David Pecker, the National Enquirer boss who bought and then buried stories unflattering to Trump, a practice labeled “catch and kill,” has been sacked by the tabloid rag’s new owners. The tabloid, which like all print media is struggling financially from declining circulation and [...]
Archive for August, 2020
August 22nd, 2020 - 2:18 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
House passes postal funding bill
House Democrats passed a $25 billion funding bill for the Postal Service on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. A handful of Republicans voted for it, but GOP leaders oppose it, and it has no chance of passing the Senate or being signed by Trump. This funding was included in the House-passed $3.2 trillion Covi[...]
August 22nd, 2020 - 1:35 pm § in Misc.
Pacific NW’s oldest apple tree dies
The Old Apple Tree in Vancouver, Washington, planted by fur traders in 1826 and believed to be the Pacific Northwest’s first apple tree, had been sick for years and finally breathed its last. Read story here.[...]
August 21st, 2020 - 5:54 pm § in Misc.
Dr. Steve Schwartz, being Jewish, and the Holocaust
This is still Steve’s blog, and I only have the privilege and duty of keeping it going in his absence. I’m not Jewish, as he was. I can’t help it; I wasn’t born Jewish. I’ve had Jewish friends and acquaintances, but I can’t say that I know much about the religion.[...]
Trump crony won’t let postal workers plug in mail sorters
“Have you stopped slowing mail delivery of my life-saving medications yet?” “No, but we’re not going to slow it any further for now. Vote for us.” While Postmaster General Louis DeJoy may be suspending changes to postal service operations, it doesn’t … mean [...]
August 20th, 2020 - 10:47 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Why does Trump’s image appear under Google searches for ‘idiot?’
Alphabet (Google) CEO Sundar Pichai explains:[...]
August 20th, 2020 - 6:00 pm § in Misc.
Trump’s white supremacy enforcer bullied cabinet into child separations policy
“If we don’t enforce this, it is the end of our country as we know it,” Trump adviser and white supremacist Stephen Miller told Trump’s cabinet. The “country” he’s referring to, of course, is a white-majority, white-privileged society where cops kill black[...]
August 20th, 2020 - 4:11 pm § in Health
Should families be put off planes if their kids won’t wear masks?
A mother and her 6 children were kicked off a flight from Orlando to Newark on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, because her 2½-year-old refused to wear a mask. The airline requires all passengers over age 2 to wear masks, with no medical exemptions; JetBlue advises passengers with medical conditions affec[...]