In Case You Missed It… Assorted Oddities from Around the Web
Some of the interesting tidbits from the web this past week include presidential socks, little robots, state polls and note-taking.
Some of the interesting tidbits from the web this past week include presidential socks, little robots, state polls and note-taking.
Continuing to play for someone like Sterling would be offensive to anyone who cares about anyone else, no matter their race, creed or color. This is a teachable moment!
On Sunday’s broadcast of Meet the Press, renowned television journalist Bryant Gumbel pointed the finger directly at the NBA and former commissioner David Stern for allowing Clippers owner Donald Sterling to get away with racist comments and behavior for years.
The FBI investigating a lobbying firm that is close to Republican Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback for running a pay to play scheme involving access to the governor.
LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racism has been the worst kept secret in sports, but his sexism and hatred of women has gone unacknowledged and unpunished for decades.
Instead of talking about how the big banks and Wall St. blew up the economy, the middle class, or income inequality, ABC’s This Week tried to use Elizabeth Warren to divide the Democratic Party, but Sen. Warren wouldn’t play along.
The ongoing, and one-sided, battle between creationist Ken Ham of “Answers in Genesis” notoriety and highly-regarded astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson of Fox’s Cosmos is humiliating for America because Ham typifies the right wing evangelical Christian ignorance founded on ancient mythology.
Don Sterling allegedly said, “It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you’re associating with black people. Do you have to?”