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Less than three weeks to go. What do you mean, “until what?” Do we really have to specify? The suspense has us thinking back 82 years, when 156,116 men spent hours crammed into open boats, being knocked about by waves, and thinking—or trying not to think—about what was going to happen next. We’re not saying we’d rather be storming the beaches of Normandy, but waiting for the mid-term elections is challenging our equanimity. Fortunately we are dry and safe—and do we ever have distractions. Here’s one we didn’t see coming: The Man Who Need Not Be Named [TMWNNBN] has finally found someone in his administration whose ethics failed to meet his standards. The U.S. Ambassador to Greece—who by remarkable coincidence just happens to be one Kimberly Guilfoyle, the President’s own former daughter-in-law-to-be—has been kicked to the curb for soliciting a $100,000 bribe in exchange for access to top administration officials. Now, since behavior of this sort seems as common as dirt these days; one has… Be Careful What You Wish For
by Richard M. Balzano The Trump administration’s recent assault on the International Criminal Court (ICC) may be an abominable disgrace, but there’s no reason to panic—this is an American tradition. Washington has been treating international law like an inconvenient parking regulation for decades. The only novelty is how openly we’re admitting it. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently announced that “President Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans,” explaining that Washington would “ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling their ability to operate against us.” Rubio declared that Americans “are not subject to the jurisdiction of this fake ICC,” and he warned our allies to fall in line on this issue. Rubio postured with no irony… Accountability: The Greatest Threat to U.S. National Security
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1999—After confessing she had had a 19-year affair with her father-in-law, George Roche III, the president of Hillsdale College—“the most conservative college in America”—Lissa Roche commits suicide. 1973—OPEC turns off… 2002—George W.[MD] Bush signs the law he demanded giving him permission to start an unprovoked war. 1973—Fred and Donald Trump are sued by the Justice Dept. for discriminating against minority… 2008—The Dow loses 7.8 percent of its value in its 2nd worst day ever. 2004—Jon Stewart appears on CNN’s “Crossfire” and begs Tucker Carlson to “stop hurting America.” Less than… 2018—RIP, Emilio V. Maddaloni. 2011—Weeks after a U.S. drone smites his dad, a U.S. citizen in Yemen, Abdulrahman Anwar al-Awlaki, also a U.S. citizen, meets the same fate. Neither ever… Sat, Oct 17
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by W.D. Ehrhart Holy cow! I’ve just gotten a personal message from the world-famous political consultant James Carville. It says so right on the envelope: “A Personal Message from James Carville.” And not just personal, but confidential, too. Right there above my name on the… Give Us Your $$$$$
To the editor; Commentary describing the benefits or the dangers of AI has become commonplace. Predictions for AI run the gamut from Utopian visions of a world where humans will have all needs taken care of by armies of robots directed by a benevolent AI… Can Anyone Be Trusted With AI?
–=≈=– Once again, thanks in large part to our small team of dedicated volunteers, thousands of copies of our conveniently-sized paper—small enough to pocket and pass on to another reader—are now available, for free, here in Portsmouth and environs. If you click here, our latest issue—the whole thing—in digital form, will appear more or less miraculously on the glassy face of whatever gadget into which you’re now peering. Volume 271, No. 3
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“Thanks again, as always, for making the now really bad news somewhat easier to tolerate. The truth, which is now seldom spoken, and never spoken by our nation’s “Liar in Chief,” just keeps getting worse and worse. I am thankful for our still (for now, anyway) free press and late night television comedians’ rants posted on Youtube about the state of our country.”
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