Charlotte (AFP) - President Donald Trump opened his bid for a second term after securing the Republican nomination Monday in typically combative fashion by claiming Democrats want to "steal" the election that polls currently show him losing.Minutes after the party completed the nomination vote confirming Trump as the candidate on November 3, he appeared at the convention in … [Read more...] about Trump gets Republican nomination and claims election being rigged
Here We Go Again! Voter suppression
The Corona virus has provided the Republicans with new ways to suppress minority voting, which they automatically assume will be Democratic. GOP leaders have openly said that if everyone in the United States got to vote, it would be the end of the Republican Party, as the Democrats would win every major election. In two of the last three presidential elections won by … [Read more...] about Here We Go Again! Voter suppression
TRUMP’S WALL (Cartoon)
Seventy-five Years of Nation Building
The United States has been in the nation-building, democracy-planting business since 1945. Nation building is the attempt to transform a non-democratic country into a stable, peaceful nation with democratic attitudes, habits and institutions. In the immediate aftermath of WWII we had great success with nation building. We transformed Germany and Japan into viable democracies, … [Read more...] about Seventy-five Years of Nation Building
Secret Recording: Trump’s sister calls him a “cruel” liar with “no principles” and “you can’t trust him”
As Donald Trump prepares to do a speech at 10 p.m. EST each night at this week's Republican convention, the Washington Post has published a report based on secret recordings showing that his older sister Maryanne Trump told his niece Mary Trump that the President is a cruel "liar" who has "no principles" and can't be trusted. Here's one segment from the recording: The … [Read more...] about Secret Recording: Trump’s sister calls him a “cruel” liar with “no principles” and “you can’t trust him”
TEA TIME FOR NAVALNY (Cartoon)
How Alexei Navalny revolutionized opposition politics in Russia, before his apparent poisoning
PECKER CUT
David Pecker -- a man whose name has launched a thousand tasteless, crass headlines (see above) -- has been axed from his longtime position as American Media Inc.'s CEO and Chief Executive. The company has been most famous for The National Enquirer, the supermarket tabloid magazine known for its screaming headlines in 60s, a photo of Elvis Presley in his open coffin in the … [Read more...] about PECKER CUT
Trump’s convention to ignite base with fireworks and culture war
Washington (AFP) - Launching political grenades -- and real fireworks -- President Donald Trump's Republican party will use next week's convention to ignite its base ahead of the most divisive US election in decades.As the Democrats demonstrated in their on-screen-only convention to nominate Joe Biden this week, the 2020 presidential election is already deep in untested … [Read more...] about Trump’s convention to ignite base with fireworks and culture war
Before You Go into the Voting Booth…
Before you go into the Voting Booth Take a moment and review the Truth Make a list of all of Trump’s “fantastic” things he claims he has done Then check off what he has actually won A new and better healthcare plan? A Mexican paid wall to protect our land? A balanced budget and on our way to zero debt to pay? “Easy to win trade wars”: Try and add up the scores Are … [Read more...] about Before You Go into the Voting Booth…
Bad Yelp reviews during pandemic add insult to injury for struggling restaurants
SAN DIEGO — Over the past decade, North San Diego County restaurant owners Roddy and Aaron Browning have looked upon Yelp, the high-profile crowd-sourced reviews platform, as something of a necessary evil. A diner’s positive 5-star review will make their day, but a negative 1- or 2-star review will ruin their week.But since the pandemic began in March, the Brownings and many … [Read more...] about Bad Yelp reviews during pandemic add insult to injury for struggling restaurants
2020 Vote (Cartoon)
Joe Biden appealed to 2 different audiences in his acceptance speech – 2 experts discuss which punches landed
Joe Biden appealed to 2 different audiences in his acceptance speech - 2 experts discuss which punches landed Biden accepts the Democratic nomination on Aug. 20, 2020. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Todd Shaw, University of South Carolina and Cynthia Young, Pennsylvania State University “Give people light,” Joe Biden said, … [Read more...] about Joe Biden appealed to 2 different audiences in his acceptance speech – 2 experts discuss which punches landed
Biden pledges to end US ‘darkness’ in accepting Democratic nomination
Wilmington (United States) (AFP) - Joe Biden promised Thursday to end the "darkness" of Donald Trump's presidency in a speech accepting the Democratic nomination with an impassioned call for unity and a return to optimism."The current president has cloaked America in darkness for much too long. Too much anger, too much fear, too much division," Biden said."If you entrust me … [Read more...] about Biden pledges to end US ‘darkness’ in accepting Democratic nomination
Trump’s Five Stable Genius Words Revisited
Trump has for weeks been making the rounds, bragging that he can repeat the words Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV in English and that such makes him a very stable genius. “You go, ‘person, woman, man, camera, TV.’ If you get it in order you get extra points. They say nobody gets it in order. It’s is actually not that easy but for me it was. And that's not an easy … [Read more...] about Trump’s Five Stable Genius Words Revisited
2020 ELECTION: BIDEN VERSUS ‘A GRAVE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THREAT’
We’re compelled to interrupt our regularly scheduled program to bring you the latest dire reminder that Joe Biden, now the official Democratic nominee, will be facing off against a willing Russian stooge who welcomed Vladimir Putin’s illegal assistance in 2016 and is totally fine with doing so again. This reminder was voiced Tuesday by the Republican-led Senate Intelligence … [Read more...] about 2020 ELECTION: BIDEN VERSUS ‘A GRAVE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE THREAT’
Russian Collusion (Cartoon)
Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon arrested in border wall fraud case
New York (AFP) - Former top Trump aide Steve Bannon was on Thursday arrested and charged along with three others for defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors in a Mexico border wall fundraising campaign -- a blow to the Republican incumbent.The online crowdfunding campaign known as "We Build the Wall" raised more than $25 million, prosecutors said, which the defendants said … [Read more...] about Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon arrested in border wall fraud case
Obama warns Trump is a threat to democracy in searing DNC speech (full text and full VIDEO)
In what some analysts have called the best speech he has ever given (see above video for full speech), former President Barack Obama blasted Donald Trump as unfit for the Presidency and an existential threat to American democracy. The "No Drama Obama" was not there but a grim Obama who in a searing speech delivered a historically stunning rebuke of his … [Read more...] about Obama warns Trump is a threat to democracy in searing DNC speech (full text and full VIDEO)
Pandemic and Commercial Retail Real Estate
Commercial retail is dead, right? We've heard that for years and there is no doubt it has fallen from its highs 20-25 years ago. On line buying has dug into sales for brick and mortar stores more and more each year. The Pandemic, however, may have added a whole new layer. Us older folks, the Boomers, have largely been afraid to buy things on the internet, preferring to touch … [Read more...] about Pandemic and Commercial Retail Real Estate