Dan Crenshaw is Not as Stupid as He Acts
Dan Crenshaw has announced that he’s not able to attend the NRA convention in Houston this weekend because of his…wait for it…trip to Ukraine. His office has confirmed that he will conveniently not be...
View ArticleMaking A Tragedy of 21 Murders Worse
I turns out that the police response to the Uvalde shooting was a shitshow, and then local authorities lied to the media about it. Local and state authorities reported that the shooter was engaged by...
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A Simple Logic Test
OK, so here where the Republicans stand: All books about diversity should be banned from school libraries to protect kids from being exposed to anything not bible thumping, white, and straight....
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Marketing Gun Violence to Kids
Gun manufacturers are protected from liability lawsuits by a law pushed by Republicans and signed by GWB in 2005; up until Sandy Hook, PLCAA (Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act) was a bulwark...
View ArticleOh Shoot!
I learned how to shoot and clean a gun/shotgun, and load shells when I lived in RI. I shot targets, trap (my favorite) and skeet with 22 and 357 handguns, 210, 10 and 20 gauge shotguns, and even got my...
View ArticleThe Disaster of Single Party Rule
Texas has been in the iron grip of Republicans since 1995. The results are obvious – total corruption of state leadership including a talk radio host and bar owner on the verge of winning yet another...
View ArticleAbbott’s Solution for Mass School Shootings
Texas is now distributing DNA kits to schools. Abbott signed the law to do so at the end of the 2021 legislative session, feigning that they were to be distributed to identify children who were...
View ArticleThe Doofus from Rufus
About an hour east of me, along I-84, lies Rufus, OR (pop 270). Don’t blink, you’ll miss it. Named for an early settler, Rufus Carroll Wallis, it’s a little over 1 square mile in size. The mayor, Dowen...
View ArticleThe Only Solution Left
I write about gun violence on occasion knowing full well that it’s an exercise in futility. Why? Easy; our elected representatives, our law enforcement organizations, and now the courts have been...
View ArticleThe Actual Republican Strategy
“Not my job.” “Nothing we can do.” “Not our role.” “Shit happens.” These four statements are the total and complete strategy of the New Trumplican Party regarding public policy that protects the...
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