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...