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Outside the Beltway, one of the better other group blogs out there, is asking for ideas (and responses to ideas) for punching things up. I almost endorsed Tim Kowal to write there, but then...
Will Truman
/// May 9, 2013
Outside the Beltway, one of the better other group blogs out there, is asking for ideas (and responses to ideas) for punching things up. I almost endorsed Tim Kowal to write there, but then...
Ethan Gach
/// May 9, 2013
It’s graduation season, so cue one of the best commencement speeches of them all: DFW’s Kenyon college address has been made into a short movie.
Nob Akimoto
/// May 9, 2013
So a chat with Mr. Kain today made me think that it might be fun to do an online PnP campaign (Pathfinder ruleset, setting would likely be my specific campaign setting of Avlis) and...
Kazzy
/// May 9, 2013
A dear friend mused about how my newfound parenthood would impact my teaching and how being a teacher would impact my parenting. Regarding the latter, I can already note a tangible difference in an...
Jason Kuznicki
/// May 9, 2013
When the Boy Scouts wanted to stand firm and keep out the gays, Heritage insisted it was a private matter, one about the freedom to associate as one sees fit. They should have the...
Tod Kelly
/// May 9, 2013
Good news, everyone! The Council for Higher Education Accreditation has finally granted the League university status. As of now, reading and commenting here earn you actual course credits, which you can save up and...
Nob Akimoto
/// May 9, 2013
There’s a lot of commentary wandering around as it’s revealed Greek youth are 6x more likely to be unemployed (using ILO measures) than those in Germany. The truly staggering gap in unemployment rates is...
David Ryan
/// May 9, 2013
From the Sailing Montauk Website: Here at Sailing Montauk, we recognize our little hamlet is not simply a collection of businesses serving the summer tourist trade, Montauk is also the thriving year-round community we...
Nob Akimoto
/// May 9, 2013
A fantastic overview of the new “Oversight of Sensitive Military Operations Act” now in committee in the House of Representatives. Some more developed thoughts on this overall subject later.
Patrick
/// May 9, 2013
Which one is worse? The Westboro Church picketing Jeff Hanneman’s funeral? or…
From CNN Business:
New York (CNN Business)Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and a major donor to Republican politicians, died late Monday following complications related to his cancer treatment, his company said. He was 87.
Adelson took a leave of absence from Sands last week to resume treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which his aides first disclosed in late February 2019.
(Featured image is "Some birds hanging out at the Sands Casino in Atlantic City" by iirraa is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Comment →In the wake of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by scores of President Trump’s supporters, a lone researcher began an effort to catalogue the posts of social media users across Parler, a platform founded to provide conservative users a safe haven for uninhibited “free speech” — but which ultimately devolved into a hotbed of far-right conspiracy theories, unchecked racism, and death threats aimed at prominent politicians.
The researcher, who asked to be referred to by their Twitter handle, @donk_enby, began with the goal of archiving every post from January 6, the day of the Capitol riot; what she called a bevy of “very incriminating” evidence. According to the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab, among others, Parler is one of a number of apps used by the insurrections to coordinate their breach of the Capitol, in a plan to overturn the 2020 election results and keep Donald Trump in power.
(Featured image is "A radio tracking device on a Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) at the Cotswold Falconry Centre" by Anguskirk and is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Comment →From Twitter Safety:
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021
(Featured image is "Free Bird" by Ennev and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Comment →From DFW's CBS:
DALLAS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Chief Judge Barbara Lynn of the Northern District of Texas has reversed a previous ruling of the Court that had dismissed all claims against the City of Dallas in the murder of Botham Jean.
The federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Dallas is now allowed to proceed once an amended lawsuit is filed.
We discussed Amber Guyger getting indicted here.
We discussed her trial here.
(Featured image is Botham Jean from The Botham Jean Foundation/Facebook)
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It’s Not Just About A Speech: Impeachment and President Trump
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