News with a Twist
Consumer Electronics show should be subtitled, Robots ‘R Us. We report if there are any good ones and scoop what will be next year’s CES star robotic product!
Author Archives: Ted Block
Note to Nancy Pelosi: Subpoena Bolton
It’s clear that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s strategy to negotiate with the Senate to establish the rules for the impeachment trial before she releases the House Articles of Impeachment is not going to work. Majority leader Mitch McConnell has the 51 votes to block any pre-trial guidelines, including calling witnesses and introducing documents (AKA “evidence”) that were blocked during the House hearings.
It’s Not Funny Anymore!
Commentary
Andy Borowitz’s The Borowitz Report – Not the News satirized President Trump’s escalating conflict with Iran today. Here’s the problem – what Trump did, how he did it and how he’s following up on it, is not funny.
Times Op-Ed: “Republican Women Are in Crisis”
thor and historian Nancy L. Cohen penned an Op-Ed in the New York Times entitled, “Republican Women Are in Crisis,” in which she opined, “In the past 10 years, they (Republican women) have become an endangered species on the political stage.”
Around the Block travels to Japan (Part 2)
Travel Commentary
Tokyo. Our home away from home. Rebuilt from the rubble of World War II, Tokyo is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is both ancient and modern…
Press Agents I Have Known by Groucho Marx
Flashback
For all you Groucho Marx fans out there, a wonderful piece of New Yorker history from 1929.
US government lists Wakanda as trade partner
News with a Twist
Administration announces trade agreement with Wakanda and will use kryptonite against Iran.
Green kryptonite said to offset Trump’s orange look.
Ukraine election interference? Trump: “Putin told me!”
News with a Twist
Trump: Ukraine did it. Putin told me.
Founders apoplectic – Debating next steps
Intelligence, Integrity, Impeachment – The “I’s” have it.
Commentary
On Wednesday, December 18, 2019, Donald J. Trump became only the third president in United States history to be impeached.
On to the Senate where only one “I” counts: Integrity
Trump issues executive order to fight anti-Semitism
Commentary
Trump executive order to fight anti-Semitism
Judaism: Nationality or Religion?
Several friends have asked for my POV. Here it is.
Around the Block 