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 …