Tools to Enlighten
[OPINION and ANALYSIS] In an event with huge Middle Eastern and global ramifications, Hamas militants attacked innocent attendees at an Israeli music festival. They apparently murdered, kidnapped and committed other horrific atrocities on what now appears to be well over 1,000 Israelis and foreign visitors. In turn, Israel has launched what amounts to Read More …
[ANALYSIS, OPINION & FUN] NOTES: The biggest news recently is the discovery of classified documents at President Biden’s residence and at one of his old offices. Apparently the documents date back to the days of the Obama administration when Biden was Vice President. Former President Trump jumped on this development to demand an Read More …
ANALYSIS, OPINION and FUN NOTES As this is being written, Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy, after 14 unsuccessful attempts, finally hit the jackpot on his 15th try and was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Up to that point, about 15 to 20 recalcitrant and very conservative (if that’s the right word for them) Read More …
ANALYSIS, OPINION and FUN We hope everyone’s 2022 was prosperous and happy. In no particular order here’s how we size up 2022. This may surprise some but first we will mention ChatGPT. In what to us is the perhaps the scariest story we’ve heard in a long time, a college philosophy professor in the Carolinas Read More …
[ANALYSIS, OPINION and FUN] Notes: CBS News has reported that .1. The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday a monumental milestone in nuclear fusion research: a “net energy gain” was achieved for the first time in history by scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. In other words, total input to make Read More …
OPINION ANALYSIS and FUN: 12/07/22 TOP NEWS STORIES Several news sources have reported that Democrat Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican Herschel Walker for a Senate seat in Georgia. This means that Democrats will have a clear majority in the Senate and theoretically will not have to rely on tie breaking votes of Vice Read More …
[ANALYSIS, OPINION and FUN] NOTES Of course the biggest news is the upcoming 2022 mid-term elections, which most poles have the Republicans seizing control of the House, with the Senate still being somewhat of a toss-up. Naturally, the war in Ukraine rages on. Aside from that, however, the top 10 stories on MSN Read More …
[ANALYSIS and OPINION] CBS News is reporting that a person has been charged with tampering with voting equipment. They report that he was a former member of the Green Party and is now a Democrat. Everyone, including the person who the subject of CBS’s report, is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable Read More …
TICK’s NOTES n TUNES Beginning November 2, 2022 we introduce a new feature to our site. Tick’s Notes n Tunes. This will be a regular blog post consisting of a “balance” (of course) of highlights and analysis of news items appearing on the internet, television, print news or wherever. In addition, and to make Read More …