Archives for 2016

WTF! Obama Says It Would Be a ‘Personal Insult’ If Blacks Don’t Vote for Hillary…?

Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 8:24 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Evidently, even President Obama has become afflicted with Trumpitis. For only this explains the conceited and crass clarion call he issued to blacks on Saturday night. The occasion was a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation gala in Washington, DC. With Democratic leaders increasingly worried about a lack of passion for Hillary Clinton among young black voters, President Obama is rolling… Read more.

Alas, Peasant Protests No Germination of ‘Chinese Spring’

Monday, September 19, 2016 at 7:37 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Actually, peasant protests in China are no more a portent of political revolution than worker strikes in America are. Chinese police fired rubber bullets at villagers and arrested 13 people on Tuesday in an overnight crackdown to suppress demonstrations in a southern fishing village that became internationally known five years ago for protesting land seizures. Police… Read more.

Opportunistic Black Politicians Denounce Trump’s Self-Aggrandizing Birther Admission

Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 8:39 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus fiercely criticized the way Donald Trump delivered his brief admission Friday that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, saying it was insufficient and demanding an apology for Trump’s years-long push of ‘birther’ claims. ‘This is a disgusting day,’ said Rep. G.K. Butterfield, a Democrat from North… Read more.

Exploding Smartphones Sending a Message…

Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 7:27 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Alas, like Wile E. Coyote, most users will never get it. Samsung voluntarily recalled the models after a spate of serious malfunctions, but the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has now demanded the return of the potentially dangerous devices. According to Samsung, the problem affects 2.5 million phones globally, including one million in the US.… Read more.

Congress: Snowden’s a Liar and a Traitor Who Should Never Be Pardoned

Friday, September 16, 2016 at 8:16 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Edward Snowden made news this week with a plea for a presidential pardon that was as arrogant as it was pitiful. I have taken a lot of flak over the years for repeatedly denouncing him. Here are excerpts from just three of the commentaries I’ve written in this regard. __________________ From “Complaints about NSA Spying… Read more.

It Should Be Treason for US Media to Abet Russian Hackers

Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 5:26 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Don’t get me started on their blithe hypocrisy in reporting on Hillary’s e-mails… What do you think FOX News, the BBC, the New York Times, the Guardian, and other news organizations would do if Assange were leaking hacked e-mails of their anchors and reporters – purportedly to expose bias in the media? The obvious answer only hints at why my disgust with… Read more.

Hillary and Trump Should Have a Military Doctor Perform Physicals

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 2:37 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

If the health of these presidential candidates is so important, each of them should submit to a full physical examination by a military doctor selected from the active-duty physicians who serve in the White House Medical Unit. After all, these physicians will be responsible for providing health services to the new president (and her family). That… Read more.

Polls Show Americans Are Too Stupid to Poll on Any Critical Issue

Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 8:41 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

I’ve been lamenting prevailing ignorance among Americans for years — as my commentary “On Syria (and almost Every Other Issue) the American People Are Insolent, Ignorant Idiots,” September 10, 2013, attests. Their ignorance is such, in fact, that polling them on political issues is like polling athletes on medical ones. Only this clearly explains the… Read more.

‘Underground Airlines’ Is White Privilege Appropriating Black Slavery for Entertainment

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 6:37 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Fiction doesn’t interest me at all. I haven’t read a novel since Lorna Doone. I meant to read Hemmingway’s The Old Man and the Sea when it came out, but I didn’t… I’m not interested in being diverted from my own life. That was Andy Rooney, America’s most lovable and quotable curmudgeon, from his commentaries,… Read more.

Hail to the Chief: Obama Halts North Dakota Pipeline on Native Lands

Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 8:13 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Over the past few weeks, thousands of Native Americans from 200 tribes across the country traveled to North Dakota to stand with the Standing Rock Sioux as human shields. They were determined to prevent bulldozers from excavating near tribal lands for passage of a $3.8 billion oil pipeline, which they feared would not only damage ancestral cultural sites but… Read more.