Opinion
Media Half-Truths
I’ve become very concerned about the old-style news media’s handling of news. Network newscasts, The New York Times, The Washington Post, etc. have largely become propaganda rags (not so much because of what they say but because of what they omit). Their treatment of Donald Trump is particularly jarring because he tends to shoot from the hip and then explain why he makes outrageous statements. They simply leave off the explanation or neglect to put his words into context. Let’s take a look at some examples. Kanye West came with an unknown friend to visit Trump. He was seeking business counseling because his life was descending rapidly into the crapper. Trump counseled him over dinner. The press and the Jewish community then criticized him mercilessly for not condemning West and his friend as antisemitic racists.
Just name Dr. Elias ‘Lone Finalist’
Unless I’m missing something, now that PSJA ISD has terminated its contract with its former superintendent, Jorge Arredondo, and named Alejandro Elias as its interim supe, it doesn’t have to advertise the position. Instead, all the district has to do is name him as its “Lone Finalist” for the job, let it sit in the waiting dock for 21 days, and then execute a contract with him.
Billions for Musk, SpaceX, or for more jails, help for poor, abused kids?
The way Elon Musk is behaving lately, could you pay me to climb aboard one of his rockets at Boca Chica Beach and blast off into space? Uh, no. If he can’t handle Twitter, how can he handle a space program? In fact, if I had a place on South Padre Island, and I knew Musk was about to send one of his rockets into space, I would vacate the island. How many of his rockets have failed so far? More than a few. I think the last one was this past July. An engine test went up in flames caused by an unexpected ignition failure. In what could only be described as an understatement, Musk tweeted, “Yeah, actually not good.”