.jpg){kind=small}
JackCalvert's Profile
Itinerant polemicist.
Real Name: Jack Calvert
Diaries published: 19 (2583 days since last diary on Thu Nov 10, 2016 at 10:19 PM PST)
Comments posted: 80 (2583 days since last comment on Fri Nov 11, 2016 at 04:28 AM PST)
Diary frequency: seldom
Comment frequency: often
Total Recommends: 287
Total Comment Ratings: 0
Most Recommended Diary: New Tea Party Flag, 3 comments, 24 recommends
People Following JackCalvert: 6
JackCalvert's Most Frequent Tags:
JackCalvert's Most Recent Diaries:
|
In a recent article in L.A. Progressive entitled “No More Condescension: What We Can Do Now,” progressive Christian social activist Rev. Peter Laarman makes a desperate plea for capitulation to the forces of Donald Trump, whose victory he blames on a...
by JackCalvert
 3 comments
on Thu Nov 10, 2016 at 10:19 PM PST
with 1 Recommend
|
|
In a recent Washington Post article, media and entertainment editor Stephanie Merry suggests that Ricky Gervais' 2016 Golden Globes appearance may have heralded the end of the "cringe comedy" trend. A
by JackCalvert
17 comments
on Wed Jan 13, 2016 at 10:06 PM PST
with 3 Recommends
|
|
by JackCalvert
25 comments
on Mon Nov 02, 2015 at 04:19 PM PST
with 4 Recommends
|
|
by JackCalvert
4 comments
on Sat Oct 10, 2015 at 08:00 AM PDT
with 8 Recommends
|
|
by JackCalvert
3 comments
on Sat Oct 10, 2015 at 07:58 AM PDT
with 24 Recommends
|
|
Christopher Hitchens and Pope ...
by JackCalvert
71 comments
on Mon Sep 28, 2015 at 02:14 PM PDT
with 17 Recommends
|
Recommended by JackCalvert
- We’re all wound up pretty tight right now. I know this sounds like CT, but I just watched Amy Goodman interviewing Greg Palast on Democracy Now! Palast has investigated, and has a huge spreadsheet of minority voters stricken off the rolls to back up...12 comments 45 Recs
- The Ku Klux Klan is so thrilled the man they endorsed for president was victorious, they are planning a victory parade in North Carolina! Details are sparse, the location hasn’t been announced, but the date is set—the Klan’s Trump victory parade is...185 comments 117 Recs
- Kris Kobach, the extremely controversial Kansas secretary of state, has been named to Donald Trump's transition team. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has been asked to join President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team. The team will...345 comments 300 Recs
- Post-Election Day commentary is appearing everywhere throughout social media, but there are some pieces that stand out, and one of those is by Connie Schultz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and professional in residence at Kent State...242 comments 227 Recs
- President Obama had his first meeting with President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday because that's how it's supposed to work. Even when the successor is a racist who whipped up the opposition by questioning the sitting president's legitimacy to serve. ...345 comments 53 Recs
- Famous magician, television personality and, in the tradition of Harry Houdini, conspiracy theory debunker Penn Jillette was interviewed by Reason TV’s Nick Gillespie while on a promotional tour of Jillette’s book Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds...298 comments 364 Recs
- This tweet went around a couple of days ago. The referenced email is a part of one of the many WikiLeaked email dumps we have been seeing over the past few months. In the email exchange, Clinton inquires about a young Yemeni girl she met at an...210 comments 589 Recs
- Remember when the FBI tweeted about Fred Trump and Bill Clinton from their very own dormant Twitter account? Well now the FBI is opening an investigation into itself. This from the files of, you really can't make this sh*t up. This is Keystone...245 comments 286 Recs
- The good news is, white nationalists’ threats to try to suppress and intimidate voters on Election Day are probably mostly bluster. The bad news is, even the bluster is bad for democracy and civil society, and if a tiny fraction of what they’re...240 comments 175 Recs
- Ok, I’ve read one too many comments like this and posts like this today. When it comes to presidential elections, black majorities have voted for the Democratic candidate for president for 80 years. As the chart shows, close to 90% of the black...747 comments 288 Recs
JackCalvert's Tags
- No current results.
