In a Birmingham McDonald’s: The shooting took place at the McDonald’s across from Princeton Hospital. Sanders entered the restaurant when an employee opened the door for a father and his sons to leave. Sanders then opened fire in the restaurant. … Continue reading →
Well, he can certainly try: It was always told to me that you needed a constitutional amendment. Guess what? You don’t,” Trump said, declaring he can do it by executive order. When told that’s very much in dispute, Trump replied: … Continue reading →
Here are brief notes about the victims. All were over fifty, and most were well over fifty. I don’t know whether that represents a deliberate targeting of old people by the shooter, or whether they were merely the targets available … Continue reading →
An Indonesian plane has crashed into the ocean and all 189 people on board are almost certainly dead. Articles about the crash are almost unutterably sad: the photos of IDs and cellphones found floating in the water, the grieving and … Continue reading →
This could be really really big: By destroying the mucous membrane in the small intestine and causing a new one to develop, scientists stabilised the blood sugar levels of people with type 2 diabetes. The results have been described as … Continue reading →
And quite a statement it is: …Kanye West has designed T-shirts urging blacks to leave the Democratic party in a “Blexit,”… More here: West has done the work for his conservative pal, Candace Owens, and her new “movement” which she … Continue reading →
They deserved it. Exuberance:
Continue reading →Remember the so-called “Brazilian Trump,” Jair Bolsonaro? I’ve written about him several times previously. Today was the run-off election between Bolsonaro and a leftist opponent, and the the results are in: Far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election on … Continue reading →
I’m puzzled by the near-obscurity into which Fernando Bujones has fallen. Barishnikov and Nureyev are household words, even for a lot of people who know nothing else about ballet. Likewise, Nijinsky, who danced a hundred years ago. But Bujones, one … Continue reading →
Sayoc now faces up to 58 years in prison for the pipe bomb (or pipe bomb hoaxes) recently sent to various political figures on the left. But my question is: why was a guy with a rap sheet a mile … Continue reading →
A breaking story, and very bad news: At least eight people were killed and multiple others injured in a shooting Saturday morning at a synagogue in a Pittsburgh neighborhood known for its Jewish population, CBS Pittsburgh/KDKA reports. The suspected shooter … Continue reading →
…by far. And it felt even longer. Eighteen innings. Seven hours and twenty minutes. And strange: Maybe the best way to sum up the bizarre night at Dodger Stadium: Of the 50 players on both rosters, only four didn’t get … Continue reading →