Thursday, November 23, 2023

Facial Recognition and Systemic Racism


From the November 20, 2023 "The New Yorker" - an article by Eyal Press:

"In 2019, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a federal agency, published a study revealing that many facial-recognition systems falsely identified Black and Asian faces between ten and a hundred times more frequently than Caucasian ones. Errors were also more common for women and elderly people."

And some folks wonder why the informed among us decry systemic racism.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/20/does-a-i-lead-police-to-ignore-contradictory-evidence

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Israelis also Used River to the Sea Slogan

Israel’s Likud party, which is led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, embraced a river to the sea slogan in its original 1977 platform. They used the expression “between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.”  That certainly can been seen as having malign intent.

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/original-party-platform-of-the-likud-party

Monday, November 6, 2023

Yes, Trump Is a Racist


Yes, Trump is a known racist. He told John R. O'Donnell,the one-time president of Trump Plaza Hotel, of one of his Black employees, "I think the guy is lazy. And it's probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It's not anything they can control.""

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Dis-Inflation Denial by Paul Krugman


 " Inflation has, by almost any measure, been coming down remarkably quickly and painlessly. But a lot of people aren’t having it; disinflation denial is so

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/19/opinion/core-inflation-rate-data.html


Monday, September 11, 2023

Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden Despised Each Other


"From the Christian Science Monitor -- a well respected newspaper. "Hussein, a secularist, and bin Laden, a Muslim fundamentalist, are known to despise each other."





Sunday, September 10, 2023

Yes, It Was an Insurrection


 Yes, it was an insurrection according to THIS District Court Judge. > "Mr. Griffin aided the insurrection . . ." > Judge Francis Mathew >

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-faces-14th-amendment-suits-cuoy-griffin-speaks/story?id=103009491

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Where Was Fred Trump Born?


 Trump claims father born in both Germany AND Sweden. 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-claims-his-father-fred-was-born-in-germany-when-he-was-really-born-in-new-york

Monday, June 20, 2022

How to Define a Woman


 Quoting  ATribeCalledZest:  "There's only one definition of woman! No male gonads!" 


So in his view, a newborn baby girl is a woman!

Friday, May 27, 2022

Good Guys Armed?


The massacre of all those students and teachers laid to rest a favorite gun nut talking point.

The "guns in the hands of the good guys" meme got debunked in TX. The armed "good guys" had the shooter out-numbered 19 to 1. They froze.

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Why Mueller Did Not Indict


Mueller was asked if the reason he didn’t indict was “because of the OLC (the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel) opinion stating that you cannot indict a sitting president, correct?" > 

Mueller answered under oath, “That is correct.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/did-mueller-mean-trump-could-be-indicted-when-he-leaves-n1033901


Thursday, March 31, 2022

Monday, March 28, 2022

McConnell Confirms Trump Insurrection






"We saw it happen. It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election, from one administration to the next. That’s what it was.” - Senator Mitch McConnell 

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Trump "The Sociopath"


Trump's "Art of the Deal" author says book should be renamed "The Sociopath" - 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-art-of-the-deal-co-author-tony-schwartz-says-book-should-be-renamed-the-sociopath/

Trump Said COVID "Affects Virtually Nobody"

"Trump said coronavirus 'affects virtually nobody,' as U.S. surpasses 200,000 deaths" - CBS News - BY CAITLIN O'KANE - SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Trump Owns His Insurrection

Trump set the time and date; he lined up the speakers to rile the mob; he sent out invitations to his terrorists, inviting them to show up for a "wild" time. He staffed it, he funded it, and he planned it. It's HIS insurrection.



Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Trump Is a Russian Asset

Trump is Putin's stooge. The KGB began grooming him for this in the 1980s. He INVITED Russia to hack Clinton's emails; and his campaign met with Russian intelligence to plot campaign strategy. Trump is a Russian asset.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/19/trump-first-moscow-trip-215842

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Biden Successes

Biden succeeded at ousting Trump; rescuing us from Trump's recession; restoring our reputation in the world; strengthening our alliances; growing 6.6 MILLION new jobs in one year; and facing up to COVID.

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

The Black Guy Won - That's why We're Pissed --- RNC Deputy to RNC Chair

The GOP fell in love with Putin when Obama was elected president. RNC insiders told the chair they were extremely pissed because "the Black guy won." Steele then remarked, "If they'll say that to my face, what do they say behind my back."

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Fox Misinforms Its Viewers

 "A number of surveys have found Fox viewers to be less well informed and more likely to have factually untrue beliefs than those who receive their news from mainstream sources."

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Tillerson Confirms Trump Is a Moron

Tillerson confirms Trump is a moron.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/trump-moron-tillerson-publicly-confirms.html

AG James Says Trump Used Fraudulent Statements to Obtain Economic Benefit

“As the most recent filings demonstrate, the evidence continues to mount showing that Donald J. Trump and the Trump Organization used fraudulent and misleading financial statements to obtain economic benefit.” - AG Leticia James - NY

https://tinyurl.com/bdhr9jct


AG James Says Trump Used Fraudulent Statements to Obtain Economic Benefit

https://tinyurl.com/bdhr9jct

Monday, February 7, 2022

McConnell Slams Trump over Insurrection


"Donald Trump used lies and unconscionable, reckless actions and is responsible for the attack on the US Capital on January 6, 2021. Trump praised the criminals and kept repeating his despicable lies." - Mitch McConnell

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Vote Suppression in Florida

From the Civil Rights Commission:  "The disenfranchisement was not isolated or episodic."  In other words, the voter suppression was systemic AND widespread.

https://www.usccr.gov/files/pubs/vote2000/report/ch9.htm

Police Road Block:

From the  USCRC: "Colonel Hall [Florida Highway Patrol] admitted that on November 7, 2000, the FHP established a checkpoint on Oak Ridge Road in Southern Leon County . . . "

https://www.usccr.gov/files/pubs/vote2000/report/ch2.htm

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Trump Says Get out of Afghanistan

"Getting out of Afghanistan is a wonderful and positive thing to do. I planned to withdraw on May 1st, and we should keep as close to that schedule as possible." - Donald Trump; April 18, 2021 - https://tinyurl.com/284kjhur



According to CNN, "Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an exclusive interview on 'GPS' on Sunday that he supports Biden’s decision to pull US troops out of the country." - https://tinyurl.com/yrdmkfpp

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Collusion

 "Russia, if you're listening . . " 


Russia was listening and committed the felony within hours. When two parties join in committing a crime --- one by telling the 2nd to do it; and the 2nd attempting to do it --- THAT is collusion.

Monday, July 5, 2021

Voter Fraud in Texas?


The AG in Texas spent 22,000 staff hours investigating 2020 voter fraud. They found 16 cases, and NONE of them resulted in jail time.

The hundreds of cases in Texas some mentioned is actually 43. And only ONE of those cases is from the 2020 election in which over 11 million Texans voted. That's ONE out of 11 million.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Fact-checking-Texas-lawmaker-s-claim-of-400-16095858.php