Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Rise and Shine, ya buncha Lazy Bonz, it’s another glorious Monday. . . .or it will be glorious when the coffee’s made and something’s happening in the breakfast arena. . . . This is the MORE
Articles by Rachel Kennedy
Middle-East
US Embassy in Kuwait Criticized for Biden Message of Pride Month Support
A U.S. Embassy tweet of a message by President Joe Biden in support of Pride Month has drawn a face-to-face diplomatic protest from Kuwait and sparked a rare Twitter fight between the two close allies. MORE
Sports
Ukraine and Wales Face Off Today in Playoff Finals; the Winner Goes to the World Cup
CARDIFF, Wales — Far from battlefields and Russian invaders, the Ukrainian footballers exempted from military service are trying to complete the mission to lead their country to the World Cup. When they prepare to face Wales on MORE
Science
The Planets are Lining Up Tonight. No, Really…
Grab your binoculars and set your alarm. For the first time in 18 years, five planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — will be sequentially aligned and visible at dawn throughout this month. MORE
Crime
Five San Diego State Football Players Accused of Rape, Months of Silence Follows
The reports to campus officials late last year revealed disturbing allegations about players from San Diego State University’s winning football team. Claims were rapidly spreading among the school’s athletes that five players had raped an unconscious girl and MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 22
A few past shootings: Happy Friday, News Viewers. What words on June 3, 2022? Tell us what you’ve been thinking this week. What’s going on with you?
Hate Crime
Buffalo shooting suspect indicted on charge of domestic terrorism motivated by hate
A grand jury on Wednesday charged the White 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket with domestic terrorism motivated by hate and 10 counts of first-degree murder. Payton Gendron, who has been in custody since the MORE
Fake News
Laura Ingraham Hunts for Link Between Marijuana and Mass Shootings
Laura Ingraham on Tuesday led a segment clearly designed to drum up fears about a supposed link between the legalization of marijuana and mass shootings. Staying well away from any discussion of gun control, Ingraham MORE
Gun Violence
Uvalde victims’ funerals begin as locals grapple with anger over school chief’s role
It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students – the start of summer break. Instead on Monday, the first two of 19 children slain inside a classroom MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Monday and welcome to Free Range, our open forum on this Memorial day. In keeping with our environmental emphasis around here, we commemorate animals of war, not just humans. So Happy Memorial day to you MORE
Gun Violence
6 injured in shooting in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, police say
At least six people were injured on Saturday night during an exchange of gunfire in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee, police said. Chattanooga Police officers were patrolling downtown at about 10:48 p.m. local time when they “observed MORE
Opinion
It’s not Saturday, it’s Caturday; the Day to Honor Felis Catus
Caturday. A day created on the Internet to honor, celebrate and insult and question Felis Catus, our enemy, our friend, “half in-half out” in the words of Constantine, the comic book character who needs cats MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 21
We didn’t see this one coming, a Memorial Day spent remembering children, and children who died just three days ago. Memorial Day is meant for remembering men, women, grown-ups all, who died serving in the MORE
Gun Violence
Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school
Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said Wednesday, as investigators worked to track the massacre that lasted upwards MORE
Gun Violence
“One Nation Under Guns. . .”
The horrific shootings this month — the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and the shooting event in Buffalo, New York, targeting Black Americans — have once again shone a spotlight on how frequent this type of MORE
2022 Election
Georgia Democrats signal brutal ad campaign against Herschel Walker as high-stakes Senate race begins
Football legend Herschel Walker had just finished cruising to an easy primary win in Georgia’s Senate race Tuesday night when Democrats let him know the easy campaigning is over. In a hostile welcome to the general election, MORE
Police
S.F. police won’t march in this year’s Pride parade. Here’s why
San Francisco police officers said Monday they will not march in the city’s LGBTQ Pride parade this year, an act of protest after the event’s board of directors asked them not to wear uniforms. Mayor London Breed MORE
Education
Students are Far, Far Behind in School
During the 20-21 school year, schools closed down for periods of time to stop the spread of COVID. researchers are now learning that the closures came at a stiff price—a large decline in children’s achievement MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Happy Monday News Viewers, and welcome to our Monday free chat; we call it Free Range because of its scope— we go everywhere with words, ideas, thoughts and topics, and OPs about all things environmental, MORE
Entertainment
What are you watching?
Here are a few of the newer TV shows and movies; I’m starting a couple of these but also watching my oldies as well– movies I’ve seen a thousand times — they’re comfort food. The MORE
2022 Election
“It’s time for ‘Dark MAGA’ to truly take command,” says Madison Cawthorn
Less than 48 hours after his shocking defeat in North Carolina’s primary election, Rep. Madison Cawthorn took to Instagram to post a defiant, vengeful, and typo-riddled message promising a “Dark MAGA” comeback. After decrying the establishment-driven campaign to unseat MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 20. Again.
Hi News Viewers, Happy Friday, this 20th Friday in the year 2022. Last week I said it was the 20th week in the year — could it be that I’m in an unholy hurry to MORE
Politics
The Rotten Core of Our Political System
“Those picking up this book a few decades from now will have to confront the question of why a free people, in discarding their most promising leaders while elevating the likes of Kevin McCarthy, asked MORE
Abortion
Rep. Lauren Boebert Cooks Up Conspiracy Theory About Companies Covering Abortion Costs
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) sparked outrage on Monday when she suggested companies that are offering to pay the travel costs for employees to receive abortions are just doing it to save on paying for parental leave instead. MORE
Science
US House Subcommittee holds hearings on UFO sightings
The Pentagon’s top intelligence official on Tuesday vowed to apply “rigorous scientific analysis” to learning the origin of UFOs, in a rare public hearing on the highly secretive and controversial mystery. Ronald Moultrie, DoD’s undersecretary MORE