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Neocon Bill Kristol Gets into Heated Argument with John Heilemann over the Confederate Flag Issue, Claims That the Left Has a Campaign to Disrespect the Memory of Confederate Soldiers
By Elaine Magliaro Bill Kristol–neoconservative political analyst and commentator, founder and editor of The Weekly Standard, and clueless pundit who is wrong about everything–got into a heated discussion with Bloomberg’s Politics Editor John Heilemann on Morning Joe Wednesday. Kristol had … Continue reading
Police Chief of Gulfport, Mississippi, Says That Open Carry Incident in a Walmart Store Could Have Turned into ‘Violent Misunderstanding’
By Elaine Magliaro Leonard Papania, the police chief of Gulfport, Mississippi, appears to be unhappy with his state’s open carry laws “after a man strolling through a Walmart Sunday night menaced shoppers by loading and racking shells into his shotgun…” The … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Mississippi, Police, States, United States
Tagged Guns, Open Carry Laws
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This Just In: The Baltimore Sun Reports That Freddie Gray’s Autopsy Shows That He Died of ‘High-energy Injury’
Posted by Elaine Magliaro According to Reuters, the Baltimore Sun has reported that the autopsy of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore black man who died in April after being hurt while in police custody, “shows he suffered a ‘high-energy injury’ like those in … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Police, United States
Tagged Freddie Gray
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John Oliver Talks about South Carolina and the Confederate Flag on “Last Week Tonight”
Posted by Elaine Magliaro On Sunday night, John Oliver took on the subject of the Confederate flag flying on the grounds of South Carolina’s statehouse.
Picture of the Day for June 23, 2015: Regarding Climate Change, Pope Francis, and Three Republican Presidential Candidates
Posted by Elaine Magliaro Click here to view more political cartoons by Politico’s Matt Wuerker.
For Father’s Day: Poems about Fathers by Award-Winning Poet Li-Young Lee (VIDEOS)
By Elaine Magliaro I fell in love with the poetry of Li-Young Lee when I read his debut collection Rose. Published in 1986, the book won the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Poetry Award. In the foreword that he wrote for Rose, … Continue reading
Controversial Sign Outside Baptist Church in Virginia Links Equal Rights to Satan
By Elaine Magliaro Hermant Mehta (Patheos) reported on Thursday that there’s a sign outside the Taylor Road Baptist Church in Chesapeake, Virginia that “is rightfully pissing people off.” Dallas Franklin of KFOR noted that the church sign has caused lots of folks to … Continue reading
Posted in Equal Rights, Homosexual Rights, Racism, Religion, United States
Tagged Mel Kunkle, Satan, Taylor Road Baptist Church, Virginia
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Picture of the Day for June 21, 2015: Political Cartoon on the Subject of Flying the Confederate Flag on South Carolina’s Statehouse Grounds
Posted by Elaine Magliaro This is an editorial cartoon by Dan Wasserman that was published in The Boston Globe on June 18th. Wasserman posted it on his Twitter account the same day under the heading “Charleston shooting backdrop.”
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