Inappropriate Diversions From State TV

Plus Duterte, Erdogan, Kim Jung Un, Maduro, Al Assad, Nkurunziza, Déby, Kagame, Mbasogo. Why do we need them? Why do we tolerate them? How can we rid ourselves of them? OK, smartass so what might your "appropriate leader" for instance espouse? Try this: An expanded national service plan to unify country - Reuters But, we can start trying something by ourselves...

Light trucks are killing car sales - Autoweek Car sales projected to hit 60 year low in U.S. while light trucks flourish Americans bought over 17 million vehicles for the fourth year in a row in 2018, and 68 percent of them were trucks and SUVs, continuing a years-long trend away from cars that’s been driven by increasing choice and low gas prices - FoxNews The average cost of a 2019 Ford pickup was $46,591. And, of course you have to raise them, chip them to spew smoke, put on defensive bumper equipment and get wickedly expensive 30" wheels and tires. To commute to work all alone getting like 17 MPG at best, but feeling an intense and All-American pride. And, you're not just driving it...You're wearing it and it feels so damn good! And why is that?

Tobacco's 'Special Friend': What Internal Documents Say About Mitch McConnell - NPR An NPR review of McConnell's relationship with the tobacco industry over the decades has found that McConnell repeatedly cast doubt on the health consequences of smoking, repeated industry talking points word-for-word, attacked federal regulators at the industry's request and opposed bipartisan tobacco regulations going back decades. The industry, in turn, has provided McConnell with millions of dollars in speaking fees, personal gifts, campaign contributions and charitable donations to the McConnell Center, which is home to his personal and professional archives. McConnell says he would confirm a Supreme Court nominee in 2020 - The Economist WHEN ANTONIN SCALIA died suddenly in 2016, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, wasted no time staking out the Republican position on the conservative jurist’s successor. Hours after news broke of Mr Scalia’s demise, Mr McConnel...