With all the tragedy of last week, it seems only fitting that this week brings the death of a major figure who fueled the Trump miasma and the ascendancy of a militant Republican movement: Sheldon Adelson. Though Adelson, who was 87, was American by birth and never took Israeli citizenship, he had little use for […]
Adelson Paid Spanish Security Firm to Spy on Assange, Then Handed Off to U.S. Intelligence
Among the more whackadoodle developments to come out of Julian Assange’s UK extradition trial is the Guardian report that Sheldon Adelson’s Sands Company paid a Spanish company to plant surveillance gear inside the Ecuadorean Embassy to spy on Assange while he was holed up there. I have asked the Sands if they have any statement […]
Sheldon Adelson: 2020 Islamophobe of the Year!
I tell you, folks, it was nip and tuck all the way to the end. Two worthy candidates fought all the way through for the bragging rights to being Islamophobe of the Year. But this year, age and experience won out over callow youth, as Sheldon Adelson took 86 of 413 votes or 21% followed […]
Islamophobe of the Year “Award”
I’m tearing a page from Adam Milstein’s Little Blue [& White] Book. Last week, one of his Judeo-fascist groups, Stopantisemitism.org, conducted a poll of sorts listing choices for Islamophobe of the Year. The “nominees” were based on previous “Anti-Semite of the Week” awardees (some of whom I’m proud to call good friends). In honor of […]
