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It’s been a few days since I last shared with you my comments on items in the news. I shuffled through my stack of stuff, where I save material for future posts, however, a topic of special interest to me surfaced this week that deserves comment.
In my 68 years as a journalist/communicator, I have followed the writing guidelines of the AP Stylebook since it was first published in 1953. … read more
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WHILE THE DOJ IS SO OBSESSED with domestic terrorism caused by extremist white supremacists that it has formed a special unit equipped with massive resources to address it, they’ve taken their eye off anti-Semitic threats.
Anti-Semitic attacks have grown since the 2018 killing of 11 people in the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh.… read more
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Years ago, I recall reading about a survey in which Americans believed businesses made on average profits of 36 percent, an estimate supported by years of similar polls by Opinion Research when estimates ranged from 28 to 37 percent.
A recent review of more than 7,000 companies revealed that the average profit margin for all companies was 7.9 percent, and just one industry had a profit margin as high as 36 percent – tobacco at 43.3 percent.… read more
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I know, like me you’re probably tired of reading about statues of past leaders being torn down, or in many cases, simply removed. So, why am I writing about it again?
Earlier this month, a story about the removal of another statue of Robert E. Lee landed in my stack of stuff, potential future material for this blog. … read more
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BEAR WITH ME, friends … there’s so much in the stack begging for comment.
“CRABBY JOE” Biden lashed out with “I don’t care if you think I’m Satan reincarnated,” during his appearance on last week’s CNN townhall.
Satan is a bit harsh. With a little of Tim Conway, I was thinking more of Scrooge McDuck, the money-grubbing Disney character, especially when I think about his cockamamie multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure bill and what it would do to the debt. … read more
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Long before I became interested in politics, I recall listening to Gabriel Heatter, a radio commentator, with my Dad. With all of the news we are facing, I decided to borrow Heatter’s famous line – “Ah there’s good news tonight” – that he adopted as his catchphrase.… read more
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TARGETING RINOS IN 2022 – I had high hopes for Adam Kinzinger in 2009, a Republican returning from his third tour of duty with the Air Force in Iraq, deciding to run and unseat Democrat Debbie Halvorson in Illinois. He was consulting with the right people, Congressmen Mike Pence and Peter Roskam.… read more
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Apologies to Stephen Kruiser at PJ Media for lifting a quote from his Morning Briefing, “The GOP Isn’t in Turmoil, It’s Growing the Hell Up,” as the headline on this edition of my blog. It was too good to ignore.
Regular readers will recall my recent attempts to encourage Republicans to change from their usual passivity on issues and grow a backbone.… read more
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IN THE AFTERMATH of the foolish move by Major League Baseball and CEOs at Delta, Coca Cola, et al, covered in my last post, I thought you would find these views interesting:
“The rush by corporate leaders to denounce Georgia’s new voting law will rank in infamy as one of the most cowardly, cynical and socially destructive moves in modern American history.”… read more
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IMPRESSED? DON’T BE – The president has no idea of the content in each of these executive orders and memorandums stacked up for his signature. Did you notice that the few members of the media allowed to watch the initials signings, were not permitted to ask for details?
