By Mark | November 15, 2020
Six days ago, we had 10 million COVID-19 cases in the United States. Today, we have 11 million. That’s one million new cases in less that a week. The infectious respiratory disease, it would seem, is spreading uncontrollably now. Here in Michigan, we just broke our single-day record for new cases this past Friday with […]
Posted in Health, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020 election, Anthony Fauci, call to violence, coronavirus, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Gretchen Whitmer, Joe Biden, Liberate Michigan, Monica Echeverri Casarez, pandemic, public health, Scott Atlas, shutdown |
By Mark | November 14, 2020
Over the past several years, when trying to understand the objectives and tactics of Vladimir Putin, I’ve found Russian dissident, chess grand master, and human rights activist Gary Kasparov to be an incredibly useful resource. Well, a few days ago, when discussing Trump’s refusal to concede the 2020 presidential election, choosing instead to spread dangerous […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, 2020 election, Alex Jones, conspiracy theory, disinformation, election interference, election meddling, Facebook, Garry Kasparov, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Marcy Wheeler, Roger Stone, Russia, Russiagate, Steve Bannon, Vladimir Putin |
By Mark | November 9, 2020
Generally speaking, I’m OK with the way things are playing out. I’m happy that, so far, there have been no pro-Trump domestic terrorist attacks. And I like that, despite Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, every major news outlet went ahead and called it decisively for Biden. I also like that leaders from around the […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020 election, Attorney General, Climate Change, conspiracy theories, COVID-19, David Bossie, Delaware Valley Cremation Center, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, election fraud, Emily W. Murphy, Fantasy Island Adult Books and Novelties, Four Seasons Total Landscaping, General Services Administration, hostage situation, Inspector General, Joe Biden, Jones Day, Lindsey Graham, Mike Pompeo, Mitch McConnell, Paris Accord, Philadelphia, Porter Wright, Preet Bharara, ransom, Richard Pilger, Rudy Giuliani, Secretary of State, voter fraud, William Barr |
By Mark | November 5, 2020
Supporters of Donald Trump, with his encouragement, have been protesting across the nation since the election. In some states, like Michigan, they’ve been demanding that the counting of votes be stopped. And, in others, like Arizona, they’ve been demanding that the counting of votes be continued. I don’t want to get into how stupid it […]
Posted in Detroit, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020 election, Arizona, conspiracy theories, disinformation, Donie O'Sullivan, election interference, FOX News, Joe Biden, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Matt Schlapp, Nevada, Ric Grenell, social media, Stop the Steal, TCF Center, WXYZ |
By Mark | November 4, 2020
[The above electoral map from the New York Times shows where we are as of 9:30 AM this morning, with ballots still being counted across the United States.] As expected, Donald Trump claimed victory early this morning, before all of the votes were counted, saying that he would call upon the Supreme Court to stop […]
