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2020-09-27T19:43:32-07:00

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Finally: Trump’s Tax Returns Made Public

Last updated on: September 27, 2020 at 7:43 pm   By Kermit Zarley

Ever since Donald J. Trump started campaigning for the U.S. presidency until today, the main question that many American voters have had about him is his federal tax returns. Despite a tradition reaching back over fifty years, those running for president had always made their federal tax returns public, that is, until Donald Trump. His repeated retort to this failure of disclosure was always that the IRS did not allow making his returns public since he was under IRS investigation.... Read more

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2020-09-26T19:02:01-07:00

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Is William Barr’s Belief in Authoritarianism Rooted in the Catholic Papacy?

Last updated on: September 26, 2020 at 7:02 pm   By Kermit Zarley

William Barr was the U.S. Attorney General for two years during the President H. W. Bush administration, in 1991 through 1993. Before that he headed the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel under President Bush. In July 1989, Barr drafted a memo for the general counsels of other federal agencies in which he alleged that Congress undermines executive power, and he laid out proposals of how to oppose it. TNR related in its newsletter on June 8 this year concerning... Read more

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2020-09-26T11:05:56-07:00

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The Return of Ancient Artifacts to their Nations of Origin

Last updated on: September 26, 2020 at 11:05 am   By Kermit Zarley

I am writing a book in my Still Here series on biblical eschatology about the Bible’s prediction that the ancient city of Babylon, located in present central Iraq, will become the foundation of the greatest city in the world and then instantly disappear from sight at the end of the age. It is in the last book in the Bible, the apocalyptic book of Revelation, in Revelation 18. In recent times, many scholars have interpreted this portion of scripture as... Read more

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2020-09-20T21:42:41-07:00

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Bryson DeChambeau Wins U.S. Open

Last updated on: September 20, 2020 at 9:42 pm   By Kermit Zarley

Bryson DeChambeau overcame his two strokes behind Matthew Wolff, starting the day today, to win the U.S. Open at Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, New York, by six strokes over second place finisher Wolff with a closing three-under par 67 today for a six-under par total of 274. Everyone is talking about how Bryson–the so-called Mad Scientist and Muscle Man–is changing the way this game of golf should be played. It was DeChambeau’s seventh win in six years on the PGA... Read more

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2020-09-19T19:51:16-07:00

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Dwayne “Rock” Johnson: A Modern Samson with a Gate

Last updated on: September 19, 2020 at 7:51 pm   By Kermit Zarley

The affable Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson–former WWF wrestler-muscle man turned movie star actor–doesn’t let anything get in his way. Yesterday, he showed a photo on Instagram of a steel gate at the driveway of his house that he literally ripped off its hinges with his bare hands and tossed to the side so he could drive his vehicle to work and therefore not be late for some filming with hundreds of people involved. He did it because the electrical system... Read more

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2020-09-19T18:45:02-07:00

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Wolff Leads U.S. Open by Two

Last updated on: September 19, 2020 at 6:45 pm   By Kermit Zarley

Twenty-one year old Matthew Wolff–playing in his first U.S. Open and second major–took a two shot lead over Bryson DeChambeau to enter tomorrow’s final round at the famed Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York. Wolff scampered around like a wolf through the rough all day, hitting only two fairways in shooting a five-under par 65. Long-hitting de Chambeau reportedly only hit three fairways. So, Wolff is at five-under par 205. The first day he shot 66. This young... Read more

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2020-09-18T20:42:57-07:00

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From the White House to the Big House?

Last updated on: September 18, 2020 at 8:42 pm   By Kermit Zarley

Donald Trump has been from New York all his life. His Trump Organization has always been located in New York City. So, it is appropriate that the elite New York magazine has an extensive article by Jeff Wise entitled “The People V. Donald J. Trump” that lays out a lot of the information about many investigations, both federal but especially local, such as New York State, which show that when Trump exits the White House he may very well be headed... Read more

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2020-09-17T22:45:06-07:00

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Trump’s Way Was the Way to Death

Last updated on: September 17, 2020 at 10:45 pm   By Kermit Zarley

I have blogged before about the Bible saying, “There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death” (Proverbs 14.12 NRSV), and applied this to certain actions of President Donald Trump. Now, with Bob Woodward’s second biography about Donald Tump as president, entitled Rage (released two days ago), we see from Woodward’s quotes and tape recordings of Trump talking to Woodward on the telephone eighteen times over a period of several months for... Read more

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2020-09-15T15:42:59-07:00

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Trump Should Go for the Noble Peace Prize

Last updated on: September 15, 2020 at 3:42 pm   By Kermit Zarley

President Donald Trump sometimes says he should get the Nobel Peace Prize. Earlier this year, he tweeted that and spelled the word “Nobel” as “Noble.” He caught flack on Twitter for this misspelling. He then responded with one of his signature moves by claiming he was being sarcastic with the word “Noble.” Would someone explain to me how that can be construed as being sarcastic? It seems the Trump Campaign can’t spell any better than the boss. Maybe both the... Read more

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2020-09-14T19:02:27-07:00

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Bolton and Woodward Withheld Important Information from Americans

Last updated on: September 14, 2020 at 7:02 pm   By Kermit Zarley

Tell-all books about President Donald Trump are flying unto the book shelves like a covey of birds, one right after another, in these closing weeks before the election on November 3. They reveal new and critical information about Trump as president, much of it most devastating. The worst may be Bob Woodward’s book Rage, set to be released tomorrow. What Woodward is doing reminds me of Bolton’s books. John Bolton was President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor for seventeen months... Read more

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