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Former President Donald Trump and at least a dozen Republican senators and members of the House choreographed the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, according to text messages, e-mails and recorded phone calls obtained by the Congressional committee investigating the insurrection.“Tell them to get in through the west entrance and ignore the Statutory Hall andContinue reading “How many Republicans does it take to choreograph an insurrection?”

Dec. 9, 2007NEW YORK – Florida quarterback Tim Tebow capped one of the finest seasons in NCAA history by becoming the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy. Jan. 8, 2009MIAMI – Tim Tebow passed for 231 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for 109 yards and was named Most Outstanding Player in the Florida Gators’Continue reading “Tim Tebow: A sports odyssey”

China, having learned its lesson from Japan, nearly bankrupt after spending $20-billion on the 2020 Summer Olympics (which were held this year), will have a tight, no-frills budget for next year’s Winter Games. That includes no major construction for any venues, as opposed to the eight facilities, like the 68,000-seat Olympic Stadium, the Metropolitan Gymnasium,Continue reading “Snow job. That’s China’s Olympic plan”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has apologized to the Republican National Committee for killing off a significant portion of the party’s constituency – but insists he won’t change his mind on prohibiting anti-COVID mandates. DeSantis has signed an executive order banning schools from requiring students to wear masks. “Kids should have the freedom to inhale whateverContinue reading “No masks, no mandates, no survivors, no problem”

Hobby Lobby, which recently forfeited the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world’s oldest works of literature it purchased for $1.6-million, has now been ordered to give up hundreds of religious artifacts including a Bible stolen by CEO David Green from a room in a suburban Oklahoma City motel. Green, billionaire founder of the ChristianContinue reading “Hobby Lobby gives up the ghost, and more”

The Republican Jan. 6 Commission has concluded, according to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, that “the tourists who disrupted Congress’ certification of the 2020 presidential election were angry because their visit to the Capitol didn’t include a promised lunch with (then-Vice President) Mike Pence.”“I’d be angry, too, if I was invited to see my governmentContinue reading “GOP: Capitol “tourists” were right to be angry”

The National Broadcasting Co. and its affiliates and related cable stations have apologized for its choice of “inappropriate comments and images” it provided while showing the United States Olympic team during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Summer Games.“We admit that some of the commentary relating to the current political climate might have been, um,Continue reading “NBC: “Uh, sorry about that””

Barely hours after banning fans from attending the Olympics, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that athletes would be banned from Tokyo venues as well.“The Games will go on,” he said, “but in various forms. Some competition will be, um, altered somewhat to protect the competitors’ health and some will be held at alternate sites.”Continue reading “Olympics like you’ve never seen them – and may never see”

Expressing what he called “majorly disappointment” over the limited turnout and lack of enthusiasm at a rally at an Ohio fairgrounds, Donald Trump said he plans to revert to the language and intensity he used on Jan. 6, when his sycophants stormed the U.S. capitol. Further, he said, “I’ll be calling out all those turncoatsContinue reading “A disappointed Trump promises to be his old volatile self at his next rally”

Delta Air Lines has denied any responsibility for the latest fast-spreading variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus and, despite an absence of any evidence, is trying to blame it on a healthcare firm and various other companies.“Just because the so-called Delta variant first showed up in India, and just because we fly to New Delhi andContinue reading “What’s in a name? More than you might want”