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More heads to roll at Fox News
From Daily Kos:Heads are still rolling at Fox News since CEO Roger Ailes was forced to resign after allegations of extreme sexual harassment and abuse. A lawsuit was filed with the New York Supreme...
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NFL Player Kaepernick will not stand for the National Anthem
By SJ OttoSan Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has made news by refusing to stand for the National Anthem, which is traditionally sung before almost all sporting events, in the US. Most of...
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Clinton vs Trump- damned if we do vote, damned if we don’t
By SJ OttoAs the pundits keep saying, this is one of the dirtiest elections in US history. One candidate has a problem convincing people she is honest. The other candidate has problems convincing...
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Right-wing pundits still attacking Nicaragua’s Sandinista leaders—even after...
Lately I have been writing on my memoirs of the time I put in on the issue of Central America, especially in support of the Sandinista Revolution, of 1979. I have recalled the frustration many on the...
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New clinic (abortion services) is opening in Oklahoma
I have known Julie A. Burkhart, Founder and CEOof Trust Women, since before the 1990s. I knew she was determined to get a women's clinic opened here in Wichita, but I had NO IDEA she was trying to get...
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Donald Trump changed his immigration speech—because a tweet made him mad
From Daily Kos:Remember that little gem from the Clinton campaign?_________________________________________ Follow Hillary Clinton✔@HillaryClinton"A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can...
View ArticleIndian burial sites desecrated by Energy Transfer Crude Oil
From Monique Teal, Daily Kos:During the Labor Day weekend, when many people are celebrating and preparing for the upcoming school-year, Dakota Access, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Crude Oil, began...
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Arizona’s governor asked voters to fact-check whether pot is safer than...
More states are putting the issue of legalization of Marijuana on the ballot this November. As usual there are the naysayers who refuse to consider newer evidence that prove that Marijuana is safer...
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It is 9/11 Day once again!
By SJ OttoOnce again it is 9/11 that horrible holiday that reminds us that we can die at anytime due to terrorist attacks. After 15 years we are not any safer than we were in 2001. We can pretend that...
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Oklahoma clinic is now open...Open house!
The new abortion clinic is now open in Oklahoma City- SJ OttoFrom Julie A. BurkhartFounder and CEOTrust WomenWe're open in Oklahoma City!Oklahoma has not seen an abortion clinic open since 1974. So...
View ArticleEmployment and dignity don’t mix these days
By SJ OttoLooking for a job today is an experience in humility. Those who are not humiliated might not really be human. The first indignation is the drug test. An applicant has to go to a lab and pee...
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New York Times decides to call a lie a lie, and its Trump coverage may never...
FromDaily Kos:In at least five articles in the New York Times on Sept. 17, including the lead story in the print edition, the words “lie,” “false,” “falsely claimed” and “untrue” appeared in headlines,...
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Nine people injured, 44 arrested in Charlotte night riots
I haven't had time to write up my own comments on the events in Charlotte, so I am posting this. I have found that RT Television and other news sources do a better job of covering our mishaps, such as...
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Another secret news event—Dakota Access Pipeline protest
By SJ OttoDay after day I see posting about the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. And yet night after night, the evening and morning TV news are silent. I’ve seen a little bit about this in the local...
View ArticleJournals of a lumpen-Proletariat—Homelessness
By SJ OttoA few years ago I remember reading about groups of people trying to duplicate the experiences of being poor and/or homeless. I can understand the desire to want to know “what it is like.” But...
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Clinton won—but does anyone really care?
By SJ OttoThe presidential debates were predictable. Donald Trump never ran out of things to say, and he was a pushy bully. Hillary Clinton was not as aggressive as she should have been. But she kept...
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U.S. Military Is Building a $100 Million Drone Base in Africa
From Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG):U.S. Military Is Building a $100 Million Drone Base in Africa | 29 Sept 2016 | Agadez, Niger, almost blends into the cocoa-colored wasteland that surrounds...
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Confessions of a poppy pod tea drinker
The following is an expose and not intended to promote illegal drug use. This is just one person’s experience. This follows up after; “Fox News attacks mild use of herbs — poppy pod tea — more lies,...
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Keep our Surpreme Court Justices—Don’t let Brownback beat them
By SJ OttoConservative Republican Kansans are already trying to unseat Kansas Supreme Court Justices Carol Beier, Marla Luckert, Lawton Nuss and Dan Biles for doing the job they were appointed to do....
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Vengeful politicians monkey wrench the peace process in Colombia
By SJ OttoA peace proposal to end nearly 50 years of fighting between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and its government and military has now been monkey wrenched by a vindictive...
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