JamesBazan

JamesBazan, 5 days ago to random

On 5/17/1972, On May 16, 1971, my wife's cousin Craig Farlow was shot down after inserting ARVN Marines near Hue in Vietnam. His helicopter exploded on impact.
He was 23.
A year and a day after he was MIA, on May 17, 1972, Craig was declared Killed In Action. The location of his name on the Vietnam Memorial, the final panel, Panel 1W, Row 26, reflects that date.
His remains were never recovered.

JamesBazan, 18 days ago to random

“These students are going to have to find out what law and order is all about. Make sure you have your weapons in ready positions.” Brigadier General Robert Canterbury, Ohio National Guard, Kent State University Commons, May 4, 1970.
Apparently, "law and order" is all about being shot to death for protesting an illegal secret invasion of Cambodia, or walking to class while others are protesting.

JamesBazan, 25 days ago to random

Republican running to lead NC’s diverse k-12 schools says “Islam is evil,” Muslims should be banned from elected office
#NCPolitics
https://notesfromthechalkboard.com/2024/04/27/republican-running-to-lead-ncs-diverse-k-12-schools-says-islam-is-evil-muslims-should-be-banned-from-elected-office/

JamesBazan, 26 days ago to random

It occurs to me that we have a Supreme Court majority that lied under oath to get the job. That cutesy "Roe is settled law" dodge that most of them used to evade the question was far short of the oath they took:
"Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you will give before this Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?"
I shouldn't be surprised by the depth and breadth of their faithlessness.

JamesBazan, 1 month ago to random

https://wapo.st/3vZhk1f

"When the vote on Ukraine aid finally came, it was overwhelming, 311-112. That raised the question: Why in the world did such a popular measure take so long?"
#GiftLink

JamesBazan, 1 month ago to random

Judge shoots down request to tell Trump who the first 3 trial witnesses will be:

JamesBazan, 1 month ago to random

When a top Republican says Russian propaganda has infected the GOP:

"Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.) — none other than the GOP chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — flat-out said that Russian propaganda had 'infected a good chunk of my party’s base.'”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/06/when-top-republican-says-russian-propaganda-has-infected-gop/

JamesBazan, 1 month ago to random

"I was just following the algorithm" must not function as a defense for crimes against humanity. Of course Israeli military AI would see food delivery as a threat.
Outsourcing murder to AI.
#GiftLink
https://wapo.st/3VLLuj2

JamesBazan, 1 month ago to random

The arc of the moral universe doesn't bend towards justice by itself. People have to put their backs to it.
#GiftLink
https://wapo.st/3TOrv1F

JamesBazan, 2 months ago to random

Trump's plundernomics suits Musk to a "t." Narcissists tend to love each other (until they don't) because they see themselves reflected in the brittle, shiny surface of those with no interiority. Well, no interior life except the fear of being found out.
#GiftLink
https://wapo.st/3x2eF7b

JamesBazan, 2 months ago to random

For the past year the NYTimes has had both thumbs and a foot on the scale for Trump, and now they're shocked, SHOCKED, that the lies they've reported with glee are actually working.
"How Trump’s Allies Are Winning the War Over Disinformation" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/us/politics/trump-disinformation-2024-social-media.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

JamesBazan, 2 months ago to random

Our NC tax dollars at (work?).
"For example, Fayetteville Christian School, which pocketed nearly $2 million in voucher dollars this school year, expressly bans students who practice specific religions like Islam and Buddhism, and they also bar LGBTQ+ students–whom they brand 'perverted'–from attending."
#NCPolitics #NCEd https://ncnewsline.com/2024/03/12/nc-school-voucher-dollars-are-funding-christian-nationalist-indoctrination/

JamesBazan, 2 months ago to random

"Sure. I know you /think/ I'm not allowed to be on top of the table, but you aren't always here, are you?"
#Caterday

JamesBazan, 2 months ago to ukteachers

She says she took her homeschooled kids to Washington on January 6 for a "field trip." That's not what she said on her video from that day.
Now she is the GOP candidate for NC Superintendent of Public Instruction.
#NCPolitics #Education https://notesfromthechalkboard.com/2024/03/07/republican-candidate-for-nc-superintendent-of-schools-went-to-capitol-on-january-6-to-take-back-america/

JamesBazan, 2 months ago to random

Thousands of millionaires haven’t filed tax returns for years, IRS says
"Werfel said the returns represent hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid taxes, on more than $100 billion of income.

"Few of the 125,000 missing returns will lead to criminal tax evasion cases."
[Surprise! /s]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/02/29/tax-returns-irs-millionaires/

JamesBazan, 2 months ago to random

NC church whose pastor says women that wear shorts invite rape has received millions in public tax dollars for school vouchers
https://notesfromthechalkboard.com/2024/02/24/nc-church-whose-pastor-says-women-that-wear-shorts-invite-rape-has-received-millions-in-public-tax-dollars-for-school-vouchers/

JamesBazan, 3 months ago to random

From the files of: "both parties are the same."
The Alabama Chief Justice Who Invoked God in Deciding the Embryo Case
"“Human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath of a holy God,' he wrote in a concurring opinion that invoked the Book of Genesis and the prophet Jeremiah and quoted at length from the writings of 16th- and 17th-century theologians." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/22/us/alabama-ivf-tom-parker.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

JamesBazan, 3 months ago to random

Here's the GOP's "moderate" savior:

“Embryos, to me, are babies,” Ms. Haley said
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/us/politics/nikki-haley-alabama-embryos-ivf.html?smid=url-share

JamesBazan, 3 months ago to random

Frozen embryos are children, Ala. high court says in unprecedented ruling

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/19/alabama-supreme-court-embryos-children-ivf/

JamesBazan, 3 months ago to random

https://wapo.st/48fU24g

Using their agents on Fox and in the GOP, they are injecting their propaganda deep into the American psyche.
#GiftLink

JamesBazan, 3 months ago to random

Or, as the Russians put it, "Six sea drones were destroyed" by strategic use of the ship's hull.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68292602

JamesBazan, 3 months ago to random

"Trump Says He Gave NATO Allies Warning: Pay In or He’d Urge Russian Aggression"
How's that for memory?
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/us/politics/trump-nato-russia.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

JamesBazan, 3 months ago to random

Election officials go on offense to prevent disruptions of 2024 vote
"Around the nation, those who run voting operations — more than a dozen of whom were interviewed by The Washington Post — say they are preparing for the types of disruptions that historically had been more associated with political unrest abroad than American elections."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/09/election-worker-voting-preparation/

JamesBazan, 3 months ago to random

Take this quiz. Share it with the doubters you know. Apply "deep canvassing" techniques and ask people why they thought what they thought. No one wants to be told they've been had. Many people will come to that realization on their own.
#GiftLink
https://wapo.st/4bnNSBS

JamesBazan, 3 months ago to random

Traitors fantasizing about killing U.S. troops. In the name of "patriotism ," of course. https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/01/31/texas-guard-flies-come-and-take-it-flag-amid-dispute-feds.html?amp=