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“Powell was never my attorney!” “I was never indicted!”
There’s been a week of jaw-droppingly deranged statements by Trump, which to summarize include: that he beat Obama in 2016 and said so twice during the same speech, that Biden would lead us into World War 2, confusing Jeb Bush for George W. Bush, that you need a license to buy bread, that Sidney Powell…
- politics ·
Has Trump Changed the GOP?
I admit that I detest Trump and have for over 40 years. I can say pretty much the same for the post-Reagan GOP, even though I did vote for George Pataki and for all three of Michael Bloomberg’s mayoral terms I’ll try to minimize the snark because what follows aren’t just matters of opinion but…
- health ·
A PSA PSA — Men Over 50 Should Read!
What do these guys have in common? Telly Savalas Frank Zappa Francois Mitterrand Johnny Ramone Timothy Leary Merv Griffin … and about 30,000 lesser-known people over the past year. They’re all men and they all died of prostate cancer. Life and Lemons I have a personal policy of not over-sharing on social media. I wouldn’t…
What’s Next?
A question appeared on Quora yesterday asking, How will Trump will respond to the Florida federal indictment. Will he cooperate, flee the country, blame Biden, take a stand, etc? Perhaps all of the above with the exception of cooperation. Nobody tells Trump what to do. We already know that from his first indictment. Trump is…
UnFox My Box
Most of us know the games that cable suppliers play to up-sell us premium cable packages. Want to watch NFL football? It’s only $11/month and it comes with the exciting Billiards TV and the breakneck action of the Poker Channel! Have a Showtime series you want to watch? It’s only available in the $30/month Entertainment…
Justice For Sale
Sharing the media stage this week with Donald Trump’s indictment and Tennessee’s march to unabashed fascism has been a bombshell investigative piece in Pro Publica titled Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire. It’s about the quarter-century showering of expensive gifts on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas by real estate billionaire, Harlan Crow. Not for nothing, but…