Tag Archives: Warren Buffett
$600,000 for Next Five Minutes
Friday, May 11, 2018
Swamp News: AT&T confirmed that it paid President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen $600,000 through 2017 to act as a consultant. The company said in an email to its employees earlier this week that it had retained Cohen in 2017 …
Dodger in Chief, Happy is a Sofa
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Deferred: Donald Trump, who claims that as Commander-in-Chief he would quickly defeat the Islamic State, received a draft deferment during the Vietnam War because he had bone spurs on his heels, the NY Times reports. Trump also received four college …
Hillary Smothers Bernie, White Oscars
Sunday, February 28, 2016
The Polling Booth: Hillary Clinton ran away with the South Carolina Democratic primary, setting herself up to crush Bernie Sanders next week on Super Tuesday. The vote was 73.5 percent Clinton, 26 percent Sanders. More than half the Democratic voters …
Israel Says Get Out, Cancel My Service
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Return Fire: Israel has warned up to 100,000 residents of Gaza to leave their homes in advance of airstrikes. And Israel reports its first death in more than a week of fighting with Hamas militants in Gaza. The victim was …
Chinese Spot Object, Marriage in Michigan
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Objects Spotted: A Chinese satellite has spotted a large floating object in the Southern Indian Ocean about 75 miles from two objects earlier seen by a commercial satellite. The new object spotted Tuesday is estimated to be 73 feet by …
Killing on Industrial Scale, Bitter Cold Returns
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Syria: A new report says Syria has systematically tortured and executed 11,000 prisoners since the start of its civil war. The report from three former war crimes prosecutors is based upon 55,000 digital pictures of victims brought to them by …
Pistorius Charged, Buffett Buys Ketchup
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Breaking: Oscar Pistorius, the South African sprinter born without fibulas and made history running in the Olympics on artificial legs, has been charged with the murder of his model girlfriend at home. Thirty-year-old Reeva Steenkamp died of gunshot wounds. Sometimes …