President Donald Trump is unmoored—and it's getting worse, according to the New York Times's chief White House reporter. In the midst of a week featuring the president attacking the media, retweeting anti-Muslim videos, suggesting that Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough killed an intern, and calling using an anti-Native American slur at an event honoring Native Americans,… … [Read more...] about Is Trump Losing It? Times Reporter Thinks So
Who will challenge Trump’s enablers?
WASHINGTON -- Great nations and proud democracies fall when their systems become so corrupted that the decay is not even noticed -- or the rot is written off as a normal part of politics. President Trump has created exactly such a crisis. He has not done it alone. The corrosion of norms and values began long before he propelled the nation past the edge, and his own party is … [Read more...] about Who will challenge Trump’s enablers?
O’Keefe’s Petard (Cartoon and Column)
James O’Keefe is a conservative provocateur who has spent years trying to prove liberals and those who report the news are just as horrible, unethical, and dishonest as he is. It doesn’t matter to conservatives that each time he’s released the results of one of his sting operations that it’s always packaged with lies. O’Keefe leads Project Veritas, which is a 501(c)(3) … [Read more...] about O’Keefe’s Petard (Cartoon and Column)
Goodell climate change book: ‘Engaging … terrifying’
T.S. Eliot proposed the world would end "not with a bang but a whimper." But according to several climate scientists, the end will come with water. The seas are rising because of climate change, scientists say, and they predict that by the end of the century, the oceans will have reshaped many of Earth's landscapes, drowning… … [Read more...] about Goodell climate change book: ‘Engaging … terrifying’
1.8 BILLION VILLAINS
1.8 BILLION VILLAINS (President Trump tweets anti-Muslim videos) Oops, we got busted again, I hate to admit it. By who else than our very own President. As he retweets the far-right anti-Muslim videos. So under no duress, I am going to confess. For I am running out of ways to react. I mean all us Muslims, all 1.8 billion. We had conspired with Kim Jong-un. Who … [Read more...] about 1.8 BILLION VILLAINS
The ‘Code Talkers,’ Once More, With Respect (Updated)
(Update: Scroll to bottom to view video on Roy Hawthorne, a Navajo code talker.) In 1982, President Ronald Reagan gave Native American “Code Talkers” a Certificate of Recognition and declared August 14 “Navajo Code Talkers Day.” In 1990, President George H. W. Bush declared the month of November as National American Indian Heritage Month, honoring Native Americans. … [Read more...] about The ‘Code Talkers,’ Once More, With Respect (Updated)
Trump in a Nutshell
Chris Cillizza describes Donald Trump very well on cnn.com. What explains Trump's decision to provoke Pelosi and Schumer in advance of the meeting? Some of Trump's allies will insist that he is playing a strategic game that people like me are just too dumb to see. That by forcing Democrats to walk away from the table, Trump will improve his party's leverage. Or … [Read more...] about Trump in a Nutshell
The Oil Information Cartel is (Finally) Broken
by Keith Schaefer A determined James Stafford of OilPrice.com just busted wide open an oil industry information cartel that has existed for decades. Most investors look at WTI and Brent prices at Bloomberg or CME Futures, and figure the oil price is in the public domain. You would be about 2% correct, because there are hundreds of different grades of oil, and hubs where … [Read more...] about The Oil Information Cartel is (Finally) Broken
Matt Lauer FIRED from NBC Over ‘Inappropriate Sexual Behavior in the Workplace’
"Today" hosts Savannah Guthrie (L) and Hoda Kotb announce the termination of former co-host Matt Lauer (Nov. 29, 2017) *The #MeToo movement has now come for Matt Lauer. The "Today" host was fired from NBC News after an employee filed a complaint about "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace," the network announced Wednesday. A shaken Savannah… … [Read more...] about Matt Lauer FIRED from NBC Over ‘Inappropriate Sexual Behavior in the Workplace’
‘Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri,’ Compelling, Introspective
Length: 1h 55m Rating: R, for violence, language, and sexual references. Score: 4.5/5 Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri is a compelling, exciting and introspective film. It captures the struggles of loss, finding hope when all seems hopeless and doing it when the odds are stacked against you. We follow the story of Mildred Hayes, played by the talented Frances … [Read more...] about ‘Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri,’ Compelling, Introspective
Trump’s Pocahontas Time (Cartoon and Column)
Most American presidents spend Thanksgiving weekend visiting troops, dishing out soup to the homeless and generally refraining from douchey behavior. Donald Trump set out to make this Thanksgiving the douchiest ever in the history of American presidents. I think he succeeded. George W. Bush once spent Thanksgiving in Iraq with American troops. Trump went to Mar-a-Lago and … [Read more...] about Trump’s Pocahontas Time (Cartoon and Column)
Here’s ‘what about’ Roy Moore that is different
WASHINGTON -- Call the CDC. Alert the surgeon general and put the National Institutes of Health on standby. We're having a severe outbreak of whataboutism. In mild forms, the primary symptom is a vulnerability to false equivalencies. Virulent strains, such as the current one, can cause victims to lose all moral perspective. After I wrote about the grotesque spectacle … [Read more...] about Here’s ‘what about’ Roy Moore that is different
Paris Climate Accord vs. Scientific Results
Climate alarmists and their accomplices in the media are still fussing about President Trump's refusal to go along with the Paris Climate Accord, although his refusal is justified. For example, here is an excerpt from a 2016 congressional testimony that the American public should be aware of: "No one knows the climate impact of the proposed carbon emission reductions … [Read more...] about Paris Climate Accord vs. Scientific Results
‘Coco,’ Celebrates Family and Heritage
Length: 1h 49m Rating: PG Score: 4/5 Coco is the heartwarming story of Miguel and his aspiration to become a musician. Unfortunately for him, Miguel's family has forbidden music from their lives because of the actions of his great great grandfather. Instead of music, the family wants him to follow in their tradition of shoemaking. During Dia de Los Muertos, Miguel … [Read more...] about ‘Coco,’ Celebrates Family and Heritage
Video Of Japanese Whaling Released After Five-Year Legal Battle
A video released by Washington based marine conservation organization the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on Tuesday showed footage of a Japanese whaling operation in the Southern Ocean that the Australian Government refused to make public. Shot by officers on the Australian Customs vessel Oceanic Viking in 2008, the video was released publicly on Tuesday following a… … [Read more...] about Video Of Japanese Whaling Released After Five-Year Legal Battle
Future presidents must restore what Trump has destroyed
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration's approach to governance is that of a bratty toddler confronting a neat stack of blocks: Knock it down and scatter the pieces. It may take years to rebuild what Trump and his minions are destroying. This is not the systematic move toward small government that conservatives have long sought. It's a lurch toward bad government, inadequate … [Read more...] about Future presidents must restore what Trump has destroyed
The New GOP
One wonders how such a dramatic transformation could have occurred. How could the Party of Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt turned into the Party of Richard Nixon, Newt Gingrich, Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, and Roy Moore? What was once the Party of social change, civil rights, trust-busters, progressivism, and environmentalism, became the Party of racism, white supremacy, … [Read more...] about The New GOP
Trump Mocks Senator Warren During Solemn Ceremony
During the presidential campaign the insulter-in-waiting derisively mocked Senator Elizabeth Warren’s claim to Native American heritage by repeatedly calling her “Pocahontas.” Today, at a White House event intended to honor Native American “Code Talkers” who heroically served during World War II, the now-insulter-in-chief used the solemn ceremony to once again poke at the … [Read more...] about Trump Mocks Senator Warren During Solemn Ceremony
Climate Alarmists vs. Mother Nature
"It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature." That saying (trademarked by Anderson, Clayton and Company) was the catchphrase for Chiffon Margarine back in the 1970s. An updated version of that saying should be, "It's not nice to discredit Mother Nature." Discrediting Mother Nature is just what climate alarmists do when they act as if climate change were caused solely by human … [Read more...] about Climate Alarmists vs. Mother Nature
The Russia Scandal Prequel: How Donald Trump Became Ensnared In Putin’s Web
WHEN DONALD AND IVANA TRUMP FIRST VISITED RUSSIA IN 1987, THE TRIP MAY HAVE BEEN SECRETLY UNDERWRITTEN BY THE KGB The reasons for Donald Trump's fawning embrace of Vladimir Putin and willingness to be played by a succession of Russian government officials, oligarchs and mobsters are by now well known and copiously documented. Less understood is what motivated Putin to … [Read more...] about The Russia Scandal Prequel: How Donald Trump Became Ensnared In Putin’s Web