Tag Archives: The New Yorker

Moonves Cancelled, Serena Fined

Monday, September 10, 2018

Poke in the Eye: CBS yesterday kicked out chief network executive Les Moonves after a second New Yorker article detailing accusations of sexual impropriety by six women. Moonves is one of Hollywood’s most powerful executives, having made CBS the most watched television …

Syria Attack “A Hit,” End Times for Trump

Sunday, April 15, 2018

Permawar: The Pentagon declared its missile strike completely successful, taking out the “heart” of Syrian chemical warfare facilities. They said all 105 missiles fired by the US, Britain, and France reached their targets with no losses. President Trump tweeted, “Mission …

Manafort to Surrender, PR Cancels Power Deal

Monday, October 30, 2017

The Russia Thing: Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his former business associate Rick Gates were ordered to surrender to federal authorities this morning as the first shoe drops in the investigation into Russian influence on the 2016 election. …

Family Shown the Video, Charity at Home

Friday, September 23, 2016

Black Lives: Tulsa, Okla. police Off. Betty Jo Shelby has been charged with manslaughter “in the heat of passion” for the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist. Shelby killed 40-year-old Terence Crutcher, who was walking away with his hands …

Hillary Couldn’t Remember, Strangling Truth

Saturday, September 3, 2016

You’ve Got Mail: Revealing that Hillary Clinton discussed classified drone strikes over email and ordered the destruction of large numbers of emails, the FBI yesterday released documents that are certain to keep the Hillary Clinton email issue cooking. The Feds …

Drone Hits Taliban Mullah, Cabin Smoke

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Zapped: The leader of the Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, is believed to have been killed in a drone strike along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border, according to the Pentagon. The US military is still trying to verify that he is dead, but …

Paris Was the Target, Bernie Wins Again

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Man in the Hat: Belgian investigators say the terrorists who struck in Brussels last month had originally planned to strike in Paris, but acted locally and quickly because the authorities were breathing down their necks. One of the primary targets …

Taiwan Quake, New Hampshire Battle

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Quake: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck in Taiwan last night, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 11 people. A 17-story building collapsed in the southern city of Tainan. Water was cut off to 400,000 people and the high-speed rail …