Tag Archives: Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Devastated

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Like a Hurricane: More than a million people are without power today in the Dominican Republic after Hurricane Fiona passed through with sustained winds up to 90 miles per hour. As much as 20 inches of rain fell on parts of …

“Vote for Roy Moore,” Hurricane Deaths

Saturday, December 9, 2017

Get Out the Vote: President Trump was in Pensacola, Fla. last night for a rally that was really a campaign stop for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore without actually going to Alabama. Pensacola shares the local television market with Mobile, …

Island of Lines, Russia Tweets

Friday, September 29, 2017

The Shipping News: President Trump announced that he has suspended the Jones Act for Puerto Rico, relaxing the 1920 law that says all shipping between two American ports must be on US-flagged vessels. The move theoretically allows more aid to …

Obama to Cuba, Move to Dump Trump

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Cubama: President Obama arrives in Cuba today for the first visit to the island country by a US president in 88 years. It’s an historic warming to the country that has been frozen out of world commerce since its communist …

Democrats to the Wire, Undercovers Indicted

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

The Democrats: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders bluntly explained his belief in “Democratic Socialism,” last night in a Democratic town hall meeting on CNN. “Economic rights, the right to economic security is –  should exist in the United States of America,” …

The Great Blizzard, Bloomberg Thinking

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Skyfall: The first blizzard of a late East Coast winter delivered on its promise of a crippling snowfall. Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York were buried under snow. New York’s Central Park had 26.8 inches of snow by midnight, but …