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Monthly Archives: September 2017

An open letter to former State Rep John Scott

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Dear John: While the old saying that “the lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client” is mainly true, I feel in this instance I can take that risk, as I have a fool for an adversary. I write at this time to put you on notice that I intend to take legal […]

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Tell it like it is

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Atrios has nominated Jonathan Chait as one of America’s worst humans for suggesting that we lefties should not be applying the term “white supremacist” to Trump or his followers unless they themselves confess to being so. He links to this Chait takedown, to which the reader is referred. I find myself in agreement with Chait, […]

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Update

Friday, September 22, 2017

A couple of days ago I remarked on the fact that I had never seen the obvious point made, in coverage of “free speech” attempts to legalize anti-gay discrimination, that the same logic could be applied to racial or religious discrimination. I still haven’t seen it made by a member of the press, but it […]

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When he’s right, he’s right

Friday, September 22, 2017

As human beings, it’s incumbent upon us to recognize our common humanity. That means, for instance, that any human, no matter how reptilian he or she might be, must be recognized as a fellow human. Among other things we must recognize that we must listen to what each of our fellow humans has to say, […]

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Sean freaks out

Thursday, September 21, 2017

So, what does this mean: Amid new rounds of reporting about the breadth of information being sought from current and former White House officials by Robert Mueller, the special counsel now probing possible ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, political reporter and Axios co-founder Mike Allen suggests that a potential “honey pot” of […]

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Supreme Court about to legalize discrimination

Sunday, September 17, 2017

It’s more than likely the case that the Supreme Court is about to legalize anti-Gay discrimination in the name of free speech and/or religious freedom. The case arises out of the refusal of a baker to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. It’s terribly unfair, he says, that he should be asked to […]

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A prediction

Friday, September 8, 2017

Three executives of the credit-reporting agency Equifax sold nearly $2 million worth of company stock within days of a massive data breach potentially affecting 143 million Americans — one that wasn’t publicly disclosed until more than a month later. In a statement, Equifax says the executives “had no knowledge that an intrusion had occurred at […]

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Friday Night Music Returns!

Friday, September 8, 2017

This used to be a regular feature, but it got harder and harder to find music that I 1) was familiar with and liked, and 2) was a live performance and not just music with an album cover as the video. Anyway, I doubt that I’ll be doing this every week, but today, while I […]

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Time to stop these activist judges!

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Okay, I’ll start this by admitting that I’m not the most experienced federal litigator in the world, but I find this puzzling: The City of Dallas voted Wednesday to immediately remove a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee from a public park, but the work was abruptly stopped by a federal judge. Soon after the […]

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Only one side!

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Almost everyone on the left is aware of the “both sides” mentality of the mainstream press. Why, there are some bloggers who specialize in exposing the absurd lengths to which the media will go to insist that “both sides” are equally bad. (I highly recommend driftglass, see one of his many great takedowns of David […]

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