The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Beto O'Rourke on NFL Players Kneeling During the National Anthem

    By oldenGoldenDecoy on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 5:31pm |

    Drop the mic...

     

     

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    Drop the mic, indeed.  I like this young man!


    by barefooted on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 6:48pm

    Ducky; THIS IS DELIGHTFULL.

    THANK YOU!


    by Richard Day on Wed, 08/22/2018 - 9:37pm

    I think it is disrespectful, because the protocol is that standing is respectful. But they don't need to be respectful. Police killings of African-Americans are vastly more important than whether people are respectful to the nation. I would dispute his statement that our freedoms have been purchased by those in uniform; that's mostly crap, unless we're talking about the Civil War.


    by Aaron Carine on Fri, 08/24/2018 - 9:18am

    tweet from a self described Speechwriter & communications consultant. South Dakota native. #MNTwins fan. Old school conservative and, thus, an ex-GOPer:

    I watch major league baseball virtually every night (on a Fox-owned regional sports network, no less). The national anthem is never shown. Have never thought of this as a slap across America's face. https://t.co/VcwLfPOZht

    — Michael Freeman (@michaelpfreeman) August 25, 2018

    by artappraiser on Sat, 08/25/2018 - 3:13pm


    by artappraiser on Mon, 09/03/2018 - 4:44pm

    Surprise surprise, you get a bit of a mulligan if you rent from Trumpco:

    HMMM: In interview, TRUMP (surprisingly) defends @NIKE's @Kaepernick7 ad campaign as an expression of free speech, while also (unsurprisingly) noting that a major Nike store is located in a Trump bldg: “Nike is a tenant of mine. They pay a lot of rent." https://t.co/yr8fl9SNNz

    — Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) September 4, 2018

    by artappraiser on Tue, 09/04/2018 - 5:51pm

    Just ran across a surprising tweet from John Brennan:


    by artappraiser on Mon, 09/24/2018 - 12:01pm