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Archives for June 2012

First Truman, Now Obama

Saturday, June 30, 2012 at 7:54 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Not since the famously erroneous 1948 headline “Dewey Defeats Truman” have the mainstream media gotten a major headline so wrong as when CNN, FOX News and other new organizations rushed on Thursday with “Mandate Struck Down.” Of course, the Supreme Court upheld the mandate, the indispensable (funding) feature of Obamacare. Related commentaries: Supreme Court upholds Obamacare Read more.

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Filed Under: General

Scoop Doggy Poop … then Wipe that Ass!

Friday, June 29, 2012 at 6:50 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I get just as irritated with dog owners who expect me to pet their overly friendly dogs as I do with mothers who expect me to coo at their plainly ugly babies. This is not to say, however, that my dislike of babies is just as great as my dislike of dogs; but it’s close.… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: dog hygiene, pooper scooper

I Was Right ! Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare !

Thursday, June 28, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I predict the Court will rule … to uphold the constitutionality of what is bound to go down in history as the most important achievement of any U.S. president since the Civil Rights bill President Lyndon Johnson signed into law in 1964. (“Supreme Court To Rule on Landmark Healthcare Reform,” The iPINIONS Journal, November 23,… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Obamacare

Mike Tyson on Broadway?!

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Why not?  After all, if Kim Kardashian can entertain millions (and make millions) by manufacturing drama for her faux reality-TV show, Mike Tyson can easily regale audiences by just telling the undisputed truth about the serial drama that has been his life … for real. This is why the title of his one-man show, Mike… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Mike Tyson

Obamacare: The Supreme Court Rules…

Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 5:07 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

All of Washington is waiting with bated breath for tomorrow’s Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of Obamacare. I’m on record predicting not only that the Court will rule it constitutional, but that it will do so by a rare 6-3 margin: I predict the Court will rule 6-3 to upholdthe constitutionality of what is… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Obamacare, US Supreme Court

Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Anti-Immigration Law

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 5:27 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Today the Supreme Court struck down 75 percent of Arizona’s anti-immigration law: a) ruling it unconstitutional for police officers to make warrantless arrests of anyone they suspect is an illegal immigrant; b) ruling it unconstitutional to require illegal immigrants to carry federal documents; and c) ruling it unconstitutional for the state to arrest illegal immigrants merely for seeking… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Arizona immigration law, US Supreme Court

UPDATE: Military Declares the Brotherhood’s Morsi Egypts’s New President

Monday, June 25, 2012 at 6:16 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

And so the post-Mubarak chaos I warned about continues … with more pro-democracy protesters vowing to boycott the runoff than those planning to vote. This, of course, would virtually guarantee the outcome these nincompoop protesters fear most (i.e., the election of the Brotherhood’s candidate) and force the military to intervene again…. (“Military Coup after just… Read more.

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Justice Begins for Victims of Child-Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church and at Penn State

Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

It seems like a divine coincidence that two separate juries in the state of Pennsylvania rendered guilty verdicts yesterday in cases related to the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church and at Penn state. The Catholic Church A few years ago, revelations about the nature and scope of sexual abuse by priests gave… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Catholic Church, child-sex abuse, Jerry Sandusky, Penn State

LeBron James Leads Miami Heat to NBA Championship

Friday, June 22, 2012 at 8:10 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Two years ago virtually every sports writer criticized LeBron for leaving Cleveland to “take [his] talents to South Beach.” But their criticism had far more to do with the fanfare he made of his announcement than with his leaving. And it did not matter to them that LeBron orchestrated that fanfare so that the millions generated could… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: LeBron James, Miami Heat, NBA

Delusions of Despair Undermining Obama’s Presidency?

Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 8:19 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

When Barack Obama said he wanted to be a transformative president I’m sure he did not have in mind a transformation from the personification of hope in 2008 to the personification of despair this year. Yet this is the only transformation his (predominantly Republican) critics see. What is delusional about this, however, is that chief… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: economy, Mitch McConnell, Obamacare

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