It is almost impossible to discern what exactly took place in Singapore while we all slept. A wholly non-binding agreement - a statement - got signed. But, the statement included no provisions for human rights abuses, no provisions for...
So, a few days ago Trump trotted out John Bolton to threaten Iran, saying the deployment was meant "to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of...
(Above: Oil Tanker "Front Altair.")
Two oil tankers are currently on fire in the Gulf of Oman, to the east of the Straits of Hormuz at the entrance to the Indian Ocean.
The incidents are variously described as “attacks” or “explosions” and though...
Kudos to Jerry Brown for being the voice of reason. Dubya should have gotten us out of Afghanistan and likely would have if he had actually listened to the intelligence of the day. But then this was a day...
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Most tinhorn dictators, or in Trump's case, wannabe dictators, tend to celebrate "victories" by doubling down on their authoritarian instincts. Trump celebrated the commutation of the jail sentence of his accomplice in crime Roger Stone with a ridiculous and unenforceable...
Okay, you prepare yourself all week, saying there's not a damn thing Trump can do that will surprise me. First bump the Queen, totally possible. Call the Queen an old hag, yeah. Make the world far less safe, insult...
This was the next foreseeable development in the saga of the Marine who couldn't stop posting videos and criticizing his superior officers on social media. We have followed the saga here from the beginning. Just go to the magnifying...
Nina Khrushchev is the great-granddaughter of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, the guy who got America's attention big time when he banged his loafer on the United Nations podium and declared, "We will bury you!" Scary guy. But all...
That's right, the Moron-in-Chief said this morning on Twitter that, “There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea.”
https://twitter.com/AP/status/1006847905431420929
He also reassures the U.S. and the world that “everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office.”
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1006837823469735936
Thanks Trump. Mission...
