Friday, March 31, 2023

About Time: Former President Trump Indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office

by Nomad


Donald Trump's comeuppance has definitely been a long time coming. As Jeff Wise, writing for New York Magazine points out:
His entire life, after all, is one long testament to the power of getting away with things, a master class in criminality without consequences, even before he added presidentiality and all its privileges to his arsenal of defenses.
As he himself once said, “When you’re a star, they let you do it.” But for all his advantages and all his enablers, including loyalists in the Justice Department and the federal judiciary, Trump now faces a level of legal risk unlike anything in his notoriously checkered past — and well beyond anything faced by any previous president leaving office.

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Sanity Sunday Musical Break- Cellist Patrick Dexter

by Nomad


Irish Cellist Patrick Dexter provides us with some music for a relaxing Sunday. In the videos, he plays from his cottage in the West Irish hills with his dog nearby.

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

LIVE: Chaos in Congress as Republicans Struggle to Select a House Speaker

by Nomad


Chaos reigned in the US Congress on Tuesday as the Republicans struggled to select a House Speaker. Yesterday, in what should have been a day of pomp and triumph for the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, turned out to be a historic embarrassment. The presumed nominee, Kevin McCarthy, failed - three times - to find enough votes to become Speaker.
Until yesterday, the selection was considered a no-brainer, a mere formality. However, McCarthy appears to have grossly underestimated the opposition within his own party.

Saturday, December 31, 2022

Wishing You All A Happy New Year in 2023

by Nomad


With the new year on the horizon, I wish that you embrace it with an open heart and go forward with faith, hope, and courage. Who knows what the coming year will bring us, but together we are strong enough to cope with whatever happens. 

Happy New Year, my friends.