Category Archives: Affairs of State

Putin’s Choice: to Trump, or Not?

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Putin’s Choice:  to Trump, or Not? Update 2/22/2020:  The intelligence agencies are reporting that Putin is aiding both Trump and Bernie Sanders.  Go figure. (The two faces that launched a thousand conspiracy theories.)  However, Sanders denounced the election interference, while Trump … Continue reading →

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Living in Trump’s Dystopian Collapse of Democracy

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Living in Trump’s Dystopian Collapse of Democracy It feels like we are living in a science fiction movie, where the Untouchable Chosen One daily smashes another pillar of our previous Democracy.  The savior of the Stone may not be acting … Continue reading →

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UC Irvine Talks on the Coronavirus by Dr. Matt Zahn and a Panel

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

UC Irvine Talks on the Coronavirus by Dr. Matt Zahn and a Panel 2019 Novel Coronavirus:  Current State of Knowledge and Public Health Response.  Feb. 10, 2020. Dr. Matt Zahn, Medical Director of the Communicable Disease Control Division of the … Continue reading →

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Is Trump the USA Vector 1?

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Is Trump the USA Vector 1? Is Trump doing his utmost to spread infections in America?  This article started out elaborating on the lack of healthcare for 44 million people. This includes the 11 million undocumented immigrants, who are afraid … Continue reading →

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The Global Health Security Index of 2019 for the US and Key Countries

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Global Health Security Index of 2019 and its relevance to preventing virus pandemics. The Index was published in October, 2019, and analyzes the readiness of the world’s countries to combat pandemics, like we are now experiencing with the coronavirus. … Continue reading →

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Epilogue to Impeachment: Trump’s Wild Victory Celebrations

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Epilogue to Impeachment:  Trump’s Wild Victory Celebrations Every great saga deserves an epilogue.  I mean Trump’s Impeachment Saga, not my whacky accounting of it.  Trump, the TV Director in Chief, could not help making a Grand Show of his pre-acquittal … Continue reading →

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The US and Key Countries in the Democracy Index 2019

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

We examine the new Democracy Index 2019 rating of the US and world countries performed by the Economist Intelligence Unit.  I was very interested in this since it would contain the third year of the Trump Presidency and his House … Continue reading →

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Iowa Dems Flub an App, Trump Reps Deny Climate Change, Election Cheating

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Iowa Democrats Flub an App, Trump and Republicans Deny Climate Change and Trump Election Cheating Compare the Iowa Democrats flubbing an app, to Trump and all Republicans lying about climate change and the science of climate change.  They do this … Continue reading →

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Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

Posted on February 1, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

“Power Corrupts; Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely”, Lord Acton Donald Trump, William Barr, Mick Mulvaney, Mike Pompeo, Rudy Giuliani, Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Pat Cipollone, Alan Dershowitz, Kenneth Starr,  … Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jung Un, Bashar Al Assad, Recep … Continue reading →

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Fifty Shades of Cowardice

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Fifty Shades of Cowardice Just because retiring Senator Lamar Alexander wavered, and then decided against witnesses, he should not alone bear the cloak of cowardice.  All of the other 50 Republican Senators who will also vote against witnesses and documents … Continue reading →

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