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By BRUCE LOWITT The Enhanced Games have shifted into high gear now that the world has begun paying attention to those other Olympics, the competition in which athletes will be forced to rely only on their determination, their endurance, their skill.You know, the boring ones. Unlike the Summer Games scheduled for July 26-August 11 inContinue reading “The High & the Mighty”

By BRUCE LOWITT As a three-judge federal appeals court announced Tuesday that Donald Trump “could have immunity …” the former president bolted from the courtroom to claim victory, not waiting to hear the rest of their ruling: “… from rabies, measles, chicken pox, a relapse of syphilis or various other diseases, but not from prosecution.”Continue reading “Immunity? Sure, but from what?”

By BRUCE LOWITT Homeland Security Secretary Alejando Mayorkas said Monday he has ordered the U.S. Border Patrol to surround the Texas Capitol and Gov. Greg Abbott’s home with concertina wire and to fill the mansion’s pool with a floating buoy barrier “in order to fulfill the United States Supreme Court’s wishes.” Mayorkas said his decision,Continue reading “Mayorkas goes wire to wire”

By BRUCE LOWITT Former president and professional defendant Donald Trump, in his never-ending search for new lawyers to replace those who have quit or been fired by him, has hired now-former U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon, whom he persuaded with a five-million-dollar check to resign from the bench Thursday and head his legal team.Continue reading “Trump’s Cannon shot”

By BRUCE LOWITT France scrapped its plan to open the 2024 Olympics with a massive boat parade on the Seine after the ship expected to carry the 645 members of the United States team sank three smaller vessels its wake and plowed into two others during a rehearsal Friday on the iconic river. No athletesContinue reading “In Seine decision? No”

By BRUCE LOWITT Super Bowl LVIII has the potential to be “the most controversial and screwed up NFL championship game ever,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday, one day after announcing that referee Bill Vinovich will lead the crew officiating it. After a season in which officials were often criticized by players, coaches, fans, and sportsContinue reading “NFL refs: blowing more than whistles?”

By BRUCE LOWITT In their frenzy to hold accountable anyone who gets in the way of blocking their agenda, House Republicans voted Wednesday to impeach themselves and censure any GOP members who fail to support their goal of bringing a functioning government to a screeching halt. “I’m bringing Speaker (Mike) Johnson up on charges ofContinue reading “GOP circles the firing squad”

By BRUCE LOWITT Ron DeSantis said Monday he dropped out of the Republican presidential race because “God told me I should have listened to (Donald) Trump when he said he’d already been anointed the GOP candidate, and I always do what God tells me to do.”The Florida governor said he thought the former president, seekingContinue reading “… and God asked Ron, “Really?””

By BRUCE LOWITT Lacking an actual defense, former president Donald Trump’s legal team admitted Wednesday it is pursuing a policy of detours and roadblocks to fight the classified documents indictment against him “by demanding everything about everyone from everywhere,” according to Todd Blanche, one of his lawyers. In the 68-page formal request to the officeContinue reading “Jack Smith to Trump: “ICYMI, LMAO””

By BRUCE LOWITT Just three days after announcing his retirement as University of Alabama’s head football coach, Nick Saban agreed Saturday to a conditional four-year contract to become head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, the condition being that the NFL moves the team to Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Chuck Arnold, president of the Seahawks, pointing out thatContinue reading “Saban stays in ‘Bama – with a new team”