by drjmcurtis | Aug 5, 2022
After sentenced to nine years on a drug charge, 31-year-old WNBA star Brittney Griner got some good news from 72-year-old Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, saying Russia was ready to work behind the scenes on a prisoner swap to get Griner and 52-year-old...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 4, 2022
Leaving a political mess in her wake, 82-year-old House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) left Taiwan for friendly territory in South Korea, leaving the Peoples Liberation Army [PLA} blockading Taiwan at least for now. Pelosi said on leaving Taipei that the U.S. would...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 4, 2022
From a metal cage in a cramped courtroom in a Moscow suburb, 31-year-old NBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner got the book thrown at her when a Russian judge sentenced her to nine years in prison. No surprise there other than the finality of it...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 3, 2022
Voting today to add Sweden and Finland to NATO, 67-year-old the ever-sarcastic Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) had to take a cheap shot at 69-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin. Instead of going about his business quietly, Graham made it all about him, thanking...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 3, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) finished her visit to Taiwan against China’s objections, heads to other Asian capitals before returning to Washington to a hero’s welcome. Washington, on both sides of the aisle, applaud Pelosi’s visit against a backdrop of...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 2, 2022
Out-of-the-loop and no longer relevant, 76-year-old President Donald Trump squawked on his Trump Social network today, ripping 82-year-old House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for her trip to Taiwan. “Why is Crazy Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan? Always causing trouble,”...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 2, 2022
Killing al-Qaeda No. 1, 71-year-old Ayman al-Zawahr in a predator drone attack Sunday, July 13, in the post Sherpur district of Kabul, where warlords and key members of the Taliban live, stunned the Taliban. CIA officials completed its surgical mission without a...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 1, 2022
WNBA star Britney Griner, 31, told her Russian Atty. Maria Blagovolina that she’s anxious about her trial coming to an end, potentially facing 10 years in Russian prison. Griner was caught Feb. 17 at Moscow’s Sheremetytevo Airport with hashish-oil laced...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 1, 2022
Playing her cards close to the vest, 82-year-old House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) looks like she’ll visit Taiwan Tuesday, Aug. 2, defying threats from the Peoples Republic of China [PRC] which insists it violates One China Policy. One China Policy was created in...
by drjmcurtis | Jul 31, 2022
Faced with rolling blackouts because of its dilapidate electrical grid, Cuba sees protests around the Communist island, whose former leader the late Fidel Castor touted the superiority of Communism over capitalism seen 90 miles away in the United States. Cuba’s 11.2...