In God we trust, so says our nation’s great green deity. While the founding fathers’ beliefs were about as far from Christian as possible without being total heathens, no doubt a great thread of the American fabric is the belief in a deity and specifically in the Judeo-Christian tradition of...
This is what I would do this week if I were a betting man. I would’ve been 9-5 last week if I had bet. That would make me 13-9 on the season. If I Were A Betting Man We now have 2 weeks of results with week 3 having some...
Video footage showed Terrance Crutcher, an unarmed black man walking on a road with his hands in the air with police officers following closely behind him, suddenly falling to the ground after one officer pulls the trigger. He was also tased and the police in the helicopters said he looked...
This is what I would do this week if I were a betting man. I would’ve been 4-4 last week if I had bet. If I Were A Betting Man We now have 1 week of results with week 2 having some traditional matchups with trends we can...
A man who’s able to read is a happy man. Storytelling These days, people do not like to read, and, moreover, even manage to be proud of that dislike. And it’s really sad. After all, they do not even realize how much they lose. Books provide us countless opportunities to...
In 1962, Students for a Democratic Society said in the Port Huron Statement: “Institutions and practices which stifle dissent should be abolished, and the promotion of peaceful dissent should be actively promoted.” This still holds true todsy. Protest The right of free assembly is found in the Bill...
“It’s Sunday, and here in America that means it’s time for football. But on this day 15 years ago, the world was shaken. Towers crumbled. Thousands of our fellow Americans lost their lives. Our nation and the whole world mourned as one. Yet, as we saw in the days...
The NFL is here and with that comes spreads, over/unders and totals. Indeed it is a billion dollar industry for Las Vegas. While I’d recommend sitting out Week 1, this is what I’d do if I were a betting man this Week 1 2016. Tampa Bay at Atlanta...
They’re not sending their best. They’re bringing crimes. They’re rapists. And some of them, I assume, are good people.” – Sioux Chief Sitting Bull regarding the European/American illegal immigration into the First Nations territory. No, Sitting Bull didn’t say that. What he did say sounds much more like the words...
We all make the world a better place. Some when we enter it, some when we leave. Phyllis Schlafly is dead. The 92-year-old conservative writer and founder of the Eagle Forum helped torpedo the Equal Rights Amendment 40 years ago. In the case of Phyllis Schlafly, Nils Bohr applies. Progress...
In an interview with Billboard, Yachty revealed that he “honestly couldn’t name five songs” from the two rappers who are widely regarded as the best to ever do it: Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. Lil Yachty doesn’t see his lack of knowledge about the two late greats as an issue....
In any discussion of injustice or oppression faced by black people in America, inevitably black on black crime is brought up. The question is, “what about it?” Constitutional Rights Due process means that laws must be applied fairly and equally to all people, especially to a citizen accused of a...
A few years back Killing The Breeze explained a simple bit of logic — if you’re against the labor union, you taking off for Labor Day makes about as much sense to me as Colin Kaepernick celebrating the 4th of July would for you. The holiday that ends summer, the...
Colin Kaepernick, a mixed race man adopted by white parents, is not standing for the national anthem because of the historical and ongoing treatment of people of color in the United States. As a black man, let me be the first (I’m sure I’m not) to stand up and give...
As the greatest smear-campaign in American history sneaks into its 4th year, you can’t help but be impressed at the scumsucker dream team assembled to see it through. Never before has a single person been the target of a 23+million dollar congressional witch hunt, a right-wing news (propaganda) website whose editor works for her political opponent, a...
“Whatcha got ain’t nothin new. This country’s hard on people, you can’t stop what’s coming, it ain’t all waiting on you. That’s vanity.” – Ellis, No Country for Old Men (2007) After JFK’S assassination, the nation was left in a state of shock and despair. LBJ was sworn into office...
(Continued from CONGRESSIONAL BATTLEGROUND SPOTLIGHT: BERN DOWN THE HOUSE, PEOPLE) I get it. It’s tough to get passionate about down-ticket items. But real change isn’t all piss and vinegar. The Berners scream up and down about Hillary but seemingly don’t want to transfer that energy into the more difficult and...
Many people say once you get the Bern, it’s tough to get rid of. I admire the fervor of the Berners and ideologically I’d love a world where Bernie could be an effective president. But the problem is that throwing Bernie atop a country that has proven itself increasingly hostile to...
“Whatcha got ain’t nothin new. This country’s hard on people, you can’t stop what’s coming, it ain’t all waiting on you. That’s vanity.” – Ellis, No Country for Old Men (2007) John F. Kennedy was the youngest man ever elected president. He said he represented America’s youth. This new...
“Whatcha got ain’t nothin new. This country’s hard on people, you can’t stop what’s coming, it ain’t all waiting on you. That’s vanity.” – Ellis, No Country for Old Men (2007) Eisenhower was one American who appealed to everyone. He was a god-like figure all over the world, but he...