Dumbing Down “Genius”

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH   Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle   DaVinci   Galileo   Newton   Shakespeare   Franklin   Lincoln   Edison   Tesla   Freud   Einstein   Hawking   Trump _________________________ If you have not been following the news, here are the opening paragraphs of an article written by David A. Graham…

Irony of the Day

BY MARTIN KICH An alternative title to this post might be “’Redefining The Takers.’” The New York Times has reported the possibility that Donald Trump may have avoided paying federal income taxes for more than two decades because of a $913,000,000 loss reported in 1995. In response to the story, Trump has asserted that he…

Juxtaposition of the Day

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Trump Jr. to Trib: Dad Will ‘Separate’ from Business Interests if Elected BY TOM FONTAINE  | Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, 7:39 p.m. Donald Trump Jr. dismissed a new report Wednesday that his family’s international business interests could present conflicts and ethical quandaries should his father be elected president. “My father is going to be a…

Quotation of the Day

BY MARTIN KICH CNN contributor and Trump campaign surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes has accused Hillary Clinton of deserving to be called a “bigot” because she has denounced racists and white supremacists: “’Bigotry, if you look at the definition, it’s about someone who’s small-minded and sits there and directs hate towards a certain group. Hillary Clinton’s…

Small Gaffes and Big Miscalculations

BY MARTIN KICH Trump could not let Clinton’s “deplorables” comment go without a self-serving tweet: Donald J. Trump  ✔@realDonaldTrump While Hillary said horrible things about my supporters, and while many of her supporters will never vote for me, I still respect them all! 2:18 PM – 10 Sep 2016   And that tweet became an…

The Self-Declared “Voice of the Working Man” on the Workers’ Holiday

BY MARTIN KICH This is how the official Trump campaign site marked Labor Day:   Trump did, however, tweet about his meeting with union leaders at an American Legion Post in Youngstown–after he bragged about some very selectively highlighted poll numbers: Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump  Heading to Youngstown, Ohio now-some great polls. #AmericaFirst   Donald J.…

Quotation of the Day

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH “The liberal media took what I said and went against the law and the Constitution and ran with it, and they said that I wanted [Hillary Clinton] assassinated, which I never did. I said I spoke as a veteran, and she should be shot in a firing squad for treason.” Al…

Trump Unveiled—John Wilson’s New Book!

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH John Wilson, one of the co-editors of this blog, has written a newly published book on Donald Trump. It looks as if it will be every bit as lively and engaging as his previous books. Here is the information on the book provided on the website of the publisher, OR Books:…

Statistic of the Day

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH According to a Public Policy Polling survey released on August 16, Donald Trump holds a relatively narrow 6-point lead over Hillary Clinton in Texas built on his strength with white and older voters. Trump leads Clinton with 50 percent to her 44 percent, according to the poll of 944 likely voters…