Friday Fallout

vic fortezza
2 min readMay 17, 2024

Members of the U.S. Naval Academy’s first year class climb the Herndon Monument, a ritual marking the end of their plebe year. Reuters photo by Kevin Lamarque:

Will this surprise anyone? Headline from nypost.com: “NIH official finally admits taxpayers funded controversial virus research in Wuhan — after years of denials.” Fauci should have his taxpayer-funded pension stripped.

Excerpt from the column of NYP sports media critic Phil Mushnick: “… why aren’t females who transitioned to males excelling at men’s sports?” Kudos once again, Sir.

Resident geniuses AOC and MTG had a shouting match during a House session. Is it any wonder people have lost faith in government? At least they didn’t do what Taiwan pols did yesterday. Photo from Google Images:

I don’t know if it means anything, but even left-wing CNN condemned Michael Cohen’s testimony.

Headline from foxnews.com: “Interest payments on the nation’s debt just eclipsed defense, Medicare spending.” I still ask: When is it going to matter?

This is the first time in a long time I’ve been tempted to comment on pro sports, which I stopped watching because of capitulation to wokeness. Two prominent figures are in the news. I’ll continue my boycott.

I have no idea how he did this, but it’s beautiful. Photo by Guillaume Legros AKA Saype/AFP/Getty Images, posted at theguardian.com:

A pleasant day to do business curbside. My thanks to the kind folks who donated, swapped and bought stuff at today’s session of the Anti-Inflation Book Shop. Here’s what sold: I’ve Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark, Will You Please Be Quiet? by Raymond Carver, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth by Leonard Goldberg, a Joe Cocker compilation on CD.

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vic fortezza
vic fortezza

Written by vic fortezza

I was born in Brooklyn in 1950 to Sicilian immigrants. I’ve had more than 50 short stories published world wide. I have 13 books in print.

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