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For a proper appreciation of this news report, cue up this music from The Godfather

For what it’s worth–and personally, I’m not convinced it’s worth a lot–Donald Trump has rejected $200 million that was offered to him if he would choose Newt Gingrich as his running mate ( http://www.infowars.com/report-trump-refused-200-million-to-pick-gingrich-as-vp/ ).

Could we have a little Godfather music in the background, please?

According to stories all over the Internet today, Trump was offered a $100 million contribution by Las Vegas mogul Sheldon Adelson, and an additional $100 million by “the elite” of the GOP, to choose Gingrich as his vice presidential candidate. And Trump turned ’em down.

Well, look, if you’re going to accuse somebody, then accuse him–don’t just lay it on some nameless “elite” whose guilt or innocence can’t be proved. As for Mr. Adelson, he’s been a huge Republican donor in the past, he’s one of the richest men in the world, and I think we need more than Internet chatter to brand him as big a crook as this. After all, we’re talking about a corrupt act of truly Clintonian proportions.

Congressional Republicans who voted to confirm Loretta Lynch as U.S. Attorney General, when they could have kept her out, should have nothing to say in this election.

And as for you, who think “Oh, Trump and Clinton, there’s no difference between them!”–please. Do you think Hillary would turn down a $200 million bribe?

Always provided the story is true–and I think I need more proof.

If you enjoy the custom of giving gifts at Christmastime, here are a few it would be better to avoid. I have seen some of these gifts presented, and it has always turned out badly.

*Evening in Akron. This is a perfume. At least that’s what the label says. Akron, Ohio, is famous for the manufacture of tires. That’s what this stuff smells like. Tires. And it costs a lot, too.

*The “Hillary Clinton Laugh” Ring Tone. Not even to your worst enemy should you give this. You know the laugh I mean: the one that sounds like she ought to be stirring something in a cauldron, in a graveyard at midnight.

*The Do-It-Yourself Transgendering Kit. Well, hey, you get what you pay for.

*Somebody has a great deal on full shipping crates of Compound W, the wart remover; but I think there is a limit to how many little tubes of Compound W you can give someone without greatly offending him.

*The Harry Plotnik fantasy novels, by Ray Kay Jowling. These books are, of course, knockoffs of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter tales. In Harry Plotnik and the Healthy Dallows, for instance, the young sorcerer and his friends race the evil magician, Lord Liverwort, for possession of powerful magical items that restore sweet breath and a healthy head of hair. The only original touch is provided by the publisher, Bogoff Books, who put in some of the pages upside-down.

*How to Tame Any Animal, No Matter How “Dangerous,” instructional video by the late Hobart Smedley. You’ll see him sharing his technique for taming a nestful of hornets. You will not see him going up a ladder, high up into a tree, and trying his technique on hornets who weren’t quite in the mood. Also included is a tribute to Hobart by Alan “Stumpy” Jones, the former shark trainer.

So there you have ’em, folks. Steer clear of these items, and hopefully they’ll steer clear of you.