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Clarence Thomas’s Other Billionaire ‘Friends’

Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Clarence Thomas’s billionaire friends Justice Clarence Thomas reacted with righteous indignation when news broke about the luxury trips that billionaire Harlan Crow lavished upon him. Except that Thomas compounded his brazen venality by betraying willful gullibility. Because he wanted us to believe that Crow was just an old friend doing what old friends do. But everyone knows Crow wouldn’t have given Thomas the time… Read more.

Republican Projection: The Biden Crime Family

Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 12:37 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Republican projection Donald Trump always accuses others of what he himself is guilty of. That’s called projection. And it defines so much of Trump’s political rhetoric that even his defenders engage in it. A case in point is Congressional Republicans accusing the Biden family of all kinds of financial crimes and schemes. You’d be forgiven… Read more.

Phil Mickelson: The Billion-Dollar Gambler Who Makes Us Wonder About MJ

Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 7:51 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

$40 million in gambling debts? Chump change! Remember when we were “shocked, shocked” at the breaking news about Phil Mickelson’s $40 million gambling debts? I duly commented in “Phil Mickelson Gambling Like Tiger Woods Cheating” on July 15, 2015. But we had no idea. Because today’s breaking news makes that figure look like the loose… Read more.

Pakistan Jails Ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan. Trump Sees His Future  

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 1:58 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Khan and Trump, two scared puppies Nobody in public life knows how to get under former President Donald Trump’s thin skin like former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The way she needles him with her acerbic wit and boss-lady moves is legendary. And so she remarked that he looked like a “scared puppy” at his DC arraignment last week. ‘I wasn’t in… Read more.

Women’s World Cup: Sweden Eliminates USA

Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 12:39 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Sweden eliminates USA No women’s soccer team has been more celebrated than the US Women’s National Team (USWNT). But Sweden demonstrated today that no team is invincible.  The United States was eliminated from the women’s World Cup on Sunday after losing to Sweden, 5-4, in a dramatic penalty-kick shootout after a scoreless draw in the round of 16 in Melbourne,… Read more.

Florida Bans Teaching Psychology

Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 11:31 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Florida superintendents have been advised by the state to drop their Advanced Placement Psychology classes unless they exclude any topics related to gender or sexuality, according to The College Board, which oversees the AP program. (USA Today, August 3, 2023) I reiterate my clarion call for all major colleges outside Florida to declare that they will not… Read more.

Donald Trump Arrested in DC for Attempt Coup

Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 9:56 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Former president Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election, appearing in the federal courthouse that sits just blocks away from where his angry supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to keep him in power. (The Washington Post, August 3, 2023) I’m following up on Tuesday’s post.… Read more.

Trump Indicted Again – This Time, for Conspiracy to Overturn 2020 Election

Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 9:43 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Donald Trump made history in March when he became the first sitting or former president of the United States to be indicted. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg indicted him for paying off a porn star and covering it up.  Special Counsel indicts Trump again But Special Counsel Jack Smith indicted him again in June for mishandling classified documents and obstructing justice. Yet,… Read more.

Elon Musk Is Helping Russia by Denying Ukraine Use of His Starlink Satellites

Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 3:52 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Musk is helping Russia Elon Musk has reportedly denied Ukraine’s use of his Starlink internet access on several occasions.  Billionaire Elon Musk reportedly restricted his Starlink internet access multiple times in Ukraine, which has affected Kyiv’s battlefield strategy. … Ukrainian authorities worried about over-dependence on a single source technology held talks with other satellite internet… Read more.