Mississippi NAACP President Derrick Johnson announced at a press conference Tuesday morning that an unknown number of voter registrations have gone missing in Hinds County, Mississippi, and urged voters to cast what is known as an affidavit ballot if they arrive at the polls and find that they are not listed. According to the Jackson…
Category: politics
It’s Not That You’re Conservative, It’s That You’re Crazy
Chris Hayes highlights the mental disconnect on the right driven by ignorance, mental illness, egoism, and Obama Derangement Syndrome. We’ve seen this behavior for years(say one thing and do another), but the release of Bowe Bergdahl has created a new frenzy of schizophrenia.
Serviceman Denigrated, Mass Murderer Celebrated. This Is U.S.
How is it that a serviceman we know nothing about (Bergdahl) is being denigrated and questioned while someone we know a bit about and wish we didn’t (Roger) has his videos and words celebrated throughout all channels of the media. If it bleeds it leads? There’s something wrong when a society comes to a…
Virginia group hoists second huge Confederate flag along interstate
The thing about the confederate flag is that it is a secessionist battle flag. Without a doubt, the flag represents warfare, and at worst adherence to principles of racial supremacy. There are an infinite number of ways to celebrate history and heritage without the free and public flying of this flag. -SJ…
This computer programmer solved gerrymandering in his spare time
Yesterday, I asked readers how they felt about setting up independent commissions to handle redistricting in each state. Commenter Mitch Beales wrote: “It seems to me that an ‘independent panel’ is about as likely as politicians redistricting themselves out of office. This is the twenty-first century. How hard can it be to create an algorithm to…