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Even Republicans Are Asking Out Loud, "Is This Guy Off His Nut?"
Somewhere Republicans are measuring Donald Trump for a straitjacket. Republican senator Bob Corker’s mocking of the Trump White House as an “adult day care center” seems to have made it…
What Kind Of a Monster Is This Guy?
Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie have now joined the ranks of actresses and starlets accusing Hollywood powerhouse producer, Harvey Weinstein, of sexual misconduct. It’s the old story of the lumpy…
It’s Not an IQ Test that Trump Needs
The test that Donald Trump needs is something more along these lines: In response to reports that Trump has fired back at Rex Tillerson for calling the president “a f#@king…
Is Trump Nearing Melt Down?
According to The Washington Post and other US mainstream media, America’s man/baby president is in a very dark emotional state. His legislative agenda (to the extent there ever was one)…
Creeping Normalcy Meets PermaWar
How well do you remember the world order as it was constituted in the 1980s and the 1990s? How aware are you of the extent it has changed in the…
Our Warming World, Another Feedback Loop
26 years of study by researchers from New England have revealed yet another global warming feedback loop underway, the release of CO2 from the warming of soil. Think of it…
Rafe Mair, Dead at 85.
He was much loved by many British Columbians. Lawyer, Social Credit cabinet minister, radio host, colossal thorn in the side to Christy Clark and her B.C. Liberal government, and in…
That’s a Corker, Indeed. Tennessee Senator Calls Trump White House an "Adult Daycare Center"
Senior Republican Senator for Tennesee, Bob Corker, has had enough. He’s throwing in the towel and won’t stand for re-election. In the meantime he plans to be a thorn in…
Nature’s Parting Gift
Tropical storm Nate is expected to gather strength as it crosses the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and heads for landfall Sunday morning somewhere in Louisiana or Alabama.…
Will Trump Scuttle the Iran Nuclear Deal? If He Does, Only a Fool Would Trust the United States.
Here’s the problem. Donald Trump cannot understand why anyone would believe, much less trust, the United States anyway. He’s a pathological liar, he knows that, and he expects others to…
It’s a Familiar Pattern
A hallmark of the rise of illiberal democracy is the suppression or intimidation of the judiciary. Authoritarian rule can rarely abide the rule of law and seeks to subvert it…
Is Your Smartphone Dumbing You Down? Ask the Guys Who Made That Possible.
This is fascinating, a resistance movement emerging within Silicon Valley. They’re speaking out and warning of a dire threat that probably spends a good deal of time in your hand.…
And They Want More Tax Cuts, Ever More Tax Cuts.
Since 9/11 America’s adventures in the Middle East have run up astonishing costs. As of this time last year the total of all direct and indirect costs was estimated at…
Ode to Tom Petty
What an amazing collection of talent. The Traveling Wilburys – Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jim Keltner on drums. The band wasn’t around long…
How America Sees Puerto Rico
Enjoy. Unless, that is, you’re Puerto Rican. And, if you are Puerto Rican, well, it sucks to be you. Sorry.
And Now, a Word From Betty Bowers
Mrs. Betty takes a look at America’s prosperous gun industry
Climate Change Planning At Its Very Worst
Who knew? Miami has a nuclear power plant. Miami has a nuclear power plant that’s right on the waterfront, a few feet at best above normal sea level. Miami’s Turkey…
So Many Mass Shootings, So Little Time
Chances are you’re really not up to date on America’s amazing national legacy – mass shootings. Well, good news. Help is on the way. The good folks at the Washington…