7 hours agoThere is a Coverup at UvaldeAdding a known now timeline “It was the wrong decision not to breach the room,” is the understatement of the day from Department of Public Safety Director Steven C. McCraw. They should have breached the door and treated this as an active shooting I have covered the police beat…Uvalde4 min read
1 day agoThe Unserious Accuse Others…There are a few facts here. They all go against the simplistic solutions offered by a far-right desperate to protect the holy of holies in their religion of death. The holy of holies is the gun. …Uvalde Texas4 min read
1 day agoT62 Tanks in UkraineRussia continues to lose armor at a high clip. We may argue, some have, that the age of the tank is over. However, Ukraine is using the same exact armor and doing well. So perhaps this has to do with poor training and support of armored formations by the Russians. …Ukraine War6 min read
2 days agoThe Party of DeathWhen one looks at what Republicans, their allies in far-right Christian denominations, like evangelicals, and a few PACS want, the conclusion is hard to avoid. This is a Party of Death. Yet another school shooting was yet another example of this. We had a bunch of members of Congress, yes…Guns4 min read
2 days agoThese Shootings: We Are At WarSo we had another nineteen students and two adults shot dead by yet another man armed with an AR-15 platform. He was also killed. So let me take you inside the scene. Full disclosure I do not have access to this scene, but as a working medic, I was in…Uvalde5 min read
3 days agoThe Russian Break Up is ComingAfter Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 I came out and said it: Russia was going to break up. It’s an Empire with internal colonies that serve the state in a myriad of ways. One of them is as troops for all foreign, and internal, adventures. The manning of the…Russia4 min read
4 days agoPartisans at Enerhodar, and Other Tales of ResistanceOne of the things Russia is trying to do with its intensifying Russification is to establish friendly government administrations in occupied territories. In the city of Enerhodar, the Mayor and two of his bodyguards were caught up in an explosion the other day. It was outside his home. He is…Ukraine War6 min read
5 days agoMadison Cawthorne and Dark MAGACongressman Madison Cawthorne lost his primary and now has vowed to go “Dark MAGA” on all of us. It may sound cute, perhaps even deranged. It is neither. This is a full embrace of Fascism. He just told us who he is. In short, the soon-to-be ex-member of Congress is…Madison Cawthorn2 min read
6 days agoFood as WeaponThe Coming Starvation When you go to the store, you mostly put your food in the basket, pay for it, and go home. There is very little thought given to how food gets to your plate. Most of the time we do not need to worry about this. This is relevant during disasters…Odesa6 min read
May 20Propaganda is not Just a Russian ProblemEdward Bernays and the Origin of Propaganda — The history of modern propaganda starts with Edward Bernays, who was an early twentieth-century American theorist. He wrote in his book, properly titled Propaganda: In theory, everybody buys the best and cheapest commodities offered him on the market. In practice, if every one went around pricing, and chemically tasting before…Propaganda6 min read
