Earlier today, the President of the United States tweeted out a video in which one of his supporters, driving a golf cart decked out with “Trump 2020” and “America First” signs, yells out “white power” when confronted by protesters. Donald Trump has since removed the video in question, but not before referring to his supporters […]
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American service members are assassinated in Afghanistan as part of Russian bounty program. Trump responds by inviting Putin to the White House, and fighting for his reinstatement into the G-7.
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2016, Afghanistan, assassination, Donald Trump, election hacking, election interference, G7, G8, GRU, Iran, Lincoln Project, Marcy Wheeler, Nancy Pelos, National Security Council, Qassim Soleimani, Russia, Russiagate, Taliban, traitor, treason, Vladimir Putin 30 Comments
Daniel Avery, the War of 1812, and the Illinois land bounty that brought my family west
OK, as long as we’re talking about David Avery’s service during the Revolutionary War military under Colonel William Prescott, I should probably mention that he wasn’t the only one of my ancestors to fight against the British. His son, Daniel Avery, fought them again in the War of 1812, and, ultimately, that’s what brought this […]
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 13th Infantry, 1817, Avery, Battle of Bunker Hill, Black Hawk War, bounty lands, Daniel Avery, David Avery, Dorothy Lambie, genealogy, Illinois, Illinois Military Tract, Illinois River, James Monroe, John Fink, John L. Fink, Mark's ancestors, Meskwaki, military service, Mississippi River, Native Americans, New York, Revolutionary War, Robert Avery, Sackets Harbor, Sauk, Schuyler, Thomas Forsyth, War against the British, War of 1812 12 Comments
Would it be wrong to threaten Glenn Beck?
OK, so I’m sitting here tonight, reading all about the lunacy that transpired yesterday, as thousands of disturbed individuals around the country took to the streets at the behest of a criminally irresponsible FOX News personality, waving their insane placards and calling for Obama’s head, and I’m wondering if perhaps, before this all goes too […]
Posted in Ideas, Media, Observations, Politics Also tagged 9-12, Birthers, conspiracy theories, FOX News, Glenn Beck, Marxism, Obama, Obama's private army, racism, responsibility, retribution, tea party, the threat of Socialism, threat of assassination, threats, violence on the extreme right 70 Comments