I’ve heard that only a “good guy with a gun” can stop a “bad guy with gun.” There are some problems with this argument. 1) In Dallas recently there were dozens of police officers with guns along a peaceful demonstration route. They were the good guys with guns. Five of those good guys with guns died and several others were…
Category: Current Events
Donald Trump, A Master Of The Obvious
My God, Donald Trump must be the most “mentally limited” candidate ever to run for the United States presidency. I offer the following as evidence. After the attack on the airport in Istanbul, Trump couldn’t say anything more than the obvious: “Many people killed,” he said. Yes, many people were killed. He went on, saying, “It’s bad.” Yes, it is…
Donald Trump’s Proposed Ban on Muslims, Then On People From “Terror States”
In December 2015, Donald Trump called for a temporary but “total and complete ban on Muslims coming into the United States.” He said that this ban would be in place “until United States representatives figure out what is going on.” This sounded absurd on its face. He did not say whether or not he was referring only to refugees, or referring…
Sen. John McCain Says Obama “Directly Responsible” for Orlando LGBT Club Shooting
On June 16, Senator John McCain said that Barack Obama was “directly responsible” for the actions of Omar Mateen in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday morning June 12, when he killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a shooting rampage at Pulse, a very popular LGBT night club. McCain claimed that President Obama withdrew troops from Iraq and that that action triggered a…
Shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016
Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people, and injured at least 53 more at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in the worst mass shooting in United States history on Saturday night/Sunday morning June 12. On Omar Mateen’s Father’s Explanation of Motivation for His Son’s Actions Assuming there is truth in what the gunman’s father has said to explain his…
Donald Trump’s Choice for Running Mate
During an interview with the Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman published May 26, Paul Manafort, chairman of the Donald trump presidential campaign, said, “‘The vice presidential pick will also be part of the process of proving he’s ready for the White House,’ Manafort said. ‘He needs an experienced person to do the part of the job he doesn’t want to do. He seems…
Bathroom Laws or Something Else?
Did I miss something? Has there been a rash of women who look like men trying to use men’s restrooms so that these women (who look like men — with beards and/or mustaches perhaps) could leer at masculine equipage at the urinals? Or has there been a rash of men who look like women, dressed in women’s clothing, in full…
Trump and Cruz Twitter Feud
I had a dream in which Donald Trump and Ted Cruz were having a Twitter feud about each other’s wives. In this feud Ted Cruz called Donald Trump a “sniveling coward.” And then I realized I had not dreamt this. It actually happened. Both men are demonstrating what to expect more of if either one of them becomes president of…
Reaction of Sen. Ted Cruz to Brussels Terror Attacks
In the wake of terrorist attacks on March 21, 2016, United States presidential candidate and Sen. Ted Cruz on Tuesday, March 22, proposed, “We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.” Cruz, who famously said after the Paris attack in November 2015 that if he were President he would “carpet-bomb ISIS into oblivion,” apparently…
Did Sen. Bernie Sanders Pull Off Some Kind of Major Achievement?
Did Sen. Bernie Sanders pull off some kind of major coup or achievement by narrowly defeating Hillary Clinton in the Michigan primary on March 8? According to the facts, he defeated Clinton by 1.7% in Michigan, a tiny margin. And when the results of both the Michigan and Mississippi primaries are combined, Hillary Clinton gained considerably more delegates than Sen.…