Published by ReutersBy Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Thursday strongly defended his decision to pull U.S. military forces out of Afghanistan, saying the Afghan people must decide their own future and that he would not consign another generation of Americans to the 20-year war. Speaking in the White House East Room, Biden said the Afghan military … [Read more...] about Biden says Afghans must decide own future; U.S. to leave on Aug. 31
Nice gig: Trump charged Secret Service almost $10,200 in May for agents’ rooms
There's an old song "Nice Work If You Can Get It." It should be retitled "Nice Gig If You Can Get It." It turns out that former President Donald Trump charged the Secret service almost $10,200 in May for agents rooms at one of his golf resorts. Not a bad arrangement for Trump: the Secret Service has to protect him until the day he has left the earth (and not Jeff Bezos … [Read more...] about Nice gig: Trump charged Secret Service almost $10,200 in May for agents’ rooms
Haiti may slip deeper into lawlessness after president’s killing
Published by Reuters(Reuters) - Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead overnight on Wednesday, stoking fears of deepening chaos in an impoverished Caribbean nation already reeling from rampant gang violence and facing a constitutional crisis. Here is what you need to know about what happened and what comes next: MOISE LED A COUNTRY MIRED IN UNREST Jovenel Moise, 53, took … [Read more...] about Haiti may slip deeper into lawlessness after president’s killing
White Privilege
The belief in white supremacy provides justification for the nation’s racial conflicts and is the basis for white racial privilege. Currently, the major racial problems for America are the inequality between Blacks and whites and the continued obstruction of Black rights and attempts at advancement. But difficulties also exist between whites and Asians and whites and indigenous … [Read more...] about White Privilege
New Book: Trump said “Well, Hitler did a lot of good things” (a statement often made by anti-semites)
Embed from Getty Images It's a comment Jews sometimes hear from people who are anti-semitic when Adolf Hitler's name comes up: "Hitler did a lot of good things," often said by folks who downplay or with unpure motives "balance" the fact of the Holocaust. There are a slew of new books coming out with revelations about the Trump administration -- and an upcoming one quotes … [Read more...] about New Book: Trump said “Well, Hitler did a lot of good things” (a statement often made by anti-semites)
Haitian president assassinated at home, sparking fears of widespread turmoil
Published by ReutersBy Andre Paultre PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight in a "barbaric act", the government said on Wednesday, stirring fears of escalating turmoil in the impoverished Caribbean nation. The assassination coincided with a wave of gang violence in Port-au-Prince as … [Read more...] about Haitian president assassinated at home, sparking fears of widespread turmoil
Biden seeks to turn debacle in Afghanistan to victory at home
Published by AFPWashington (AFP) - The US pullout from the Pentagon's once mighty Bagram Air Base in the dead of night, while Taliban fighters pour across the country, looks a lot like a military defeat. Back home, President Joe Biden sees a political win. The US government calls its Afghan exit a "drawdown," not a retreat. And it insists it will continue to support the … [Read more...] about Biden seeks to turn debacle in Afghanistan to victory at home
Timeline: US intervention in Afghanistan
Published by AFPKabul (AFP) - The United States descended on Afghanistan and its Taliban government in 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks by Al-Qaeda, which had sought sanctuary in the country. With American and NATO troops having all but departed Afghanistan after 20 years of war, here is a timeline of key events: 'War on terror'On October 7, 2001 -- less than a month after … [Read more...] about Timeline: US intervention in Afghanistan
Satire: Highlights from Donald Trump’s Second Term
By Laurie Baron, Ph.D Donald Trump reemerged this past weekend to reiterate that he remains president because he never lost the election. Although the lame stream media has refused to cover him, he has been governing the country from Mar-a-Lago since January. Here are some highpoints of his second term. At his pay per view inauguration, he deputized members of the Oath … [Read more...] about Satire: Highlights from Donald Trump’s Second Term
Watchdog groups warn Patriot Front’s march through Philly reflects increasing recruitment, activity in the region
Published by The Philadelphia InquirerPHILADELPHIA — Armed with shields, smoke bombs and banners touting “Reclaim America,” a white supremacist group marched through Center City late Saturday into early Sunday, clashing with a few counterprotesters before leaving as abruptly as they arrived. A Philadelphia police spokesperson said Sunday there were no arrests or reports of … [Read more...] about Watchdog groups warn Patriot Front’s march through Philly reflects increasing recruitment, activity in the region
ARE YOU CRAVING A BUFFET REBIRTH?
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree “Buffets Are Back – With New Policies and Gloves,” blared the headline recent on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. That was welcome news for my pandemic-weary family. I was afraid such wide-open dining would go the way of the dinosaur. (“Look out! The asteroid is headed for the chocolate fountain!” “Mmm…chocolate-covered asteroid…”) I’m … [Read more...] about ARE YOU CRAVING A BUFFET REBIRTH?
Sharing Fireworks Under the Night Sky
When I think of the Fourth of July and my childhood, I think of fireworks. My maternal grandparents lived on the first floor of an apartment building high on a hill overlooking New York Bay on Staten Island. My mother’s youngest sister, Nadine, is only twenty months older than I am. I remember visiting one July when I was eight. We liked to play with the older children who … [Read more...] about Sharing Fireworks Under the Night Sky
INDICTMENT IS JUST THE START OF TRUMP’S TROUBLES
With apologies to the poet E. E. Cummings: It's Indictment Day, and the world is mud-luscious… Do you feel as jaunty as I do? Maybe not. Maybe you think that the first indictments against the Trump Organization, unsealed Thursday, are chump change. Maybe you think that the 15 felony counts – featuring alleged tax fraud, conspiracy, grand larceny and fake business records – … [Read more...] about INDICTMENT IS JUST THE START OF TRUMP’S TROUBLES
COSBY’S VICTIMS (Cartoon)
The Communist Party claims to have brought prosperity and equality to China. Here’s the real impact of its rule
Mark Schiefelbein/AP Chongyi Feng, University of Technology Sydney The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in full swing to prepare for the 100th anniversary of its founding this week, with an intense publicity push to crow about its achievements. However, the CCP has little to celebrate in terms of what it has done for China. Its chief achievement has been … [Read more...] about The Communist Party claims to have brought prosperity and equality to China. Here’s the real impact of its rule
BIDEN’S CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL
by Carl Golden In their zeal to mollify the leftist progressive wing of their party, President Biden and the Democratic leadership in Congress have seriously jeopardized what was intended to be the Administration’s signature accomplishment – a $4 trillion infrastructure program, the largest national public works project since the New Deal. Deep divisions between … [Read more...] about BIDEN’S CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL
Demolition of collapsed Miami condo could happen as soon as Sunday
Published by ReutersBy Francisco Alvarado SURFSIDE, Fla. (Reuters) -The demolition of the remains of the partially collapsed condo complex near Miami Beach could happen as soon as Sunday, officials said, in an effort to tear down the unsafe structure before the arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa churning off Florida. Two more people were found dead on Saturday in the rubble of the … [Read more...] about Demolition of collapsed Miami condo could happen as soon as Sunday
‘What was the point?’ Afghans rue decades of war as U.S. quits Bagram
Published by ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - As American troops left their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, marking a symbolic end to the longest war in U.S. history, locals living in the shadow of the base and in nearby Kabul were left ruing the past and bracing for what comes next. Violence has been raging throughout Afghanistan in the weeks since President Joe Biden … [Read more...] about ‘What was the point?’ Afghans rue decades of war as U.S. quits Bagram
Afghanistan – The End of the Tar Baby Story
American Soldiers FOB Baylough - Dept of Defense photo At the end of the day -- as we always should have known -- we'd be gone and the Taliban would still be in Afghanistan. U.S. Leaves Its Last Afghan Base, Effectively Ending Operations Thomas Gibbons-Neff / New York Times July 2, 2021Updated 9:33 a.m. ET KABUL, Afghanistan — American troops and their Western … [Read more...] about Afghanistan – The End of the Tar Baby Story
Cocky Republican Congressman Is ‘Schooled’ by Top Military Brass (UPDATES)
UPDATE II: Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has come out in strong defense of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. Esper is just one of many Republicans who is defending Milley after denigrating personal attacks on Milley by Fox show host Tucker Carlson and, now, by Trump. Esper lauded Milley as a “person of impeccable integrity and … [Read more...] about Cocky Republican Congressman Is ‘Schooled’ by Top Military Brass (UPDATES)