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May 10, 2024

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Steve Bannon's conviction for defying a Congressional subpoena

This means he may soon have to begin serving his four month sentence.

May 9, 2024

Analysis of Trump trial on Nicole.

This trial isn’t about subverting the Constitution or overturning an election.

It’s about an extramarital affair with a porn star, the cover up involving fraudulent business records, and the sleazy business of the catch and kill strategy employed by a supermarket tabloid.

Trump campaigned on draining the swamp, but this trial reveals he lives in it.

May 8, 2024

20% of Indiana GOP primary voters cast ballots for Niki Haley, who dropped out months ago.

This is consistent with margins from other states and seems to indicate that 20% of Republicans don’t want Trump. We can only hope.

May 2, 2024

Columbia University 1968 protesting the Vietnam War.

For a flashback, read the Strawberry Statement, a non-fiction book by James Simon Kunen, written when he was 19, which chronicled his experiences at Columbia University from 1966–1968, particularly the April 1968 protests and takeover of the office of the dean of Columbia by student protesters.[1]

It’s worth a read.

May 1, 2024

Question: is it possible to be concerned about Palestinian civilians without being accused of being anti-Semitic?

I look at the photos of destroyed apartment buildings in Gaza and they look exactly like the ones bombed by Putin in Ukraine.

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University of Texas Graduate 1969 Drafted US Army for Vietnam War Graduate School on the GI Bill Married 48 years Certified Public Accountant 40 Years Local non-paid elective office: Three terms on City Council 35 years on Board of Directors of local water utility district Surfing consistently summers and winters since 1968
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