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To the learned few words. Omicron, descrambled means 'moronic'. "Just saying..." mo·ron·ic (mə-rŏn′ĭk, mô-) adj. 1. Showing foolishness or stupidity. 2. Exhibiting mild intellectual disability. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive. mo·ron′i·cal·ly adv. In oth

Hidden from the media narrative of Russian cyber sabotage is the content of the DNC leaks, and how the leaks revealed the arrogance and corruption of the Democratic Party elite. Amidst the blame Russia hysteria, the actual content of the the Democratic National Committee (DNC) hacks has been consigned to the memory hole. In a veritable tidal wave of false narratives, the mainstream media has succeeded in drowning the legacy of the leaks in (not terribly convincing) accusations of Russian culpability. Erased from this narrative is the fact that the highest levels of the Democratic Party—supposedly neutral arbiters of the...

Shortly before Thanksgiving, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni wrote a column that should chill you to the bone. Titled "Donald Trump's Demand for Love," Bruni said: "I had just shaken the president-elect's normal-size hand and he was moving on to the next person when he wheeled around, took a half step back, touched my arm and looked me in the eye anew. 'I'm going to get you to write some good stuff about me,' Donald Trump said.” Bruni is a fabulous writer, but if he ever writes good stuff about you, Mr. President-elect, YOU WILL HAVE FAILED. I assume...

Secretary of State John Kerry negotiated a ceasefire between Hamas terrorists and Israel last week. Kerry’s ceasefire lasted all of 90 minutes. The Israelis are outraged and more or less have no use for the Obama administration at this point. This is the second summer in a row that President Obama has proved himself and his administration completely inept in the middle east. Last summer he back tracked on a red line in Syria before abandoning the matter altogether. This year, he has no idea what to do with Israel and Hamas, though he likely has a better idea what...

The so-called "green shoots" of recovery are turning brown in the scorching summer sun. In fact, the whole debate about when and how a recovery will begin is wrongly framed. On one side are the V-shapers who look back at prior recessions and conclude that the faster an economy drops, the faster it gets back on track. And because this economy fell off a cliff late last fall, they expect it to roar to life early next year. Hence the V shape. Unfortunately, V-shapers are looking back at the wrong recessions. Focus on those that started with the bursting of...

As the nation's most populous metro area feels Wall Street's pain, the fourth-largest -- Washington -- is barely sensing the recession. In fact, Moody's Economy.com estimates that metro Washington's economy will actually grow 2.5% from mid-2008 through mid-2010. New York's economy is expected to shrink 4.2%. It wouldn't be the first time that Washington benefited from a national crisis. Back in 1930 the District of Columbia was a quiet Southern town, scoffed at by New York sophisticates. But as the federal government ramped up to fight first the Great Depression and then World War II, its population grew 65% in...

Unable to digest India's rout by South Africa, a cricket fan in West Bengal committed suicide by hanging himself, reports said on Sunday. Tarun Shit, 30, of Gobardhanpur village in West Midnapore district was so saddened by India's defeat on Friday in the one-day match that he ended his life the same night. Police said the civil engineering student was a diehard cricket fan and used to watch every match on television. He started feeling impatient as the Indian wickets fell to the South African pace attack. Dejected, he went upstairs around 8 pm. When his mother went to call...