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by Doug Thompson | Jul 28, 2020 | Musings, News, Politics
A test of an ability to assemble as a crowd amid mask, social distancing, and other safety considerations during a pandemic will be on display Tuesday evening at the Floyd County High School auditorium when the Board of Supervisors hosts its second regular scheduled...
by Doug Thompson | Jun 30, 2020 | FUBAR, Musings, Politics
Odd how places of one’s past crop up later in life. My paternal grandparents retired to an area on Lake Panasoffkee in Sumter County in central Florida, not far from Wildwood and near where the Sunshine State Parkway toll road begins at its intersection with...
by Doug Thompson | Jun 16, 2020 | Musings, Opinion, Politics
A surprise ruling by the Supreme Court Monday protects gays and transgenders from being fired by those who feel a difference in sexual orientation or gender is a crime or reason for shame. What made the ruling a surprise was the role of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, an...
by Doug Thompson | Jun 3, 2020 | FUBAR, Musings, Politics
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam refused disgraced president Donald Trump’s call to send the Old Dominion’s Natural Guard troops to Washington, DC, to participate in the questionable denial of the nation’s citizens’ rights in protests over the...
by Doug Thompson | Jun 1, 2020 | FUBAR, Musings, Opinion, Politics
The anger that brought America under protest currently concerns the Minneapolis police officer now charged with murdering George Floyd by holding him down by the next with his knee but the anger has been seething throughout the nation for far too long. A lot of that...
by Doug Thompson | Mar 4, 2020 | Musings, Politics
Once again, Virginia Democratic primary voters turned out for Bernie Sanders, giving him 41.7 percent of the votes in Super Tuesday. Joe Biden finished second with 35.4 percent. Bidin, however, won most of the rest of the Commonwealth as 53 percent of the primary...
