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Apr 12 2021
Because spouting the Democrat line is job number one.
Feckless, feeble, useless “Republicanism” at its best. The one, the only, Liz Cheney!!! H/t: The Gateway Pundit, described by Wikipedia as an “American far-right fake news website.” Now you know.
Apr 11 2021
A Far Cry From Women and Children First
Upon spotting this story Only Vaccinated Persons Can Board Evacuation Vessels to Leave Island Volcano: St. Vincent PM, I reflected upon the striking difference in attitude of the ruling class world-wide since the sinking of the Titanic. Hence the above title. Of course that thought was accompanied by the news of the savagery of the …
Apr 11 2021
Some kind of an agenda here.
Reassurance from central banks is only emboldening investors to add to their risks. When Powell attempts to explain his continued actions, many of us who pay attention to such things cry “Bullshit.” Not only is the current Fed policy uncalled for but it does little to strengthen the economy or address our problems. What it …
Apr 08 2021
Some Common-Sense Thinking on Privilege…
…and Deprivation. I’m as guilty of stereotyping as anyone. I have carelessly and automatically characterized badly-behaved children – or, even, adults – as the product of Single Parents. Such a judgement doesn’t account for the many terrific people who were raised in such households. But, that really is unfair – it’s not the Marriage/Not status …
Apr 07 2021
Not often pointed out.
Today we’re being fed justifications for escalating hostilities against Russia, China and Iran: they’re bad actors, they defy our ‘rules-based’ global utopia, they have a bad human rights record, they’re communists or undemocratic or anti-LGBT or whatever else might work to generate consent for another big war. However, the fact that one nation initiated more …
Apr 07 2021
Headscratcher.
“Mea Culpa: Oregon’s Largest Newspaper Admits Defunding Police Was A Terrible Idea As Homicides Skyrocket.” By ZeroHedge, 4/5/21.
Apr 05 2021
Clearly a Violation, But…
…given the likely loss under the currently constituted Supreme Court, not a good time to sue, and risk a loss that would brick in a precedent. That would give the Left a victory that might well outlast their dominance. Yes, this is – for all but the Stupid and Leftist (but, I repeat myself) – …
Apr 02 2021
Dear God! WHEN Will This End?
I’ve been tired of this COVID Theatre for some time (Yes, the British spelling was intentional – this is a High Theatre Production). So are many, and the numbers in favor of ending it are growing. “For countless unremarkable people, being a COVID hall monitor has provided a sense of superiority and importance. They will …
Apr 01 2021
Yet Another Bridges & Roads Project
Well, by now, we should know that that means. Forget the fact that this is Yet Another Bridges & Roads Project (YABARP). Forget that, even for a Make-Work project, this contains a LOT of unrelated pork – the link above has a short list of SOME of them. Remember back just a few years ago? …
Mar 31 2021
Why Dwell on Past Issues?
Because the Past is Never Truly Dead. https://www.facebook.com/lindaf3/posts/10158208599059542 I lived through that era. My feeling about the more violent protesters, at that ignorant age, was “Well, sure, they committed crimes, but…” Like many, I tried to justify much of the early protests as being driven by ‘good intentions’ (and, we all know where that leads, …
Mar 30 2021
The Gulag “Thing”
Now, that term – meant originally to refer to the concentration camps run by the Soviet Union, that imprisoned huge numbers of dissidents, wrong-thinkers, schlubs, and others caught up in the madness of a Fully-Leftist-Society-Run-by-Ideologues – was popularized in The Gulag Archipelago, written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. (I had to check my spelling multiple times to …
Mar 29 2021
Through the looking glass.
How can dollar debasement policies aimed at inflating away the debt ever succeed when it’s these very policies that induce the massive growth of debt in the first place?[1] Dollar debasement IS the OFFICIAL game plan. An endless loop of moronic policy with, if you remember the days of DOS, no ctrl+C (halt execution). Yes, …
Mar 29 2021
The rest is just detail.
Borrowing a quarter of the nation’s entire economic output every year to prop up an ineffective, corrupt status quo is putting a Band-Aid over a tumor. “Do We Really Think A Band-Aid Will Heal A Tumor?” By Charles Hugh Smith, ZeroHedge, 3/27/21 (emphasis removed).
Mar 29 2021
Not interested in U.S. tutelage.
Here’s a little diversity that we so slobber over 24/7. Diversity of opinion, that is. Sensible people in other countries are trying to tell us something: Our resident corps of hysterics and psychopaths seem to prefer the high-explosives approach to ordering the rules-based international order but as this eloquent woman suggests working together to defeat …
Mar 28 2021
The Great Skewering.
The lockdown of the world by politicians following the direction of health care “expert” models has proved to be the absolute worst decision since the leaders of Europe thought the conflict started in July 1914 would be over in a few weeks. It is now clear the lockdowns were used as the main lever to …
Mar 27 2021
It’s Not Just About Freedom
Mask-wearing practices in the United States, at this point, are slowly killing me. Yes, KILLING. Over the last year, I’ve become more and more socially isolated. I’ve lost those easy interactions that added so much to my day – with clerks, fellow shoppers, the people in restaurants, at church. I’m what is called HOH – …
Mar 27 2021
When you tune to the right frequency . . .
. . . it’s ALL b_______. Inflation is already raging, but the government and Fed tell you it is 1.5%. There are 261 million working age Americans and only 127 million are employed full-time, but the government tells you the unemployment rate is 6.2%, when more than 50% of those capable of working are not. …
Mar 26 2021
Having Trouble Understanding This
The idea of a “Mandatory Buy-Back” for guns held in private hands (what the Founders called American citizens). These guns – erroneously labeled “assault weapons” were legal to buy when they were purchased. They STILL are legal to own – so far. But, that phrase ‘mandatory buy-back’. Let’s break it apart. First, buy-back implies that …
Mar 25 2021
Pearls of expression.
This was [Martin] Gurri’s main thrust. The book’s [The Revolt of the Public] striking feature however, was how it seemed so completely to nail the coming Trump and Brexit era – and the ‘anti-system’ impulse behind them. In America, this impulse found Trump – not the other way around. The point here essentially being that …