Author Archives: Bok
Mothers Day in Baltimore
Nothing is more embarrassing than having your mom smack you upside the head and drag you home in front of your fellow rioters. Toya Graham didn’t want to see her son become another Freddie Gray . Her solution upstaged President Obama who condemned the violence in Baltimore, blamed Republicans, and called for more spending.
Jenner Comes Out
Bruce Jenner came out as a woman to rave reviews. He also came out as a conservative Christian Republican. That didn’t go over as well with his former admirers on the left.
Jenner told Diane Sawyer that, despite his manly body, he’s always had the soul of a woman. He won a gold medal in the men’s decathlon at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. That was the same Olympics where many of the gold medal winning East German swimmers were women with the bodies of men.
An interesting twist but no cartoon.
GM Bailout Airbag
It looks like GM might avoid liability for some lawsuits over it’s ignition switches. The bankruptcy judge ruled the company can’t be sued for anything that happened before the government bailout.
Clinton Talk not Cheap
Actually, for Hillary Clinton talk is cheap compared to Bill. The Washington Post found he earned over $100 million in speaking fees between 2001 and 2013. $26 million of that came from companies that contribute to the Clinton Foundation.
Could Bill really be vice president? Fact Check calls it a “constitutional conundrum”.
One and Done
Duke won the national title with three one and done rental players. Stephen Moore in IBD wonders “How can it be constitutional or ethical in America for the NBA to deny a 19-year-old the opportunity to make a living with its minimum-age requirement?”
