Joan Swirsky, Author at Gem State Patriot News

November 8, 2018 No Responses

Still the smartest guy in the room

Well, whaddaya know? In the midterm elections of November 6, 2018, the American people rewarded the president – for only the third time in almost a hundred years – with a net gain of three and possibly four Senate seats,...

October 14, 2018 No Responses

P.T. Barnum Had Nothing on the Democrats’ Freak Show

8 The Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus that I attended in my youth showcased acts like the freak show in which people with all sorts of bizarre physical features would attract millions of morbidly curious wide-eyed vis...

July 11, 2018 No Responses

Hillary Clinton – the ‘human spittoon’

In Hillary’s cringe-producing appearances over the past year and a half – since she lost the U.S. presidency in 2016 to Donald J. Trump – she has offered upward of 38 excuses to rationalize her loss, which Amanda P...

June 22, 2018 No Responses

Thank you, Punchy

I remember as a young teenager going by myself to see “On the Waterfront” at the Whalley Theater in New Haven. I was so mesmerized by the performance of Marlon Brando (30 years old at the time) that it took...

May 24, 2018 No Responses

The Juggernaut and the Jerks

Editor’s note: This article of May 15, 2017, makes a strong point on dramatic results at that time… and the Juggernaut goes on. Since President Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, a number of people have s...

April 29, 2018 No Responses

James Comey and the Stinking Fish Factor

(Author’s note: In August 2016, I wrote an article entitled “James Comey and the Stinking Fish Factor,” warning readers that the Comey fish was already rotting and that things were bound to get worse. Clear...

March 12, 2018 No Responses

Obama’s Genie

Imagine a guy in his mid-thirties walking on a beach in Hawaii and seeing an object that actually looked like the genie lamp he read about in his childhood – the kind of lamp he could rub until a genie...

February 17, 2018 No Responses

Obama’s Bunker Festers in The Swamp

Once upon a time, a seasoned political operative ran for President of the United States against a candidate who had virtually no political experience. She—Democrat Ms. Hillary Clinton—former First Lady of Arkansas, forme...

February 8, 2018 No Responses

All roads…

Once upon a time, a seasoned political operative ran for President of the United States against a candidate who had virtually no political experience. She – Democrat Hillary Clinton – former First Lady of Arkansas, forme...

January 20, 2018 No Responses

Who died?

I started watching Miss America and Miss Universe competitions when I was a little girl, mostly because I loved the gowns. To this day, I still tune in, especially toward the end, when all the gowns are on display. A...

January 10, 2018 No Responses

A year of spectacular accomplishments by President Trump

We’re still weeks away from the day in January last year when Donald J. Trump ascended to the presidency and took his oath of office as the 45th President of the United States of America. Yet, in less than twelve...

December 27, 2017 No Responses

Pamela Geller — America’s Churchill

When Adolf Hitler published “Mein Kampf” in 1926, he spelled out his vision for Germany’s domination of the world and annihilation of the Jews. Germany would not have lost WWI, he wrote, “if twelve or...

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