Month: November 2017

Midweek Cafe and Lounge, Vol. 43

Last week’s cafe answered the question regarding the meaning of life, the universe, and everything (42 – assuming you did not already know that). This week’s edition offers no answers – but makes up for...

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Enter Erdogan in US Prosecution of Iranian Gold

Finally, how Turkey worked with Iran to circumvent US sanctions … a plot well known for many years … Dubai UAE at the center, of course!  A plea deal that may touch Robert Mueller’s investigation of...

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Alabamans Think Doug Jones is Unqualified

Steve M. makes an interesting point. After poking around a bit in the internals of the latest poll of the December 12th special election in Alabama, Steve notices that while 46 percent of respondents say that Republican Roy...

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Dershowitz the Apologist

Alan Dershowitz laments that “We are surrounded on all sides by news of criminal investigations into politicians.” He sees this as a dangerous development in which political differences are weaponized by the Justice...

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Jesse Jackson on Alabama Election

Chicago Sun-Times Columnists, Jesse Jackson: JACKSON: To win in Alabama, Jones must create a new coalition”> Points to note: How Alabama has changed since the 1960s, starting with the Iron Bowl. The savviest...

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