’s Next for Trump?

Lincoln Projrct – The Union

The Ring of Fire – Hannity Praises Putin For ‘Channeling His Inner Trump’

Rebel HQ – Richard Ojeda RIPS Hannity for Quoting Kremlin

Liberal Redneck – Liberal Redneck – Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS Confirmation

Parody Project – THEY CALL THE STATE PARIAH

Beau – Let’s talk about Mariupol….

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