An editorial from the “New Yorker” magazine’s website, dated today: In the rhetoric of Donald Trump, mendacity and cynicism compete for equal time. It is hard to say which prevailed today as the Republican Party standard-bearer, a man who pretends to the most powerful political office in the land, tweeted this at his followers: “Appreciate […]
Orlando tragedy
My thoughts, prayers and tears are with the people in Orlando. Why do so many people have such hatred in their hearts and heads?
Bobby Fischer Movie
Watched a pretty good biographical movie tonight: “Pawn Sacrifice”, staring Tobey Maguire as a young Bobby Fischer (chess champion in the ’60s and ’70s). Tobey does a great job at portraying Mr. Fischer. The movie starts with us seeing him as a 6 yr old chess prodigy, thru his teenage and young adult years, and […]
Mr. Trump and his comment regarding Elizabeth Warren
“Pocahontas”. Ok, I’m pretty sure President Obama has someone on his staff doing his Twitter remarks for him. I’m guessing that both Senator Sanders and Secretary Clinton also have people to do that kinda stuff too. (yes, probably both candidates have input and/or are consulted at times, before a tweet is twittered – but, my […]
Chewbacca Mom and internet haters
Article on money “made” by the Chewbacca “Mom” First: Good for her! She made us laugh. She made lots (thousands, if not millions) of us laugh as we watched her laugh. Second: How can anyone feel a need to hate or criticize her for getting/making money off of her video? Doesn’t make any sense to […]
