by Michael DePaoli

TRUMP IS NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORIST

Please stop insulting all those great conspiracy theories by labeling the pathologically lying Trump as a conspiracy theorist. It is just wrong to impugn the theorist paddlers. Trump is a liar. He does not espouse theories, he just makes stuff up in his head and falsely represents the facts.

Trump did not have a “theory” about Obama wiretapping Trump Tower. Instead, Trump was just being a big liar. Then, to compound his own lie, Trump sent out Sean Spicer to lie about the British, and he sent out Kellyanne Conway to lie about microwave ovens.

There is a huge difference between conspiracy theories and Trump lies.

When you agree upon a common nucleus of facts, and then you postulate a different (minority) interpretation of those facts, you are a conspiracy theorist. Thus, in the book “Is Shakespeare Dead?” the great writer Mark Twain was a conspiracy theorist because he was postulating a minority theory that maybe there was never a man named Shakespeare and therefore the Bard could not be dead. This effort by Mark Twain is commendable, because taking the time to question imperfect conclusions helps our society advance and learn. It is part of progress. Throughout history, society has benefitted by great minds examining the established explanations from different perspectives.

That is not what Trump is doing. He is not trying to figure something out from a different perspective. Trump is just fundamentally dishonest.

So please, you journalists at Mother Jones, Huffington Post, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, CNN, etc., stop calling Trump a conspiracy theorist! (Ed. Note: Thank you for not throwing MH under this large bus)

THE TOM BRADY JERSEY, MEDIA, MEXICO

As if Trump’s warfare against the media and Mexico were not hot enough, already, it was revealed that Tom Brady’s Super Bowl jersey was allegedly stolen by a Mexican tabloid media executive.

UCONN WOMEN 

The score was 28 to 11 at the end of the first quarter. The final score was 94-64. But, the game was not that close. UCONN women’s basketball dynasty continues with their victory over Syracuse in a rematch of last year’s final. The UCONN women enter the Sweet 16 in the tournament, yet again.

The UCONN women’s basketball team dynasty is one of the greatest of all time, of any sport. But, at the sports bar in Scottsdale, Arizona I had to ask for the game to be shown.