The GOP hasn’t released a platform (in case you didn’t notice), but that doesn’t mean they don’t have one. They simply don’t want you to see it. So, here’s an unofficial version from David Frum (photo), a conservative Republican and former Bush speechwriter, extra[...]
Archive for the ‘News Media’ Category
August 26th, 2020 - 8:31 am § in China, Christianity, Donald Trump, Economics, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Health, Israel/Palestine, Law and Courts, News Media, Politics, Racism, Religion, Russia, Schools & Colleges
The Unofficial 2020 GOP Platform
August 25th, 2020 - 2:46 pm § in News Media, Politics
Alaska AG ousted in sexting scandal
Alaska’s attorney general, Kevin Clarkson, 61, a Republican, resigned Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, after it became public that he sent more than 500 personal messages, many suggestive, to a female state employee. Clarkson’s office is not elective, so he’s an appointee of the governor, and h[...]
August 22nd, 2020 - 3:44 pm § in Humor, News Media
What kind of people read tabloids?
My wife, for one. She can’t get enough of British royalty’s serial dysfunctions. How they bleed taxpayers (that’s their problem), and their mawkish behavior (who cares). I’m interested in more serious stuff, like nuclear deterrence. But I guess some people are fascinated by r[...]
August 22nd, 2020 - 3:43 pm § in Donald Trump, News Media
Trump’s National Enquirer buddy sacked
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 [...]
Sizing up Trump’s presidency
Trump’s supporters are people with grievances who want a disruptor, and that’s what we got when they elected him. His presidency is all about upending the way things were done. That’s not a good thing, because there were good reasons for doing things that way, before he started bre[...]
Police arrest non-white CNN crew covering Minneapolis riots
They had been complying with police orders. They were in a relatively peaceful area under police control. A nearby white CNN crew was not molested. The police lied about why they were arrested. They were released about an hour later after the governor intervened. Read story here.[...]
Amazon Care … it begins here in Seattle
American healthcare is a mess .. a tree loaded with overripe apples waiting for some smart farmer ! Jeff Bezos may be that farmer! While the Democrats debate varous vertsons of government funded Medicare for all, the corporate world may be making that program obsolete. Over a year ago Bezos got [...]
December 13th, 2019 - 12:28 pm § in Donald Trump, News Media
The Trials of Donald Trump ….. the cast of characters gets even bigger.
The Impeachment of el Donald might as well be a Netflix series with many subplots. As the process moves to the GOP dominated Senate, another set of characters .. The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to enter the plot. along with the New York State prosecutor and the Chair of the House Ways and Means [&h[...]
November 14th, 2019 - 10:31 am § in Jews, News Media
Poll: Over half of Blue and White’s voters support Including Arab Parties in Coalition!
Israel Hayom reports. Some 52% of Blue and White would support the party sitting with the Joint Arab List in a coalition, a Monday poll by Army Radio found. The data showed that 44% of Blue and White voters opposed such a move, a figure Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Nationa[...]
November 1st, 2019 - 12:57 pm § in News Media
Fox News vs. North Korean state television:
Can you see a difference?[...]