Monthly Archives: June 2018

No one is going to win this argument on the DOJ Inspector General’s report

Posted on June 22, 2018 by a1skeptic

I’m the kind of person who will actually read the U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General’s report entitled “A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election,” or … Continue reading →

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Ann Coulter has no Shame

Posted on June 21, 2018 by a1skeptic

Yesterday I published a post on my own experience in being separated from my parents at a young age for a short period of time. Last night I came across this: Ann Coulter, claiming that the children being torn from … Continue reading →

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The Legacy that Republicans are Creating and will have to Wrestle With

Posted on June 20, 2018 by a1skeptic

When I was about eighteen months old, my parents dropped me off at a Catholic nunnery for about two weeks. My sister was about to be born, there were complications, and my Grandparents (they thought) had enough on their hands … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Someone Does the Right Thing for All the Wrong Reasons

Posted on June 12, 2018 by a1skeptic

President Drumpf and Kim Jong Un met last night (Tuesday morning their time) in Singapore. What will come out of it? Who knows? Even if they come to an ostensible agreement, it’s a long way to that actually meaning something. … Continue reading →

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Propaganda in action: Fox News use of Kneeling Eagles

Posted on June 7, 2018 by a1skeptic

Here at the Skeptic’s blog we have long promised to expose examples of propaganda where we find it, and nothing could be much more delicious than catching Fox News redhanded. As some of you may recall, Donald Trump disinvited the … Continue reading →

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Both Sons of Privilege, and yet so Different

Posted on June 6, 2018 by a1skeptic

As many have heard on the news, it’s been 50 years since Bobby Kennedy was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.[1] I was thinking today about the differences between Kennedy and our current President, one Donald John Drumpf. Consider: Both are white … Continue reading →

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