Tag Archives: Obituary

Nuclear Secret Bust

Monday, October 11, 2021

Sunk: A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to sell information about secret submarine technology to another country.    The engineer, Jonathan Toebbe, is accused of trying to sell information on the nuclear propulsion system of …

Biden Smooth, Press Stumbles

Friday, March 26, 2021

A Waste of Time: President Biden in his first news conference announced a more ambitious goal of getting 200 million Covid vaccine shots in the arms of Americans by his 100th day in office.   He also said he didn’t think the surge …

Mass Murder and the Gun Debate

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

An American Issue: After the second mass shooting in a week, President Biden  called for a ban on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines.   “This is not and should not be a partisan issue — it is an American issue,” Biden said in brief remarks. “We …

Ten Dead in Boulder, The Bubble Bursts

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

The American Illness: Ten people died yesterday afternoon including the first police officer on the scene in a shooting inside a Boulder, Colorado  grocery store. A wounded suspect was taken into custody.   People inside the King Soopers market on the south side of …

Spring Spreaders, Eight Against Cuomo

Monday, March 22, 2021

Viral News: Miami Beach declared an emergency and imposed an 8pm curfew to shut down late night Spring Break parties that threaten to spread the coronavirus. Police fired pepper balls to break up a party that turned into a riot Saturday …

Secret Agents in Streets, The Hot Zones

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Special Ops: Reports out of  Portland, Oregon, say that men in camouflage uniforms who refuse to identify themselves have been detaining protesters.   A man named Mark Pettibone, 29, has told reporters he was grabbed about 2 am Wednesday while walking alone after a …

New Records, Attacking Obamacare

Saturday, June 27, 2020

Pandemic: Florida reported more than 8,900 new coronavirus cases on Friday, another one day record as the state’s re-opening of bars, restaurants, beaches and public spaces backfires.   Florida and Texas, with cases also rising, ordered all the bars closed. The Dow …

Supremes Save DACA, It’s Juneteenth

Friday, June 19, 2020

Stay at Home Order: Dealing a blow to President Trump’s anti-immigration agenda, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 yesterday that Trump cannot abruptly end protections for illegal immigrants brought to the US as children.   The program known as DACA, Deferred Action for …

Again in Atlanta, The Virus Spreading

Monday, June 15, 2020

Police Blotter: An officer was fired, the chief of police resigned, and a restaurant was burned after the shooting death of an unarmed black man in Atlanta over the weekend.   Even as protests continue over the Minneapolis police killing of George …

America in Flames, America in Space

Monday, June 1, 2020

Anger and Flames: American cities roiled and burned over the weekend in continuing protest and violence over the police killing of 46-year-old George Floyd in Minneapolis a week ago.   Police, and demonstrators and vandals clashed in the cities of Detroit, Philadelphia, …