Trump’s demeaning comments about the Word Trade Organization may now test The Don’s bromance with President Marcon. The WTO ruled today that Airbus has failed to fix the harm done to Boeing from European government loans used to develop its A380 and A350 jets. The U.S. said it will now[...]
Archive for May, 2018
Opening Trump Jerusalem
How the world sees us … As it actually was ….[...]
May 15th, 2018 - 10:33 am § in Misc.
Tom Wolfe, 1930-2018
Author and social critic Tom Wolfe, best known for The Right Stuff, a nonfiction book about aviation pioneer Chuck Yeager and the Mercury astronauts, died yesterday. Wolfe’s other works include The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, the novel Bonfire of the Vanities, a couple of lesser-known nove[...]
May 15th, 2018 - 9:48 am § in Misc.
Experts theorize MH370 was murder-suicide
A team of aviation experts has concluded the pilot of the missing Malayasian Airlines 777 probably deliberately crashed the plane. Telltales include a devious weaving flight path to evade radar, a wing dip near the captain’s hometown for a last look, and the lack of any distress calls. Read st[...]
May 15th, 2018 - 9:02 am § in Schools & Colleges
WSU sacrifices wolves and academic freedom on the altar of medical school politics
Eastern Washington ranchers don’t like wolves. Worried a wolf researcher’s work might harm legislative support for its planned medical school, WSU paid the researcher $300,000 to take a hike. Emails revealed some state senators linked WSU’s medical school funding to silencing the r[...]
Whatever Happened to Freedom from Religion?
US Consecrates Embassy In The Holy City “And I believe I speak for everyone of us when I say I thank you every day that you have given us a President who boldly stands on the right side of history but more importantly stands on the right side of you, O God, when it comes […][...]
May 13th, 2018 - 1:48 pm § in Uncategorized
The GOP perfectly described:
“Good lord, the GOP just attacks anything that moves, even itself. They’re a bunch of cannibalistic baby spiders eating their own mother.” — Reader comment below CBS News story (click here).[...]
ISUS EMERGES
A new alliance is emerging to replace ISIS .. ISUS. ISRAEL SAUDI US alliance. ISUS is a right wing alignment between Israel and the authoritarian Arab nations against Iran. The US and European media are blind to this because Iran is demeaned as Shiite by the Arab states and by Israel. Iran is ca[...]
May 13th, 2018 - 7:27 am § in Misc.
THE AVE Challenge: Where am I?
A. The Highlands, Exclusive Seattle neighborhood B. Houston Texas C. Lagos Nigeria D. Irbil, Iraq E. Trump golf course, Dubai[...]