Happy New Year!
[guest post by Dana] I’m still trying to recover from the flu but wanted to put up a fresh thread. I typically don’t make a list of resolutions at the beginning of a new year because I find it’s just...
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Weekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Feel free to talk about anything you think is newsworthy or might interest readers. I’m not putting up any news about the Iranian situation because JVW has it covered. I’ll start....
View ArticleJohn Bolton Announces He Will Testify If Subpoenaed
[guest post by Dana] In a statement released this morning, former Former National Security Adviser John Bolton, who, according to his lawyers, has first-hand knowledge about about “many relevant...
View ArticleThank God Ricky Gervais Doesn’t Care Anymore
[guest post by Dana] Last night’s Golden Globe Awards show opened with a caustic bang as British comedian Ricky Gervais delivered a take-no-prisoners monologue that sliced and diced Hollywood’s elite,...
View ArticleDefense Secty. Contradicts Trump: No Iranian Cultural Sites Will Be Targeted...
[guest post by Dana] On Saturday, President Trump caught administration officials off guard when he warned that Iran’s cultural sites would be targeted if there was retaliation against the U.S. for the...
View ArticleFox Business Host: Americans Need To Understand Their Obligations To Trump
[guest post by Dana] In spite of the idea of an “elective monarchy” having been rejected when it was proposed at the Constitutional convention, it has been disturbing to watch Americans act as if Trump...
View ArticleUkrainian Airplane Crashes Near Tehran, No Survivors
[guest post by Dana] From the AP: A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday, just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital’s main airport, turning farmland on the...
View ArticleIran Fires Missiles At US Forces In Iraq, President Trump Says “All Is Well!”
[guest post by Dana] Because everything is in a state of flux with regard to Iran, and there is a tremendous amount of speculation and disinformation going around, I’m just going to stick to the basics...
View ArticleIt’s Time for Pelosi to Send the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate
Every day Pelosi delays the transmittal of the articles of impeachment to the Senate, she makes the whole affair seem foolish, when in fact the issues at stake are very serious. The fact that Mitch...
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Covington Update: CNN Settles Lawsuit With Nicholas Sandmann
[guest post by Dana] Remember Nicholas Sandmann? You know, the kid identified as having a “punchable face”: CNN reports (on CNN): CNN has settled a lawsuit with a Kentucky high school student who was...
View ArticleLincoln Project Releases Video Aimed At “MAGA Church”
[guest post by Dana] In response to Christianity Today’s call for Trump’s removal from office, the President said, in part, that “no President has done more for the Evangelical community, and it’s not...
View ArticleCredibility Matters, Including in Foreign Policy
Let’s review. 1. Donald Trump recently said: These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly...
View ArticleIran Denies Downing Ukrainian Plane: We Can Say With Certainty That There...
[guest post by Dana] From the AP: Iran on Friday denied Western allegations that one of its own missiles downed a Ukrainian jetliner that crashed outside Tehran, and called on the U.S. and Canada to...
View ArticleWeekend Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] Feel free to talk about anything you think is newsworthy or might interest readers. I’ll start. First news item: Yes, we did it: Iran has admitted it unintentionally shot down a...
View ArticleRIP Neil Peart
The most endangered species: the honest man Will still survive annihilation. — Neil Peart, 1952-2020 Growing up, one of the central things that my closest friends and I shared was a love of the band...
View ArticleSunday Music: Bach Cantata BWV 7
It is the first Sunday after the Epiphany. Today’s Bach cantata is “Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam: (Christ our Lord came to the Jordan): Today’s Gospel reading is Matthew 3:13-17: The Baptism of...
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Iranians Direct Their Anger At Supreme Leader On Second Day of Protests
[guest post by Dana] In the aftermath of Iran admitting that they were responsible for the downing of the Ukrainian airplane in which 82 of the 176 passengers killed were Iranians, scores of angry...
View ArticleTrump’s Claim that Soleimani Was Planning to Attack Four Embassies Is...
Trump recently said: “Soleimani was actively planning new attacks, and he was looking very seriously at our embassies and not just the embassy in Baghdad.” His Defense Secretary says they all believe...
View ArticleStating the Obvious: U.S. Press Does Not Face Same Dangers and Risk As Their...
[guest post by Dana] Yet again demonstrating the insular bubble of delusional preciousness in which some professional journalists cocoon themselves: “Let reporters roam free” says the president, who...
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Democratic Presidential Debate – Open Thread
[guest post by Dana] So while the last debate before the Iowa caucuses happens tonight, there is already the potential for some real drama to happen as contenders Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders...
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