There was announcement that it would be cancelled due to the virus... I don't think too many people where happy with that... And the decision has been reversed ... The tribute Is bigger than the virus.... Pressured by politicians and public-safety unions, red-faced 9/11 … [Read more...] about NYC World Trade Center 9/11 annual ‘lights to the heavens’ tribute will go on…
Other Things
Kamala Harris get’s West Indians excited in Florida…
West Indians are invisible to the American political media.... THAT maybe changing with Kamala Harris running to be the next American Vice President in the Joe Biden admin...Her father is from Jamaica ...her mother was from India.... This would be about Florida, but also … [Read more...] about Kamala Harris get’s West Indians excited in Florida…
Reagan Democrats come home to Biden?
Those Democrats left their party after 1968.... Will Donald Trump sent some of them back to Joe Biden and the party they left.... While they might have embraced the Republican view of America? Donald Trump could too much for them swallow when they vote this time...And … [Read more...] about Reagan Democrats come home to Biden?
Reforming the Post Office or Downsizing an American institution ?…Open Thread for 8/15/2020
The US Postal Service is YUGE agency... (It is also unionised ...) It does something probably no other company on earth can do... Deliever letters and packages EVERYWHERE in American around the planet at pretty good prices And it does this as a quasi-public … [Read more...] about Reforming the Post Office or Downsizing an American institution ?…Open Thread for 8/15/2020
VP pick Kamala Harris now has a Secret Service detail….
In America, after one become's a serious Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate one is assigned a protective detail.... We have a history here of those candidates sometime being in situation that could be dangerous to their well being.... The men and women of the … [Read more...] about VP pick Kamala Harris now has a Secret Service detail….
Alexander Hamilton Stephens’ “Cornerstone Speech” — promoting the new Confederate States Constitution and government — in Savannah on 21 March 1861…
… The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution African slavery as it exists amongst us the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present … [Read more...] about Alexander Hamilton Stephens’ “Cornerstone Speech” — promoting the new Confederate States Constitution and government — in Savannah on 21 March 1861…
Barack Obama on the Trump Post office caper….
President Obama been pretty quiet up to this point... Barack Obama issued a rare public rebuke of President Trump on Friday, accusing him of trying to “kneecap” the US Postal Service to suppress votes at the November election. The criticism was lobbed during a podcast … [Read more...] about Barack Obama on the Trump Post office caper….
Post office sent out letter’s to states advising them about how messed up things could be for the mail-in ballots….
Sure looks like the Donald Trump puppet Post Master has gone to work doing his master's wishes real quick... It appears that the Postal Service was gonna send the warnings out anyways.... But recent reports of ANY of the services actions has caused jitters to state official … [Read more...] about Post office sent out letter’s to states advising them about how messed up things could be for the mail-in ballots….