Mark Maynard | assassination

Will the assassination of Andrew Karlov in Ankara bring about World War III?

By Mark | December 20, 2016

Earlier today, just as our Electors were casting their votes for Donald Trump, paving the way for the controversial reality television personality to become the 45th President of the United States, Andrew Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, was shot dead in Ankara by a young policeman who can be heard on video shouting “We […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged al-Nusra Front, Aleppo, Allahu Akbar, Andrew Karlov, Ankara, Arab Spring, Austria, Bashar al-Assad, black flags, Civil War, Clementine, Damascus, democracy, Donald Trump, Franz Ferdinand, Free Syrian Army, ISIL, Islamic State, Khmeimim, Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, Kurds, Mediterranean, Middle East, Russia, Salafi, Sarajevo, Serbia, Shia Alawite, Sunni, Sunni Arab, Syria, Tartus, terrorism, totally quotable Clementine, Turkey, WWI, WWIII | 12 Comments

So, what happens on November 9?

By Mark | October 17, 2016

During this past weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack, I talked at some length with Scott Hagerstrom, the Michigan director of the Trump Pence 2016 campaign, about both the possibility of polling place discord on November 8th, as a result of Trump supporters attempting to suppress the vote in “certain areas”, and the likelihood […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Pop Culture, Rants, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, ACORN, birther, Boston Globe, Breitbart News, Cincinnati, conspiracy theories, Dan Bowman, Donald Trump, election fraud, endorsements, facts, future of journalism, global climate change, Global Warming, GOP, hacking, Hillary Clinton, hot mic, illegal immigration, independent press, investigative press, Jared Kushner, Married with Children, Matt Bevin, Media, media literacy, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, President Camacho, Presidential politics, pussy, pussy grabbing, racism, reality television, rebellion, reform, Republican Party, revolution, rigged elections, RNC, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Scott Hagerstrom, sexual assault, Steve Bannon, Steve Schmidt, tea party, Tea Partyfication, the collapse of the Republican party, the hijacking of the Republican party, The November 9 War, the sad state of journalism, the short attention spans of Americans, threats to journalists, unshackled, Values Voter Summit, Vladimir Putin, vote tampering, voter suppression, voting, voting rights | 47 Comments

Trump appears to call for the assassination of his rival, stating that “Second Amendment people” could keep Clinton from appointing judges and destroying the country

By Mark | August 9, 2016

The above comment was made by the Republican candidate for president earlier this afternoon in Wilmington, North Carolina. If you don’t believe me, you’ll find the unedited video below, in which Trump clearly suggests that second amendment enthusiasts might be able to stop Clinton from appointing judges and further “destroying” our country. Let that sink […]

Posted in History, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Al Gore, conspiracy theories, Dan Rather, DNC, Donald Trump, double standard, EOS, gun control, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, incite violence, intelligence, John Kerry, Julian Assange, Michael Hayden, misogyny, Mulford Act, national security, North Carolina, people the Clintons have had murdered, people who get away with murder, political violence, presidential assassination program, Presidential politics, Ron Brown, Ronald Reagan, Seth Rich, sexism, temperament, threat of assassination, threat of violence, Wikileaks, Wilmington | 65 Comments

I just finished my first novel in well over a year, and I’m taking the night off

By Mark | February 23, 2016

It took me about over a year, but I finally finished Stephen King’s 849-page Kennedy assassination time travel thriller 11/22/63, and, to mark the occasion, I’m taking the night off to binge watch the eight-part adaptation on Hulu. For what it’s worth, I’m not adverse to reading. In fact, I read a lot. I’m a […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Pop Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged 11/22/63, Allen Dulles, ancient astronauts, conspiracy theories, Howard Hunt, Hulu, JFK, JFK assassination, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy assassination, novels, Occam's Razor, Stephen King, time travel | 19 Comments

Reverend Dr. William Barber II on reclaiming the moral high ground and building a majority coalition around issues of social justice

By Mark | September 2, 2014

Reverend Dr. William Barber II, the North Carolina minister who founded the Forward Together moral movement, is in the press today. It would seem that a young man in his group was arrested yesterday in Charlotte, at one of Barber’s Moral Monday events, for putting voter registration information on the windshields of parked cars. As […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, History | Also tagged abortion, affirmative action, Barack Obama, Brown v. Board of Education, busing, Charles Koch, Charlotte, Christianity, civil disobedience, civil rights, Civil Rights Act, Civil War, Committee on Equal Employment, economic justice, Emmett Till, entitlements, family values, Forward Together Moral Movement, George Wallace, guns, health care, higher ground, homosexuality, JFK, Jim Crow, Kevin Phillips, Koch brothers, labor, LBJ, Lee Atwater, Medgar Evers, Medicaid, Medicare, MLK, moral fusion, Moral Monday, morality, Netroots Nation, North Carolina, Otto Scharmer, Plessy v. Ferguson, political strategy, populism, poverty, prayer in the school, progressive politics, public education, race and poverty, race card, racism, reconstruction, Redemption Movement, religion, religious right, RFK, Richard Nixon, Rosa Parks, snake line, social justice, Southern Coalition Leadership Conference, southern strategy, states rights, tea party, voter suppression, voting rights, William Barber | 18 Comments

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Will the assassination of Andrew Karlov in Ankara bring about World War III?

So, what happens on November 9?

Trump appears to call for the assassination of his rival, stating that “Second Amendment people” could keep Clinton from appointing judges and destroying the country

I just finished my first novel in well over a year, and I’m taking the night off

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