To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Observercast

A Jury Debunks Trump’s Russia Lies – Again

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Proving that there’s a sucker born every minute may be the guiding principle of former President Donald Trump’s political career. He has succeeded brilliantly in persuading many Americans that he is worth billions, that his actual fortune was earned and not merely inherited and that he cares about them. None of that is true. But […]

Musk Owns A Lot But Not Twitter’s Followers

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A day without Elon Musk is an OK day. Not that I don’t like him. He’s a business genius, after all, who launched the electric-vehicle future. He helped preserve online access in a battered Ukraine by sending over 12,000 Starlink terminals that work with orbiting satellites. Ukraine thanked him for that. Ukraine was less enthusiastic […]

How Can Jews Still Be Republicans?

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The antisemitic outbursts of Kanye West have exposed the increasing tolerance of foul bigotry within the Republican Party and among its “conservative” mouthpieces. With West now touted as a new Black GOP voice [despite or perhaps because of his admitted mental illness], his sickening threats against Jews were quickly excused or even endorsed by the […]

Seven Fifteen

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Seven fifteen is not the time. It’s the price for a gallon of high-test in California. They even advertise it. Forget spending a hundred dollars to top off the tank. You’ll need more. “Who’s going to win the midterm?” my friend asks from the back seat. I look out the window. Another gas station. Same […]

Who Should Pay?

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“I sympathize with the victims of Hurricane Sandy and believe that those who purchased flood insurance should have their claims paid,” then-Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis said upon voting against a $9.7 billion aid package for Sandy’s victims in 2013. But, he went on, letting the program increase federal debt by that amount without spending cuts […]