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WINNING: Voting for Crappy Candidates for the Glory of the Party | Steve Berman

WINNING: Voting for Crappy Candidates for the Glory of the Party | Steve Berman


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Voters are in a bad mood (apologies to my brother Jay; I cribbed his phrase). In some races, all the candidates are trash. I talked to a friend this week as we endured a staccato string of attack ads from both sides in the Georgia race for U.S. Senate, who said it’s more important to …

VENEGANCE: Did Russia Shoot Its Last Cruise Missiles? | Steve Berman

VENEGANCE: Did Russia Shoot Its Last Cruise Missiles? | Steve Berman


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As all the news is covering, Vladimir Putin ordered at least 75 missiles fired on Ukrainian cities, targeting civilian centers, energy production and utilities as vengeance for damage to the Kursk Bridge which links Crimea to Russia. Just a month ago, we were reading that Russia has less than 200 Iskander missiles left, and that Putin’s forces were using old S-300 …

HE INHALED: The Unbearable Humiliation of Being Biden | Steve Berman

HE INHALED: The Unbearable Humiliation of Being Biden | Steve Berman


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President Joe Biden’s having a whole humble pie this Friday. The AP’s lede paragraph noted “the failure of one of his biggest and most humiliating foreign policy gambles,” when the president fist-bumped Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and got nothing on oil production.  The Saudis are playing oil hardball, still stung by Biden’s public rebuke on …

WINNING CIVILIZATION: Atonement for the Functionally Apathetic | Steve Berman

WINNING CIVILIZATION: Atonement for the Functionally Apathetic | Steve Berman


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Today is the Jewish Day of Atonement, known as Yom Kippur. Observant Jews all over the world will begin fasting and praying at sundown today. It’s no ordinary fast, either. After the last drop of water is swallowed at sunset, nothing will be consumed or swallowed until sunset Wednesday. That’s called an “absolute fast” and …

CHEATERS: Lifetime Bans for Lifetime Cheats | Steve Berman

CHEATERS: Lifetime Bans for Lifetime Cheats | Steve Berman


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I am going to start this with an unusual tweet from Jimmy Donaldson aka YouTuber “Mr. Beast”: Now, for the serious part. The top chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, after two weeks of silence, publicly accusedthe man who once beat him of cheating. Carlsen shocked the chess world by resigning after one move in his last match with …