by Lauri Baron There’s a national gun crisis when: The NRA has more influence than the PTA. Russia’s bombing of markets and schools generates bipartisan cooperation on aiding Ukraine, whereas domestic massacres result in partisan polarization over common sense gun regulation. You can purchase a rifle privately without a background check when you’re 18 in Texas but … [Read more...] about Guns and Poses: Reflections on the Uvalde Shooting
What’s In a Name? A Hurricane Name, That Is. (UPDATED)
UPDATE: The article below focused on the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic hurricane basins. However, there is another region of hurricane activity that affects Americans and Central Americans: the Eastern Pacific region. Although not as “prolific” as the one on the other side of the North-Central American continent, this region has produced its share of … [Read more...] about What’s In a Name? A Hurricane Name, That Is. (UPDATED)
CHOOSE WISELY
Conservative group to give away AR-15 despite calls to cancel following Texas shooting
Published by The Detroit NewsDETROIT — A conservative group plans to hold a candidate event where an AR-15 will be given away, even after a Democratic lawmaker representing the area called for it to be canceled following a shooting at a Texas elementary school. Ronald Matte, listed in state filings as president of the Michigan Leadership Group, told The Detroit News that its … [Read more...] about Conservative group to give away AR-15 despite calls to cancel following Texas shooting
OUR NATIONAL PATHOLOGY OVER GUNS IS INHUMAN
by John L. Micek Want to know what rage feels like? It’s waking on a Wednesday morning on a school day as the cable news talking heads sift through the latest on the shooting at a Texas elementary school that left 21 people dead, most of them children, and looking at your daughter as she gets ready for her final day of classes of the year, and saying, “Please, God. Not … [Read more...] about OUR NATIONAL PATHOLOGY OVER GUNS IS INHUMAN
HERE IN ARSENAL AMERICA, EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN
So here we go again. Politicians of all stripes will offer their “thoughts” and “prayers” to the victims’ families. Special-interest groups on the right will cite the latest bloodbath as proof that we need more gun ownership. And cable television will rerun the same video clips umpteen times, fill the airways with talking ranters, and thus leave the impression that nothing … [Read more...] about HERE IN ARSENAL AMERICA, EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN
‘Hair Like Mine’ Thirteen Years Later
We desperately need an uplifting story these days. In the days before the People’s House was turned into a nest of collusion, corruption and conspiracy, a young Black boy visited that House. In 2009, five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia was visiting the Oval Office with his father, then-National Security Council staffer Carlton Philadelphia. Intrigued by then-President … [Read more...] about ‘Hair Like Mine’ Thirteen Years Later
Why gun control laws don’t pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings
The front page of the local newspaper in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022. Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty Images) Monika L. McDermott, Fordham University and David R. Jones, Baruch College, CUNY With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in May 2022, calls have begun again for Congress to enact gun control. Since the 2012 massacre of 20 … [Read more...] about Why gun control laws don’t pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings
Ted Cruz Loses It After Being Confronted Over Texas School Shooting: ‘Why Only In America?’
Published by Radar OnlineSenator Ted Cruz stormed out of an interview with a U.K. reporter after a heated exchange about gun reform in the wake of the tragic Texas school shooting. On Wednesday, Cruz was attending a vigil for the 21 victims of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde alongside Texas Governor Greg Abbott and others. "There are 19 sets of parents who are … [Read more...] about Ted Cruz Loses It After Being Confronted Over Texas School Shooting: ‘Why Only In America?’
The New NRA
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UVALDE
What are the odds that on the same day I receive a journalism award from a human rights organization, the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights organization, for a cartoon on school shootings that’s there’s another school shooting? In this country where politicians refuse to do anything to stop mass shootings and end the easy accessibility of assault rifles designed to kill as many … [Read more...] about UVALDE
Police face questions over their response to Texas school massacre
Published by ReutersBy Brad Brooks and Gabriella Borter UVALDE, Texas (Reuters) -The gunman in the Texas school massacre barged unchallenged through an unlocked door, then killed 19 children and two teachers while holed up in their classroom for an hour before a tactical team stormed in and killed him, police said on Thursday. The latest official details from the Texas … [Read more...] about Police face questions over their response to Texas school massacre
Neo-Anti-Federalists are winning the 21st century Civil War
Violence appears in the opening book of the Bible, as a jealous Cain murders his brother, Abel. Advancements in technology have made it easier to kill, period, and also easier to kill massive numbers of people quickly. In the United States, we saw how modern technology facilitates mass murder once again, on Tuesday. This week's tragedy in Texas joins a litany of mass … [Read more...] about Neo-Anti-Federalists are winning the 21st century Civil War
What Will The Return To Top Gun Bring?
by Thomas Hoffman The original Top Gun debuted in 1986 when the cold war was hotter (or colder) than it had been in years. It had a “pro-Cold War” message. Will the sequel contain a hidden political agenda? As Top Gun: Maverick’s release coincides with a Russian invasion of Ukraine, relationships between the U.S. and Russia are about as cold as when the original Top Gun … [Read more...] about What Will The Return To Top Gun Bring?
Uvalde Massacre: “What are we doing? Why are you here …?”
Today, I was planning to post a lighthearted piece. That will have to wait. Today we mourn. Today we pray. Today we are angry. Hundreds, thousands, of heart wrenching articles have been and will continue to be written on the horrific Uvalde, Texas, tragedy. One man expressed my emotions – and I believe America’s emotions – the best when he took to the Senate floor … [Read more...] about Uvalde Massacre: “What are we doing? Why are you here …?”
Uvalde, Texas Families: Show the images of Your Dead Children: 50 Sick Senators Love Guns More than Children; Fire them and Elect those who TRULY value children already born.
Mis estimados, mis mamis y papis, tios, tias, hermanos, hermanas, amigos, queridos. Yah, heard it all, 'guns dont kill, people kill,' 'take my gun out of my cold dead hands' and other bs. Sloganeering is not governing. Sorry. Not sorry. I ask you for a moment, remember Emmett Till's mother who let her beloved 14 year old son's casket remain open so all could see how … [Read more...] about Uvalde, Texas Families: Show the images of Your Dead Children: 50 Sick Senators Love Guns More than Children; Fire them and Elect those who TRULY value children already born.
AMERICA’S GROUNDHOG DAY
Trump gets schlonged: Georgia rebukes Trump over US voter fraud ‘Big Lie’
Published by AFPAtlanta (AFP) - Republican voters delivered a stark repudiation Tuesday of Donald Trump's "Big Lie" that the 2020 US election was stolen, backing Georgia Governor Brian Kemp for re-election by a huge margin over a candidate recruited by the former president. Trump had banked much of his own political capital hand-picking David Perdue to oust Kemp in the … [Read more...] about Trump gets schlonged: Georgia rebukes Trump over US voter fraud ‘Big Lie’
GUNS! GUNS! GUNS!
FBI counts 61 ‘active shooter’ incidents last year, up 52% from 2020
Published by ReutersBy Steve Gorman (Reuters) - The United States experienced 61 "active shooter" incidents last year, up sharply in the sheer number of attacks, casualties and geographic distribution from 2020 and the highest tally in over 20 years, the FBI reported on Monday. The 2021 total, spread over 30 states, was 52% higher than 2020 and about double each of the three … [Read more...] about FBI counts 61 ‘active shooter’ incidents last year, up 52% from 2020