Less a Blink than a Wink

Corruption Trump

            New Orleans        This is a one-finger clap at some good news.  After pushback from his own party and almost everyone else in the US and across the world, the White House has been signaling for several days that Trump was backing off the $1.8 billion slush fund.  The Department of Justice and its …

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Blocking Narcissism and Grift

Corruption Grift Trump

            Marble Falls       Maybe, just maybe, there are limits to the fawning by the Republican US Congress and the level of corruption and grift that Trump and his family are allowed.  I hesitate to generalize because with this crew, it’s whack-a-mole with more that crops up even as restrictions are imposed elsewhere.  Regardless, it’s …

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Adani Bait and Switch

Corruption India

            New Orleans,       We don’t regularly follow all of the times that billionaires and those who want to be are investigated or charged by the US or the Security and Exchange Commission for stock dealings, but we have kept our eyes on the cases involving Gautam Adani, reportedly now the richest man in India.  …

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