Ed. Note: Other than this sentence, this post does not mention or allude to Michael Cohen, Robert Mueller, Congressional hearings, Kim Jong-un, impeachment, obstruction of justice or any of the usual suspects. Today this is an official JaxPolitix safe zone. _________________________________________ Reading time – 5:03; Viewing time – 6:35 . . . Seeing the Big… [read more]
Reading time – 4:09; Viewing time – 5:40 . . . “The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn [period] (771–476 bc) and Warring States periods (475–221 bc) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly… [read more]
Reading time – 4:41; Viewing time – 6:43 . . . First they were the “silent majority.” Then they were “values voters,” which seemed to imply that those who didn’t see things exactly their way had no values. Now they’re “the base” or “Evangelicals.” Regardless of the label, they were and are focused on being… [read more]
Reading time – 1:53 seconds; Viewing time – 2:47 . . . In yet another 5-4 decision the Supreme Court has allowed Trump’s Muslim travel ban to stand. And by the same margin the Court allowed Ohio to continue to purge its voter roles of poor people and people of color. 5-4 is the same… [read more]
Reading time – 2:59; Viewing time – 4:16 . . . Whatever may be the perverted mental issues that compel him to puffery and self-service instead of service to country and which eased his way to lie over 2,000 times during his first year in office, the real issue is not Donald Trump’s dishonesty. The… [read more]
Reading time – 1:52; Viewing time – 3:03 . . . In the wake of the slaughter of 17 students and teachers and the wounding of 14 others in Parkland, FL, Wayne LaPierre, the executive director of the NRA, gave a speech to the attendees of the CPAC conference. This is the association that used… [read more]
Reading time – 3:09; Viewing time – 4:18 . . . Donald Trump and his Congressional Republicans, as well as every blatherer on Fox News, are all over Robert Mueller and his team, as well as the FBI and the Justice Department. They have impugned Mueller’s integrity. attacked the FBI saying it’s in tatters (somebody… [read more]
Reading time – 4:04; Viewing time – 5:41 . . . Get a head start on the weekend: This is Sunday’s Disambiguation on Thursday so you’ll be ready for Saturday. ———————————————————– Earlier this year the Muslim Student Alliance of Niles West High School in Skokie, IL presented Truths to Combat Hate: Islamophobia Edition. The presentation… [read more]
Reading time – 4:46; Viewing time – 7:03 . . . My pal John Calia comments now and again on these posts and he recently declared me to be a far left liberal. “Not so!” I protested, and proceeded to show him a bunch of my views on issues about which the vast majority of… [read more]
Reading time – 2:18; Viewing time – 3:02 . . . I observed an incremental shift toward authoritarianism during the Bush years. The John’s – Bolton and Ashcroft – scared me as much as Cheney did. I didn’t see that kind of power shift during the Obama years, although I could have been misled by… [read more]
