DSA group discusses police culture of killing people
By SJ OttoTeaching cops to kill people was among the discussions held at this month's Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) meeting, Sunday evening. Less than 20 people were there. A film clip of Dave...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Life in the solar system- Proposed NASA Mission Would Visit Neptune's Curious...
Science news!By SJ OttoWhen it comes to the subject of life on other planets/moons/ etc. I find it all fascinating. I remember when I first read about the idea that Europa had a large ocean of salty...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wins Democratic Primary Election by a Landslide
It does not surprise me at all that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a re-election in her district. According toNews Breakshe won by a landslide. While I am not surprised, I am pleased. From...
View ArticleLatest spike in the coronavirus brings out the worst in humanity—The scum de...
By SJ OttoThere are times when politics in this country goes from conservative to grotesque. Some people are so cold hearted and self centered that they don’t care who dies from the coronavirus. Our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Could a space helicopter find life on Saturn’s moon Titan
I have been fascinated by the latest exploration of the outer reaches of our Solar System. There are several moons around what they call the “gas giant” planets. These are big planets, mostly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ocasio-Cortez raises AIPAC ire over effort to tie Israel aid to annexation
It is about time someone challenged the unconditional support of Israeldespite that countries repression of the Palestinian people. Israel has treated the Palestinian People as second class citizens...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thoughts and feelings over the US Fourth of July celebration- 2020
By SJ OttoToday is the Fourth of July for 2020. Each year I write an article about the Fourth of July and what I really think this holiday means. I analyse the US Revolution/Revolutionary War and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trump and his chums learn to cheat on elections—Supreme Court helps them
By SJ OttoIn recent years, the Republican Party has found ways to bypass actual elections to win without the popular vote. So in the last few decades they have learned to manipulate the Electoral...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Campaign season and all that propaganda again
By SJ OttoAll week long I have been getting campaign literature from Republicans wanting both my vote and my money. For example, I got a slick big post card from Kris Kobach. He is vowing to confirm...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Black Lives Matter May Be the Largest Movement in U.S. History—including here...
By SJ OttoAll across the country, the Black Lives Matter marches have kept up the momentum. As with other major cities, that has been the case here in Wichita. According to Larry Buchanan, Quoctrung...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reports that Yoko Ono is wheelchair-bound—but still an active artist
By SJ OttoFor many years now, Yoko Ono has been one of my favorite celebrities. I have taken a lot of ideas and inspiration from her. She is politically progressive, even though she is more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ultra-right politicians come under attack from the far-far-far right
By SJ OttoToday I received a campaign brochure in the mail. It was an attack on our conservative Republican US Senate Roger Marshall. I have no fondness for Marshall. But this brochure attacked him...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AN OPEN LETTER TO REP. JOHN LEWIS
From the South LawnAn Open Letter to Representative Lewis,By DOUGLAS Yesterday, you stated the following about Bernie Sanders’s record on fighting for civil rights in the 1960s:“I never saw him. I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jefferson County, MO health board, protesters oppose mask mandate despite the...
By SJ OttoWhen I see or read from people who refuse to wear masks I am amazed that people in this country can be so selfish and uncaring about other people. According to 5 On Your Side, a local TV...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trump wages war on peaceful protests—turning them into violent protests
By SJ OttoWe have for a president a man who has made it perfectly clear that he is a president for all the conservative rednecks in this country. Those who love the police—law and order—a reckless...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Republicans want to throw COVID-19 victims to the wolves
By SJ OttoPeople are about to run out of money (unemployment) and the Republicans want to cut that off. Supposedly continuing this money discourages people from working, they say. For many people there...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Right-wing jerk tries to run protesters down in Wichita and waves a gun at them
By SJ OttoJust last nighta group of protesters, here in Wichita,who were protesting in solidarity with the protesters in Portland, Oregon, where endangered by a pickup truck driver who drove through...
View ArticleBackward conservatives & centrists won’t give up on capital punishment in the...
By SJ OttoThis Sunday, as I read my weekend Wichita Eagle, I learned that the Trump Administration has dropped its insistence that two British ISIS (Islamic State) captives be turned over to the US for...
View ArticleWichita is not a free place for Marching- Project Justice ICT
By SJ OttoIt is sad that a city as Wichita can’t tolerate simple dissent. For some time a group calling itself Project Justice ICT have been conducting marches. They have been having those marches...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Progressives make gains in this primary season—conservative politics take a hit
By SJ OttoThis primary season has provided progressives with some real good new. Progressive candidates have knocked out several conservative and/or centrist democrats. It is these little races, not...
View Article