Tag: history
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TAPA # 213 FREEDOM!!!
Well, what did I tell you Old Bone Spurs would say? I told you so. We are long past stipulating that Trump is a liar, a grifter, a convicted felon, and, in my view, a leader whose primary concern is himself. Last night’s Orwellian speech reinforced a familiar principle: Don’t believe what you see or read,…
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TAPA # 212 A REICHSTAG MOMENT???
Tonight, Old Bone Spurs, a documented liar and grifter, will likely once again claim that the 2020 election was rigged. Let’s remember what that election actually was: Given all of this documented evidence, Trump’s narrative is reminiscent of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone: “This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call……
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TAPA # 211 EINSTEIN’S WARNING
Last night I watched a drama-documentary about Albert Einstein. Fortunately, it focused less on his scientific achievements and more on his experiences during the rise of Nazi Germany and his social philosophy. Einstein was deeply saddened by the bombing of Hiroshima. Although his work laid part of the scientific foundation that ultimately made the atomic…
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TAPA 206 OUR SUPREME DECISION
Sometimes an act can be legally correct yet morally or humanely wrong. The two recent Supreme Court decisions affecting immigration may ultimately prove to be Pyrrhic victories, legally sound under the Court’s interpretation of the Constitution, but costly because of their human consequences. History provides a sobering example. In 1857, the Supreme Court, under Chief…
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TAPA # 204 CAR 2419D
The “Surrender of Versailles” signed by Trump yesterday was gobsmacking, both for its content and its historical overtones. The Wall Street Journal and other sites are reporting it as a loss/surrender of the United States, a win for Iran by providing it with financing to rebuild, allowing it to keep the nuclear material, removing the…
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TAPA # 199 REPUBLICAN COMPLICITY
Over the weekend I listened to a podcast, read about the Louisiana primary where Senator Cassidy was defeated by a Trump supported rival, and reflected on the Indiana primary where Republicans who dared oppose Trump suffered a similar fate. Then I read the Sunday article, “Lamar Alexander Wants Republicans to Stand Up to Trump.” Alexander,…
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TAPA # 193 WHO’D A THOUGHT???
TAPA (The American Poseidon Adventure) #192 was titled “Stupidity on Display.” But after listening to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch report on the Comey indictment, even that feels like an understatement. This latest episode doesn’t just match #192—it surpasses it. The predicate for the indictment is, frankly, preposterous. A photograph of seashells arranged on a…
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HONOR vs. SLEAZE
There are no words fit for public use that fully capture the character of “President Bone Spurs.” His latest comment on Robert Mueller’s death echoes his disgraceful insults toward a true hero, Sen. McCain, and others of integrity, like the Reiners. Trump’s pattern is consistent: diminish others, belittle achievement, and attack those whose service and…
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TAPA # 178 WHAT A DEAL…???
The attached Robert Reich article provides the detail behind my TAPA #176, “WHAT A DEAL.” The administration, led by “Hillbilly” JD Vance, is quick to cut or freeze funds that save lives while enabling those who profit from death and destruction. It is just one more example of the Trump administration’s irresponsible, devious, and self-serving behavior; filling their coffers…
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