The postage stamp kingdom of Lichtenstein has announced it intends to enact sanctions against communist China. Normally that would seem laughable except that Lichtenstein is a tax haven which has made a fortune through its banking system. Plenty of Chinese Communist leaders have stashed their ill-gotten gains in Lichtenstein banks and can ill afford having their accounts frozen.
AUSTIN — COVID-19 turned aggressive to the point last week that the Department of Defense activated U.S. Army and U.S. Navy medical task force teams and assigned them to Texas at Gov. Greg Abbott’s request.
In a sad sense of irony, the same day last week that two McAllen police officers lost their lives to an ambush attack, two sides were trading punches at a pro-police rally up in Brooklyn.
As a kid, I grew up loving Snoopy. A dog with attitude and a disdain for authority, what was there not to love? Then there was the whole Peanuts gang, from poor Charlie Brown and the football that Lucy kept pulling out from under him, to Linus holding on to his blanket while walking around spouting philosophy, to Schroeder playing jazz on his piano, to Pig Pen, Peppermint Patty, Woodstock, et al. Charles Schulz, RIP, pure genius at understanding kids in particular, and the human condition in general.
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