CNN has been carying the torch on the January 6th Commision Investigation. Here is the most chilling installment. Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large (CNN)Buried in a court filing late Wednesday from the January 6 committee is an explosive email exchange between Greg Jacob, a top lawyer for then-Vice President Mike Pence, and John Eastman, a lawyer who […]
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With his invasion of Ukraine Vladimir Putin has opened the Era of Nuclear Blackmail The scenes of devastation in Ukraine could be repeated in Eastern Europe, Taiwan, the South China Sea. Anywhere a nuclear armed authoritarian regime [Russia, China, North Korea] wished to impose its will unilaterally on its “adversaries” whether they are nuclear enabled
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For the past decade, my politics and science websites of choice beyond the big influencers [NY Times, Washington Post The Guardian, BBC and CNN] have been an eclectic and everchanging mix. Incoming has been Wired, MIT Technology Review, NPR, and RottenTomatoes. Constants are Politico, TheHill, ChristianScience Monitor, Pixlr/e, TheWeek.com/Cartoons. Outgoing/infrequently visited sites are TheDailyBeast, TheHuffingtonPost and
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Why remain loyal to a traitor ? The evidence Before, During, After a year of treasonous manipulations are stunningly awkward for avowed patriots. This allegiance to one whose calculated self interest trumps any and all notions of ethics. or simple good will test adherents’ stomach for betrayal. The Evidence Storm clouds on the validity of
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I have traditionally used RealClearpolitics polling for a reasonable “Pulse of the Nation” update. But of late I have switched and am trying two new sources for Popular Political Pulse taking. First, I am following leading Republican media commentators that have a modest moderate bent. Think David Brooks, Anna Navarro, David Frum, and George Will.
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Amazon Prime has a TV Series, Flack that captures the essence of the first definition of flack – a slick set of arguments which can turn any criticism of a policy or politician to their advantage. For example, Senator Susan Collins lead the 10 GOP Senators with a faux Covid Relief Package whose key provision
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Since the Washington Capitol Riots, there has been unadulterated disbelief and a labored reckoning as to a)what happened and when during the January 6th at the White House Rally and then the Capitol, b) what was the purpose of the various groups making up the riot, c) who planned and enabled the riotous actions and
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Watching the Women’s World Cup 2019 in France was a Delight In several ways it is like watching the Women’s World Hockey Championships. The two super powers are Canada and the USA with 637,000 and 567,000 registered hockey players respectively. While for soccer there are 867,000 registered women players in Canada and 1,763,000 in the
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The Web has been transformed from benignly hopeful just 25 years ago to an increasingly dangerous place. There are key players silently vying for control of Web Space – the Nation-State cyber warriors almost all have been armed primarily by an incompetently vulnerable NSA and CIA.The Cyber Criminals trolling for vast amounts of easy money pickings
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I just abandoned watching the Champions League Final at the half between Liverpool and Real Madrid + The Referee. The Referee was bad enough ignoring Real Madrid dives, tripping and gouging. But then a crushing judo-like tackle by Sergio Ramos on Liverpool’s star, 44 goal star Mohammed Salah was the tipping point – this was
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