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As millions stood in food lines, including military families, Trump threw a Great Gatsby-themed bash at Mar-a-Lago, laughing the night away like Louis XVI at Versailles. iPINIONS calls out the obscene contrast between Republican decadence and the desperation they cause. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/ballrooms-and-breadlines-trump-parties Read more.
I find it curious that Obama is effectively calling on the Egyptian military to guarantee the protesters’ democratic aspirations. Ironically, he and other Western leaders seem to believe that the best way to transition from Mubarak’s dictatorship to democracy is by installing a de facto military dictatorship. (“Crisis in Egypt: the End Game,” The iPINIONS… Read more.
Won’t these brutal dictators ever learn? Think what you will of the cowardly path Tunisia’s Ben Ali took by fleeing into exile. At least he was smart enough to avoid the humiliation Egypt’s Mubarak is now suffering. Mubarak’s being wheeled into court on his deathbed to face trial, which will surely end in his Saddam-like… Read more.
