by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Mar. 10, 2023) — Underscoring why any sentient and rational American – thereby excluding, of course, most registered Democrats – would avoid travel to the Third World country directly south of us, look no further than the recent statement of its president, one Andrés Manuel López Obrador, threatening GOP politicians. Comically […]
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Revisiting “A Modest Proposal 3.0”
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Mar. 9, 2023) — At a hearing this week before the House Foreign Affairs Committee – thankfully now in control of the GOP instead of the malevolent Democrats who headed it up under Nancy Pelosi – Marine Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews recounted what happened at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on August […]
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Do Americans “Know Who They Are”?
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 7, 2023) — On Sunday morning, The Post & Email published an article reflecting a dialogue initiated with us by Twitter user @MAPennell regarding the U.S. Constitution’s “natural born Citizen” clause as it relates to Ohio-born 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. It was MAPennell’s opinion that Ramaswamy should “post both parent’s […]
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The Tripping Point
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Feb. 26, 2023) — In colloquial speech, a “tipping” point usually refers to that instant in time when the effects of a policy or an action become irreversible, and after which there may be no “turning back.” Another term has emerged in the vernacular: “tripping point.” That term refers to those […]
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Hannity Asks Ramaswamy if He Launched Presidential Campaign for “Name Recognition”
by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 23, 2023) — In one of the last segments of his show Thursday night, “Hannity” host Sean Hannity spoke on camera with Vivek Ramaswamy, who declared his presidential candidacy on Tucker Carlson’s show Monday night. Hannity asked Ramaswamy if he were “running for name recognition” or “running to win,” pointing out […]
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The Chinese Balloon
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Feb. 4, 2023) — Unless you have been vacationing under a rock for the last week, by now you should be aware of a Chinese spy balloon floating – unmolested and unimpeded – over sovereign U.S. airspace. First detected by private jet pilots over Montana, it has now floated to a position […]
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Another Modest Proposal
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jan. 27, 2023) — In years past, your humble servant has on occasion penned a couple of “modest proposals,” here and here. The “modest proposal” mechanism, of course, was originated by British author and satirist Jonathan (“Gulliver’s Travels”) Swift as a pointed satirical answer to the impoverished Irish: sell their children […]
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Of Neologisms and Racist Mathematics
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jan. 21, 2023) — The dictionary defines a neologism as being “1. A new word, usage or expression…” and, in the realm of psychology, “2. A new word that is coined especially by a person affected with schizophrenia and is meaningless except to the coiner.” (Emphasis added) As long-time P&E readers […]
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Intellectual Goo From The Trojans
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jan. 15, 2023) — Once again, the lunatic virtue signaling of academia oozes out on the normal world. Caution should be exercised, as it is slippery. This time, it originates at the University of Southern California (“USC”) and the rebranded “USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck Practicum Education Department” within the “USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck […]
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The Attack on Scalia
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jan. 11, 2023) — Emory University law “professor” Darren Hutchinson recently slandered late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as being “basically a Klansman.” As George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley accurately points out, Hutchinson’s ad hominem attack on Justice Scalia is based on the mistaken belief that Scalia was the […]
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Arrests Plummet, Crime Skyrockets …, and Brandon Vacations
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 29, 2022) — Your surveillance monitors at the Department of “Justice” [sic] have just released a report celebrating the fact that arrests for federal crimes have dropped to the lowest level in two decades…, while violent urban crime statistics break all skyrocketing records. As noted here, President Trump’s “Operation Legend,” […]
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The Legions of Mentally Deficient Voters
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 26, 2022) — Let us assume, for two nanoseconds, that there was even the remote chance that the 2022 election and ballot-counting process throughout the nation – especially in the Pennsylvania Senate contest (Oz v. Fetterman), the Georgia Senate contest (Walker v. Warnock); the Arizona Governor’s race (Lake v. Hobbs) […]
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Revisiting the “What If?” Letter
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 17, 2022) — It has come to your humble servant’s attention that some additional information may be helpful in putting into perspective the “What if?” letter posted here. As the penultimate paragraph of the post confirms, the letter is hypothesized: it is not a real document. It is posited, however, […]
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What If…?
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 15, 2022) — What if your humble servant were to reveal something here at The P&E which could, once and for all, put an end to “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) debate raging in the comments sections of numerous posts here? What if recently-discovered “hard” evidence – in the form of […]
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Additional Responses to More nbC Comments
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 6, 2022) — True to form, the lively discussions about what the “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) clause in the Constitution means; where it originated; and why it remains important continue. Recent comments here, here and here have generated much back and forth discussion between the two opposing viewpoints on these […]
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Response to Some nbC Comments
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 2, 2022) — Well, here we go again. As faithful P&E readers know, on occasion several of your humble servant’s posts generate robust comments. These comments usually relate to posts addressing the “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) presidential eligibility clause of the Constitution, Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5. There, of […]
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A “Minor” Clarification
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Nov. 28, 2022) — Your humble servant has a “minor” clarification to make relating to some of his prior posts here at The P&E. These matters are brought to P&E readers’ attention out of an abundance of caution lest those prior posts leave a confusing or misleading impression regarding the history […]
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A Tandem Impeachment?
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Nov. 22, 2022) — From time to time, faithful readers of The P&E – and even the occasional liberal or Democrat – offer comments to your humble servant’s offerings. On occasion, a comment will pique your servant’s interest and result in another post. Such is the case now. In this recent […]
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The Impeachment Imperative Revisited
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Nov. 20, 2022) — No time like the present to revisit what your humble servant advocated over a year ago here. In the 14 months since that advice was given, the case for impeaching, convicting and booting the Goof from office has only intensified. The next general election is scheduled […]