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Trump’s Humiliation of Mitch McConnell Is, Well, By the Book…

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 6:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

There seems no denying that, the more Donald Trump humiliates Republican men, the more they seem to want to kiss his ass.  This has been the most stupefying feature of American politics since 2016. Senator Ted Cruz infamously put a fetishistic twist on cuckoldry in this regard that is just too perverse for words. Of… Read more.

Turns Out Would-Be Jeopardy Host Is an Anti-Vaxx Nutcase: Who Is Aaron Rodgers?

Monday, November 8, 2021 at 6:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Black civil rights leaders spent this year pleading with poor people (of all racial backgrounds) to get the Covid vaccine to save their lives. Unfortunately, celebrity worship in America is such that Aaron Rodgers wields more influence among those poor people than all of those Black civil rights leaders … combined. So bear that in… Read more.

Leaders of all Stripes Attend Powell Memorial Service (with one Notable Exception)

Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 6:48 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Colin L. Powell was remembered for his leadership skills, his love of ABBA and Bob Marley and “his sense of humor, his insatiable curiosity and his comfort in his own skin” at a funeral Friday that drew presidents past and present, military leaders and hundreds of Washington dignitaries. Among those in attendance were Powell’s wife,… Read more.

In Charlottesville, Neo-Nazis Are Giving Self-Serving Meaning to Show Trial

Friday, November 5, 2021 at 6:23 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

From Opening Statements, it was clear to me that the Neo-Nazis intended to use their trial for the deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville as nothing more than a godsend to proselytize their racist propaganda. Here is how I decried what I thought was their manifest intent in a comment to a Daily Beast report on… Read more.

Sepp Blatter, FIFA’s Once-Untouchable Boss, Indicted on Criminal Fraud Charges

Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 6:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

If you’re an American, you probably don’t know any more about FIFA, the international body that governs soccer, than you do about the IAEA, the international body that governs nuclear weapons. So imagine US law-enforcement authorities announcing the indictment of former MLB commissioner Bud Selig on criminal charges for fraud, criminal mismanagement and forgery, and… Read more.

Happy Halloween! (But, for kids’ sake, give the anti-mask BS a break…)

Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 6:49 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

By the way, this poor kid’s parents are probably among those we’ve seen on TV acting out at school board meetings across the country. But far too many of them strike me as avenging nerds who were bullied in school who now find themselves among the “cool kids” bullying hapless school board members.  And they… Read more.

At Long Last, Mako and Kei Have a ‘Royal’ Wedding I Can Celebrate…

Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 6:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

The media have been replete this week with comparisons between Japan’s Princess Mako marrying the commoner Kei Komuro and Britain’s Prince Harry marrying the commoner Meghan Markle. Yet a cursory reading of their respective courtships, engagements, and weddings would disabuse any reasonable mind of those comparisons. Therefore, I see no point in doing any disabusing… Read more.