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Democrats’ Achilles Heel: Ostrich-like Silence on Spikes in Urban Crime

Friday, August 21, 2020 at 6:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

It is vexing that, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, peaceful protests have invariably descended into rampaging violence – complete with mercenary looting and police assaults that make a mockery of BLM chants for criminal justice. But the failure of Democratic leaders to decry and condemn this violence is as self-defeating as… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: general election, President Donald J. Trump, urban crime

Delay Election? No, That’s Just Trump Being the Master of Distraction; the Media, His Klieg-Light Operators

Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 9:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

How does Trump outrage me? Too many ways to count. As today’s title suggests, however, I am always more outraged by people who support and enable Trump than by the dotard himself. Unfortunately, this has made me something of a Debbie Downer among family and friends. Because I’m often reminding those laughing at Trump that… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Distraction, general election, Trump Tweets

Britain Elects Boris to Make England ‘an Island Entire of Itself’

Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 8:53 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Given preliminary results from today’s general election, it behooves Britons to beware what they voted for. Because the election of Boris Johnson as prime minister might prove a pyrrhic outcome at best. Boris Johnson appears on course to secure a crushing majority of 86, and take Britain out of the EU in January [a.k.a. Brexit],… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Boris Johnson, general election, Scottish Independence, UK

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