Category: Dishonesty/Lies
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By Selwyn Duke In the wake of yesterday’s horrible tragedy, the assassination of commentator Charlie Kirk, many are reacting with shock, others shockingly. As millions offer sympathy and prayers, others spew venom because they dislike the views Kirk held. And the murder and malevolent responses have inspired troubled observers to ask, once again: What’s wrong…
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By Selwyn Duke With possibly 99 percent of the political violence originating with the “Left,” some are asking a question. To wit: Is violent left-wing rhetoric responsible for yet another criminal incident, this time the recent Catholic Mass shooting?
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By Selwyn Duke Call them 18-wheeler and dealers — or just call them criminal and dangerous. But if you’re wondering why some semi-truck drivers today don’t seem very skilled and may not even speak English, wonder no more. Because, it has been revealed, some Florida officials were giving illegal aliens commercial driver’s licenses in exchange…
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By Selwyn Duke Social norms are funny things, hardly set in stone. There was a time when vulgarity was unheard in our films; now its ubiquitous in them — and the wider society. In the 1950s, boys might take rifles on NYC’s subways because they had shooting clubs at their government schools. Now these institutions…
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By Selwyn Duke It was in 2020 that CNN made itself a laughingstock by running the chyron, “Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests….” Now CNN, and the rest of the corporate media, is at it again, this time trivializing Los Angeles-riot violence. They have once more sunk to comical depths, too. The rioting began Friday in…
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By Selwyn Duke Ours certainly is a time of political change — some would say upheaval. Just recently, disaffected Democratic ex-governor Rod Blagojevich condemned his own party as a den of “monumental” “hypocrites and liars.” Now he has been joined by a former Democrat who adds a prognosis to his diagnosis. The party is “on its last…
