Category Archives: Current Affairs

NY Times Is Very Concerned Over The Housing Apartheid In Big Cities

Interestingly, the NY Times Editorial Board forgets to mention which political Party is currently in charge of most Big Cities, and has been for most of the time since the 1960’s. Housing Apartheid, American Style The riots that erupted in Baltimore last month were reminiscent of those that consumed cities all over the country during […]

Was The Derailed Amtrak Train Hit By An Object?

Another potential nail in the disgusting Blamestorming from Democrats (WRAL/AP) The Amtrak train that derailed along the nation’s busiest tracks may have been struck by an object in the moments before it crashed, investigators said Friday, raising new questions about the deadly accident. National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said an assistant conductor aboard […]

Senator Warren To Obama: Declassify The Trade Agreement

I strangely find myself in agreement with Senator Warren (Reuters) U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren hit back at President Barack Obama in their tussle over “fast-track” authorization to negotiate a Pacific Rim trade treaty, a power she says could be used in the future to weaken Wall Street reforms. The president, who wants expedited negotiating power […]

Age Of Obama: Race Relations As Bad As Two Decades Ago

You don’t say. Noah Rothman had this from just last December “Both blacks and whites carry enormous expectations for Mr. Obama,” The Wall Street Journal reported in the wake of the president’s election. “A post-election Gallup poll found that 70% of voters think race relations will improve with his election, compared with 56% who thought so five months ago.” “Many […]

Baltimore Police Officers Identified, 3 Of 6 Are Black

This kinda erases the whole “it’s all about racism” talking point. The tweet comes via Breitbart‘s long continuously update post on #BaltimoreRiots JUST RELEASED: Booking photos for SIX Baltimore police officers charged in Freddie Gray's death. pic.twitter.com/Oy8qPcBgaz — Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) May 1, 2015 Of course, this doesn’t erase the seemingly known issue of outrageous […]

CNN Anchor Knows Who’s Really To Blame For #BaltimoreRiots: Veterans

Perhaps she was “just wondering” (Daily Caller) While conducting an interview with Democratic Maryland Representative Elijiah Cummings, CNN host Brooke Baldwin questioned whether the violence in Baltimore had something to do with the amount of military veterans in the police department. “Another thing that has to be done here, is we’ve really got to look […]

Dumb Headline Of The Day Regarding #BaltimoreRiots

While I grabbed this at WRAL, the article is an Associated Press article, and the headline is repeated at numerous other news outlets, including Yahoo News, Fox News, and Fresno Bee Riots in Baltimore raise questions about police response Do they mean question about how the police treated Freddie Gray, a known criminal (which is […]

As Baltimore Burns, Salon Says Police Morale Can Wait

When you want reasoned, well thought out, rational discourse on a subject, Salon is not where one goes Police morale can wait: How the Baltimore riots should reshape Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s agenda As the chaos in Baltimore has shown, it’s far too soon to shift our attention to the grievances of cops Out of […]

Gay Businessman Who Hosted Ted Cruz Even Forced To Grovel At The Feet Of Gay Mafia

Run afoul of a small minority of the nation’s residents? You won’t like the results (NY Times) Ian Reisner, one of the two gay hoteliers facing boycott calls for hosting an event for Senator Ted Cruz, who is adamantly opposed to gay marriage, apologized to the gay community for showing “poor judgment.” Mr. Reisner put […]

Mostly Peaceful Protest In Baltimore Includes Broken Windows, Thrown Rocks, Damaged Police Cars

And let’s not forget about all the arrests. There’s a serious amount of dissonance going on in this NY Times article written by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Stephen Babcock Scenes of Chaos in Baltimore as Thousands Protest Freddie Gray’s Death OK, the headline, which is most likely written by an editor, says “chaos” A largely […]

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