Bernie Sanders was charged with resisting arrest at an August '63 civil rights protest. He was found guilty and fined $25.
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Saturday, February 20, 2016
Bernie Sanders' 1963 arrest
By Mona Goldwater, Social Mores Ed.
Bernie Sanders was charged with resisting arrest at an August '63 civil rights protest. He was found guilty and fined $25.
Bernie Sanders was charged with resisting arrest at an August '63 civil rights protest. He was found guilty and fined $25.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
JebBush.com redirects to Donald Trump's official website
By Mona Goldwater, Errors & Omissions Ed.
At some point along the road to the White House, Jeb Bush's team forgot to renew the domain jebbush.com. While their official site is JebBush2016.com, clicking on jebbush.com now takes you to Donald Trump's page. . .which Trump recently and gleefully announced. This typifies the sad arc and ending of a bumbling campaign.
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George F. Will wrote in August "Republican field is the most impressive since 1980"
By Jack Brummet, National Affairs Ed.
George F. Will wrote last August that, “This year’s Republican field is the most impressive since 1980, and perhaps the most talent-rich since the party first had a presidential nominee, in 1856."
George F. Will wrote last August that, “This year’s Republican field is the most impressive since 1980, and perhaps the most talent-rich since the party first had a presidential nominee, in 1856."
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Creepy doll images
By Jack Brummet, Ed.
Thanks to Getty Images for the use of their copyright images here.
A ginormous piece of driftwood in La Push, Washington
Six foot Amanda Lachman in front of the driftlog
"The wind was howling and there were rain squalls at times," said Phillip Lachman, a retired school teacher who photographed the drift log on April 5, 2010. "On the beach at La Push there was a huge amount of driftwood of all sizes and there in the middle of the beach was this tree. We were mesmerized by the sheer size of it and wondered at the force of the wind that brought it here."
This was probably the result of a tree on a crumbling hillside being swept off during gale force winds, along with very high tides last spring. They don't know what brand of tree it is (probably Western Red Cedar, Sitka Spruce, or Douglas Fir). I don't know if it's still on the beach or not...
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Monday, February 15, 2016
GOP-Tea Party Fact Check on nominations in a President's final year
By Mona Goldwater
Justice Scalia was nominated by President Reagan in July 1986. He was confirmed September 17th, a month and a half before Election Day (when Democrats regained control of the Senate). As Charles Clymer wrote recently "When things go their way, the system is working just fine. When the rules are inconvenient, the Constitution suddenly becomes a living document open to interpretation."
Photo: RWR and Scalia after the nomination announcement.
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Sunday, February 14, 2016
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