All posts by Chuck Fager
Shining Light on the New Church of Rightwing Dark Money
ProPublica: A Right-Wing Think Tank Claimed to Be a Church. Now, Members of Congress Want to Investigate Andrea Suizzo — August 2, 2022 Forty members of Congress on Monday asked the IRS and the Treasury to investigate what the lawmakers termed an “alarming pattern” of right-wing advocacy groups registering with the tax agency as churches, a … Continue reading Shining Light on the New Church of Rightwing Dark Money
The Saudi Blood Money Golf Tour: No Tiger In Their Tank!
Tiger Woods spurned offer in $800m range to join LIV Golf, Greg Norman says Norman says Woods turned down massive offer from LIV Golf Woods has been against Saudi-financed tour since last year Associated Press — Tue 2 Aug 2022 Tiger Woods turned down an offer that Greg Norman says was in the region of … Continue reading The Saudi Blood Money Golf Tour: No Tiger In Their Tank!
Russia, Sanctions, The War, and Sifting for Truth
Given that I’m but a humble news aggregator-blogger, sifting for truth in the reams and sheafs of claims and counterclaims about the Ukraine War is a never-ending chore: > Ukraine is winning! Nope-Russia is winning. > Putin will use nukes any minute! Relax; he wouldn’t dare. > The Ukraine war is really helping China. Fuggedit … Continue reading Russia, Sanctions, The War, and Sifting for Truth
Take THAT, Inflation! (COSTCO Keeps Its Cheapo Hot Dogs. And Pizza.
My apologies in advance to those readers who are not COSTCO members, for whatever reason. Many folks I know live out of range of a store, and I comfort them when I can. But I also wax enthusiastic about the place. I was first drawn to it because of reports that COSTCO paid store workers … Continue reading Take THAT, Inflation! (COSTCO Keeps Its Cheapo Hot Dogs. And Pizza.