Tag Archives: Fourth of July

A major court victory for the new Confederates (Happy 4th!)

Posted on July 4, 2021 by oddmanout215

Just in time for the holiday, the U.S. Supreme Court further divided the country with a 6-3 ruling that finished neutering the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. As a writer for The Atlantic put it: Republicans will understandably view … Continue reading →

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Antifa is coming, call out the militia!

Posted on July 9, 2020 by oddmanout215

Many of us wondered why the infection rates for Covid-19 in this country continued climbing through the Fourth of July weekend and beyond, even though rates in most other developed countries were way down. The lead paragraphs from a news … Continue reading →

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Covid-19 and the confederacy of dunces

Posted on July 2, 2020 by oddmanout215

You’ve got a lot of people in [the media] who wax poetically for weeks and weeks about how Florida was going to be just like New York. Well, hell, we’re eight weeks away from that and it hasn’t happened… People … Continue reading →

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The Fourth of July as a campaign event

Posted on July 6, 2019 by oddmanout215

“Did you see this story?” I asked Swamp Rabbit before reading aloud from the online Washington Post: Unlike [Barack Obama’s] Clean Power Plan, which never took effect because of a Supreme Court decision, the Trump administration is not setting specific … Continue reading →

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Fourth of July in Pennsyltucky

Posted on July 5, 2018 by oddmanout215

I’m still tired from working July 4th with Swamp Rabbit at a folk fest in upstate PA. Not a good event for sales, too rural and rightwing, and way too hot. I pitched a lot of German Americans with pot … Continue reading →

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Barbecued mystery meat, compliments of WTO

Posted on July 5, 2012 by oddmanout215

I hope you had a delicious Fourth of July. As noted in Public Citizen, “your holiday meat could be much more mysterious” next year: If you’re looking forward to grilling up some hamburgers and hot dogs, think about this: Where … Continue reading →

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