Innumeracy: in 1988 Paulos gave us the popular best-selling book version of this delicious word. From Wikipedia: John Allen Paulos is an extensively kudized author, popular public speaker, and former monthly columnist for ABCNews.com, the Scientific American, and the Guardian. Professor of math at Temple University in Philadelphia, he earned his Ph.D. in the subject… Continue reading Trump’s Innumeracy: Pandemic Red versus Blue (September 23, 2020)
Category: Trump and Religion
Trump’s Personal Anchor Baby Problem: 4 out of 5 (October 30, 2018)
Trump.45 has injected yet another barbed and nasty divisor into the 2018 Midterm Election campaign exactly one week before Election Day. This time it is his specious claim he can dismantle Amendment XIV to the U.S. Constitution (on the books since 1868; 150 years) by Presidential Executive Order, bypassing Congress and the Courts. He wants… Continue reading Trump’s Personal Anchor Baby Problem: 4 out of 5 (October 30, 2018)
Trump’s Christmas Obsession: Wax in His Ears (December 25, 2017)
Trump.45 has been on and on about the loss of Christmas to Christians engineered by evil forces for years now. He has repeatedly applauded himself for single-handedly having vanquished the trend and banishing Satan’s anti Christmas forces (not to mention Muslims and illegal immigrants), most recently in his Christmas 2017 video message on Twitter. Watch… Continue reading Trump’s Christmas Obsession: Wax in His Ears (December 25, 2017)
Trump’s Foreign Trip: Dissing the Christian Holy Day (May 19, 2017)
Tump.45 and Whole Gang (including his double barreled feminine family barrage) are off on his first Presidential foreign adventure. It is to be a painfully long nine day slog in five countries: Saudi Arabia, Israel, Vatican (Rime), Belgium, and Italy (Sicily). Here is the published basic travel schedule released today. Day 1 — Saturday, May… Continue reading Trump’s Foreign Trip: Dissing the Christian Holy Day (May 19, 2017)
Trump’s Desk: Pilgrim’s Progress After One Week (January 29, 2017)
Our President had a rough first week in office, despite his very best efforts to unite the country and do right by a restored Christian (White) America. He did get off to a fast start a week ago Friday, by utterly vanquishing that terrible beast ObamaCare, on a first-pass paper basis at least. After an… Continue reading Trump’s Desk: Pilgrim’s Progress After One Week (January 29, 2017)
Trump’s Cabinet Picks Part Five: Going to Be A White Christmas (December 13, 2016)
We are getting towards the end of the Trump Pick ‘Em process for the 2017 first version of the new Cabinet. Trump has now chosen 23 of the 28 highest level Administrative positions (President, Vice-President, 15 formal Cabinet Secretaries, 7 Executive Cabinet Level jobs, and 4 of the highest level staff, not quite cabinet grade,… Continue reading Trump’s Cabinet Picks Part Five: Going to Be A White Christmas (December 13, 2016)
Trump’s Cabinet Picks Part Three: Ladies’ Night* (November 23, 2016)
In 2016, the President’s Cabinet consists of 15 Department heads (all named Secretary, except the Attorney General of the Justice Department). These are the highest ranking government executives in America, besides the constitutionally elected President and Vice-President. The Vice-President is considered part of the Cabinet. Each of the 15 Cabinet officers must be approved by… Continue reading Trump’s Cabinet Picks Part Three: Ladies’ Night* (November 23, 2016)
Trump: For Real Rolling List of Cabinet Choices (November 18, 2016)
As time goes by, speculation about Cabinet choices and Senior Appointment selections turns to definite decisions. As of late evening Friday, November 18, the Count and the Amount are: To Be Continued…
Trump Day Two: Gone to the White House, Ho, Ho, Ho! (November 10, 2016)
On Day Two of the Trump Presidential Pre-Regnum, he traveled to the White House for a meeting with President Obama to begin the governmental transition at the President’s invitation. The meeting lasted about 90 minutes, and occurred without apparent rancor. At the end, in an informal armchair setting, both men gave some brief remarks about… Continue reading Trump Day Two: Gone to the White House, Ho, Ho, Ho! (November 10, 2016)
Trump: Crumbs On the Table II (October 12, 2016)
The Trump news equivalent of donut holes and other morsels of Trumpitude, refreshed daily. The Daily Sweepings from out of the ether on Wednesday, October 12, 2016: Crumb the First God Doesn’t Need Mike Pence to Be Trump’s Forgiveness Intermediary http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/10/12/mike-pence-liberty-trump-forgive/91948768/ Mike Pence had a message Wednesday for evangelical Christians: They should forgive Donald Trump.… Continue reading Trump: Crumbs On the Table II (October 12, 2016)