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2 days ago
3 min

You're Going To Get What You Deserve -or- The Covid 19 Chronicles

At some point I became exasperated that a pandemic became a political football and had to step back so I wouldn't type something I would ...

Fred

3 days ago
3 min

60 State Solution

The Democratic Party claims that it isn't fair that Washington, Douglass Commonwealth isn't a state and is moving to make it the 51st Sta...

Fred

4 days ago
3 min

When Sports Re-Open (Part III)

A few days back, we wrote about the riots after Liverpool won the Premier League. Now don't get me wrong, you shouldn't burn down your ci...

Fred

5 days ago
2 min

In Defense of Liverpool

Despite being a member of the Premiere League's "Big 6," Liverpool hasn't actually ended the season at the Top of the Table in 30 years. ...

Fred

Jun 26
10 min

Prince the Prophet

When I was a kid, I had my Mom buy Prince's album 1999 for me. I never gave it a second thought about the content or of Prince's personal...

Fred

Jun 20
3 min

More Statues Coming Down

Editor's Note: We are returning to Guest Author Ms. Frederica Hunt for this one. You might as well start tearing down the rest of the sta...

Fred

Jun 18
3 min

Big Riots in Cleveland Arrive? (III) crickets

So on Monday, I called my shot. Kenta Settles was beaten up pretty bad by some Garfield Heights (Ohio) cops. The story hit the local outl...

Fred

Jun 18
9 min

When Sports Re-Open (Part II)

2 months ago, America was shut down and sports was the last thing on anyone's mind. Well, except for mine. With kidney stone surgery putt...

Fred

Jun 17
1 min

What Daily Life in the US Would Actually Be Like Without Police

That was the article at CNN Today. Who wrote that article, I wondered? Before I look, if CNN had journalistic integrity they would pick 1...

Fred

Jun 16
2 min

Big Riots in Cleveland are Almost Here (II)

On Monday, we sent a link to the Daily Mail at 5:00 PM from cleveland.com. We called our shot at Beacon of Speech and said "uh-oh, big ri...

Fred

Jun 15
2 min

Uh-oh, Big Riots in Cleveland Coming

Monday, June 15, 2020 At 2:46 PM, cleveland.com posted the heartbreaking story of a black mentally ill man and cops being jerks to him: M...

Fred

Jun 9
5 min

Hate Speech in Cancel Culture

Editor's Note: Fred is writing this article as dictated to him by "Camilla." We are changing names and using hyperbole in a few instances...

Fred

Jun 7
2 min

Leading Cause of Death in America Today?

I don't want to dwell on this, but I need to point something out. On May 25, George Floyd was killed by the police in Minneapolis, Minnes...

Fred

Jun 6
3 min

Breakfast is Unimportant

During the coronavirus outbreak my wife continued to work at her job at the hospital. Invariably, after dropping her off, I would stop by...

Fred

Jun 5
4 min

Listen to Franck Tayou....

Listen to Franck Tayou: I saw a brief story on my Facebook Feed today that the MASL hasn't decided what to do with its suspended season. ...

Fred

Jun 3
3 min

Jesus vs Satan

There seems to be a lot of confusion in the United States as to whether Jesus is on your side or not on your side of any given argument. ...

Fred

Jun 2
2 min

What if Biden Dies?

I think the last time I voted for either a Democrat or a Republican for President was way, way back in 1996. I cast my ballot for the inf...

Fred

Jun 1
5 min

Miscellaneous Music (June 2020)

See the picture above? That's one of the members of the Christian Pop Punk band Hawk Nelson from 2008. Back when my daughter was 5, we wo...

Fred

May 29
8 min

Apparently, We Are NOT in this Together

Let's review this, because the people at the Blaze are still having problems.... Let's say the death rate of the coronavirus is 1%, again...

Fred

May 24
4 min

Government 091: Covid Version

When I took to Facebook this morning, the first 4 comments were all about the government slowly taking away our freedoms by making us wea...

Fred

May 23
2 min

New Static X Single (???)

I have never, ever, been so conflicted about how I feel about a band. Last week Static X came out with a new single called All These Year...

Fred

May 23
2 min

Not the Coronavirus' Fault (University of Alabama-Huntsville)

I have often expressed my fondness for college hockey right here on the pages of Beacon of Speech. My favorite team in college was the Ke...

Fred

May 21
1 min

You are Correct

May of 2015, I was working at the Soul-Crushing company known as Iron Mountain. If you said "where do you see yourself in 5 years from now...

Fred

May 15
3 min

Idiots: Photo Essay

We need to open: Strip Clubs! Beaches! Workplaces! (Not his workplace, mind you, he's retired. YOUR Workplace.) Electric Car Factories! S...

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