Day: June 2, 2020

Growing social division, far-left and far-right confrontation underlying cause for unrest: experts

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

As the ongoing protests in the US have convulsed at least 140 cities across the country following the death of African-American George Floyd, US President Donald Trump tried to pin the blame on Antifa, a far-left movement, for causing the disturbance. However, his “passing the buck” tactic is of no use to fix the deep-rooted discrimination problem in the country and an increasingly divided society with extremist views prevailing since Trump assumed office, observers said.

Growing social division, far-left and far-right confrontation underlying cause for unrest: experts

War With China?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

JAMES BRADLEY, james at jamesbradley.com

Bradley is author of several nonfiction bestsellers focused on the American experience in the Pacific and Asia, including Flags of Our Fathers and The China Mirage: The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia.

War With China?

Biden Proposes Training Cops to Shoot Attackers in the Leg to Reduce Fatalities

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Biden Proposes Training Cops to Shoot Attackers in the Leg to Reduce Fatalities

Joe Biden on Monday suggested that police forces could train officers to shoot attackers in the legs in order to reduce potential fatalities.

There is “the idea that instead of standing there and teaching a cop when there’s an unarmed person, coming at him with a knife or something, to shoot him in the leg instead of in the heart,” Biden said.