When I was in Japan working in the 1970s, I recall the ever-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as what its name implied, liberal, but now it’s being billed as a conservative parliamentary force. It is, however, also no longer the majority party. Whatever it is politically, the LDP on Saturday elected ultra-conservative Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, the first […]
There’s breaking news that Hamas has signaled it is ready to release all hostages and begin negotiations with Trump and Israel. The president’s deadline, announced earlier today, of Hamas’s needing to agree to a deal by Sunday, 6 p.m. ET, appears to have brought about this development, proving me potentially wrong in my earlier assessments — if everything pans out.. […]
I turn on “Shark Tank,” where millionaires — perhaps a billionaire once in a while — have new products and services pitched to them by entrepreneurs seeking investments. I turn it on briefly two or three times a week for what I and my online movie/TV critic friend call a “time killer” experience. In other words, we ain’t got nuttin […]
“Operation Spider Web,” a coordinated drone attack by Ukraine on five Russian airfields launched from shipping containers atop truckbeds, damaged 40-plus long-range strategic bombers, destroying “at least” 13 of them, according to Ukraine Security Services (SBU). The attack by 117 drones on Sunday, June 1, was “one year, six months and nine days” in the making, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky […]
After my writing that Trump lacks the cojones vis-a-vis Vladimir Putin (which may ultimately prove to be the case), Trump 45 appeared to return in a welcoming meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. (No connection to what I wrote; I was just impressed with the presence of the Trump I remember.) Background: Demofiends went racist bonkers when Trump allowed […]
Aa part of the Trump administration’s 100 days in office, the WhiteHouse.gov website featured “100 Days of Hoaxes: Cutting Through the Fake News,” exposing and correcting slanted and untrue news accounts. More tellingly, however, President Trump himself agreed to an interivew on ABC News TV with some obscure journalist — er, someone masquerading as a journalist — named Terry Moran. […]
Mike Trout, who has been dogged with injuries for the past two years, previously won three Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards as an outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels, but on Saturday night, April 12, he proved to be an MVP after the game as well. Durfing a meet-up with the Astros in Houston, Trout was patrolling rightfield when a […]
