These are Your Champions…?
racism
A War on a Crisis…
THE CRUX OF IT: The hypocrisy of the law. Opioids are drugs that fall into a specific category of illegal and highly addictive substances like heroin or prescription painkillers such as Percocet or OxyContin. There is currently a trend to view those addicted to these destructive substances as suffering and hapless victims. Those that spout […]
Bad Dialogue
THE CRUX OF IT : Refusing to respect the disrespectful. The following clip is somewhat astounding due to the disconnect that exists between the commentators. Angela Rye is a lawyer and a political commentator and her opponent is Joe Walsh, a former politician who is seemingly vying for a spot on the political discourse […]
Everything Old is New Again
THE CRUX OF IT: Traditional patterns of violence and accusation resurface. This is the same crime that got Emmett Till brutally tortured / murdered in 1955. This is the same premeditation the a like-minded criminal named Roof exhibited when he walked into a black church […]
Despite their Spite
THE CRUX OF IT: Success in the face of ignorance. As reported by Carla Herreria The Panther Bots is a team comprised of Latino and Black fourth graders from Indianapolis’ Pleasant Run Elementary School. The students were competing in a robotics competition when their competitors saw them in the parking lot and […]
Bullet Wounds and Manic Desperation
THE CRUX OF IT: New evidence and a clearer picture. New footage of Michael Brown was released and it tells a different story than that of the police. At the time, the idea that Brown was a thief and had committed assault circulated constantly in the news. That seems to be a dubious conclusion at […]
What Drives the Wretched
THE CRUX OF IT: Beliefs inform action. As reported by Paul Blumenthal , JM Rieger Stephen Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief strategist and the driving force behind the administration’s controversial ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, has a favorite metaphor he uses to describe the largest […]
Blanket Statement
THE CRUX OF IT: Be careful what you ask for. Millions of human beings should not be taken for granted by short-sighted bigoted fearful privileged disconnected antiquated isolated power-hungry fascists. Maybe the complexion of the discourse should be reversed…
Coup You!
THE CRUX OF IT: There is no attempt to hide it anymore. On Wednesday Sen. Elizabeth Warren made an attempt to dissent on the nomination of Jeff Sessions to the new White House cabinet. She did so by trying to read from a letter penned by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow Coretta […]
Your Life is Your Right
THE CRUX OF IT: The audacity is enraging. Two men in Michigan claimed to be upset about a so-called illegal traffic stop. They claimed that they were in fear for their life at the time. So, their well thought out solution was to immediately revisit the situation by storming angrily into […]
All Things Being Equal…Wait…Not
You Asked For it…
THE CRUX OF IT: A leader has been chosen that may actually resembles the country. Remember when our politicians were only accused of having one major flaw ( like Bush being an idiot or Ex House Speaker Hassert being a pedophile)? Well, welcome to the modern political arena where excess and […]
Not In Session
THE CRUX OF IT: Nominations should be and are being opposed. Drumpf’s pick for Attorney General Jeff Sessions is being vehemently opposed. The NAACP staged a sit-in protest at the office of the Senator in Alabama. NAACP President Cornell William Brooks declared that he will continue to occupy the office until […]
Holding ‘Em Accountable
THE CRUX OF IT: Words matter. In yet another case of “I didn’t mean ( to be held accountable) what I said the way that you took it”, Carl Paladino was sanctioned by the Buffalo School Board for the malicious email that he wrote. The board voted on a resolution to have him fired. […]
To Neglect and Perturb…
THE CRUX OF IT: The Law is on His side. It is quite clear that cops like this leave the station every day with a mentality that is maliciously geared against some of the citizens that they are supposed to watch over. If that were not the […]