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Archives for December 2024

Happy New Year 2025 – Good Luck!

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Elon Musk slashing Father Time for New Year

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: autocracy, democracy, dystopian, Project 2025, Trump

Jimmy Carter, the Best Ex-President, Is Dead.

Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
CNN profile image of Jimmy Carter with image of him and wife Rosalynn inset

Former President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Ga., after deciding nearly two years ago to forgo further medical care following a series of medical crises, according to two people close to the family and The Carter Center, the nonprofit he and his wife founded. At 100, he was the longest-lived… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: American presidents, Carter state funeral, Jimmy Carter death, Jimmy Carter legacy, longest-lived president, Panama Canal, post-presidency, Trump funeral

Musk Whips MAGA Over H1B – and Trump Wags His Tail

Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
MAGA civil war over H1B visas

MAGA civil war Elon Musk threw the following tantrum that triggered a schism in MAGA world: The reason I’m in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B. Take a big step back and FUCK YOURSELF in the face.… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Elon Musk, H1B visas, MAGA civil war, MAGA controversy, Steve Bannon feud, tech immigration, Trump and Musk, Trump billionaires

Happy Hanukkah – Despite the Rise in Antisemitism

Saturday, December 28, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Hanukkah celebration with image of menorah and Israeli flag.

Rise in antisemitism Let’s celebrate Hanukkah by standing with Jews everywhere to combat the antisemitic violence terrorizing them. History is flashing warnings to the world. Outbursts of antisemitism have often been harbingers of societies in deep trouble and omens that extremism and violence are imminent. So the wave of global hatred directed against Jews –… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Antisemitism, Gaza, Hamas, Hanukkah, Israel, LGBTQ Rights, Martin Niemöller, Migrant Issues, Social Justice, World Politics

Happy Kwanzaa!

Friday, December 27, 2024 at 6:49 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Kwanzaa kinara under a Christmas tree with cartoon of family lighting kinara inset.

Black pride Many Black Americans insist on calling themselves African Americans. Yet, many know little about their American heritage, and even less about African ancestry.  That might be because “Black pride” is about as ethereal and subjective as religious faith. Martin Luther King Jr. taught us the objective value of judging people not by the color of their skin… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: African American Identity, African Heritage, Black Americans, Black Pride, Cultural Celebration, Kwanzaa

Happy Boxing Day!

Thursday, December 26, 2024 at 6:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Boxing Day sale with scene of Christmas Day hangover inset.

Boxing Day: a Christmas hangover  Today is Boxing Day. It’s a Christmas hangover holiday, which the countries of the British Commonwealth observe on December 26.  However, like most British (‘bank’) holidays, it has no modern significance. It merely provides lazy Englishmen (and the people they ‘colonized’) a pretext for another day off from work. The historical hijinks of Boxing… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Boxing Day, British Commonwealth, British Holidays, Commonwealth Traditions, December 26th, Post-Christmas Celebrations

Happy Christmas!

Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
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Filed Under: General Tagged With: bah humbug, Happy Christmas, Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas

Happy Festivus

Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 6:31 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Cartoon of Festivus dinner with scene from Seinfeld Festivus episode inset.

Seinfeld’s famous Festivus Playwrights have long used jesters to spotlight the folly in prevailing thoughts and customs. And they were doing so long before William Shakespeare patented this literary device.  However, Jerry Seinfeld might be the first jester to employ this device. He did so by making “Festivus for the rest of us” the theme of… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: alternative traditions, Christmas, commercialism, Festivus, holiday traditions, O'Keefe family, secular holidays, Seinfeld

Is Mohammad Julani Syria’s Fidel Castro?

Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Syrian rebel leader Julani surrounded by images Netanyah, Erdogan, Castro and US rep

Syria’s rebel leader Abu Mohammad al Julani is promising to build a secular, inclusive society that respects minority rights. Western leaders are eating it up. They’re salivating at the chance to snatch Syria from Russia’s autocratic axis and parade it as a new democracy. President Biden is so impressed he scrapped the $10 million bounty… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: autocracy, Bashir al-Assad, democracy, Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista, Middle East Politics, Mohammad al Julani, rebel leaders, Syria, US foreign policy

NYC Arrests Luigi Mangione: Hannibal Lecter Style

Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
NYPD arresting Luigi Mangione like Hannibal Lecter

  New York City’s dramatic arrest of Luigi Mangione looked like a scene ripped from Silence of the Lambs. Mayor Adams played the senator, flanked by hundreds of NYPD officers, welcoming Mangione at the Wall Street helipad like he was Hannibal Lecter himself. Sure, Mangione has inspired folk-hero status among Americans fed up with health… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Hannibal Lecter, Luigi Mangione, Mayor Eric Adams, NYC arrest, NYPD, Silence of the Lambs, social media outrage, UnitedHealthcare murder

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