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Another week, another coup Military coups in Africa are far more regular than presidential elections in America. Africa has had 486 attempted coups since 1950 (214 successful), whereas America has had only 59 elections (and 1 attempted coup). So, waking up this morning to breaking news of a coup in Gabon was hardly surprising. Military officers in Gabon said they… Read more.
Sha’Carri’s redemption Sha’Carri Richardson won the Women’s 100m last week at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Many are hailing it as her redemption. I understand why, but I disagree. They are hailing it as her redemption because of what happened at the 2020 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon. Richardson won the Women’s 100m. And she did so with speed… Read more.
The kiss that ruined Spain’s football fiesta Everyone was ecstatic. Hell, even Queen Letizia rushed down to the field to lead the Spanish players in jumping for joy – complete with fists punching in the air. After all, they had just defeated England to win Spain’s first Women’s World Cup. Who could’ve foreseen the scandal a jubilant… Read more.
Prigozhin’s dead C’mon, Vlad! Having your enemies fall from buildings is suspicious enough. But having their plane fall from the sky is incriminating. Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first public comments Thursday on the plane crash believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, saying the Wagner leader was ‘talented’ but made ‘serious mistakes in life.’ The crash Wednesday took place… Read more.
First Republican presidential debate It was not Mr. Trump’s chief rival in the polls, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who emerged at the epicenter of the first Trump-free showdown on Wednesday, but instead the political newcomer Vivek Ramaswamy, whose unlikely rise has revealed the remarkable degree to which the former president has remade the party.… Read more.
In Trump Republicans trust Trump voters are more likely to believe the former president is telling them the truth than their friends and family or religious leaders, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll. (Axios, August 21, 2023) That, of course, is the very definition of cult worship. After all, nobody in their right mind is… Read more.
US abandons Haiti It’s not quite as desperate as the way the US abandoned Vietnam or as chaotic as the way it abandoned Afghanistan. But the way the US is abandoning Haiti is even more shameless and unconscionable. The Department of State warned in a statement of a high threat of violent crime and kidnapping throughout the [country]. It… Read more.
Spain defeated England 1-0 in the final of the Women’s World Cup on Sunday, capping off a tournament that has broken attendance and TV records and raised hopes of a surge in interest for the women’s game. … England and Spain were both making their first appearance at a Women’s World Cup final, while England’s… Read more.
People in Donald Trump’s inner circle keep affirming Rick Wilson’s famous assertion that “Everything Trump Touches Dies.” Of course, the more accurate assertion is that everyone who associates with Trump either ruins their reputation or ends up in jail. Giuliani ‘America’s mayor’: fall from grace Everyone from former Cabinet secretaries like former AG Jeff Sessions to former lawyers like Michael… Read more.
Actress Sandra Bullock played the lead actress and produced “The Blind Side” (2009). She promoted it as: The remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. … As a football player and student, Oher works hard and, with… Read more.
