Thanks to TheWeek.com/cartoons for this reminder of how I am off the spot. For the past decade, my politics and science websites of choice beyond the big influencers [NY Times, Washington Post The Guardian, BBC and CNN] have been an eclectic and everchanging mix. Incoming has been Wired, MIT Technology Review, NPR, and RottenTomatoes. Constants are Politico, …
I have traditionally used RealClearpolitics polling for a reasonable “Pulse of the Nation” update. But of late I have switched and am trying two new sources for Popular Political Pulse taking. First, I am following leading Republican media commentators that have a modest moderate bent. Think David Brooks, Anna Navarro, David Frum, and George Will. …
In a Medium essay Tim O’Reilly asks the question “how much value has Jeff Bezos added through his company Amazon?”. Now Tim is a successful publisher through O’Reilly Press of books and tools used in ITdevelopment. So Tim will be very familiar with Jeff’s two major business undertaking – the eCommerce goliath Amazon.com and the …
Liz Cheney speaks for Democracy as she refutes the Big Lie that the presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump. In her speech in Congress, Liz Cheney stands for the reality that the election was free, fair and fraud free in the face of 80% of Republican House members shameful embracing of that Lie. Her …
Satirists, humorists and pseudo Cancun Culturalists love a Great Buffoon – that is a very proud public figure who either has Texas Prime Beef Hoof-in-Mouth disease or is Ted Cruz, Texas Canadian Senator. And until he is finished running for President in 2024 the Great Buffoon will be spreading delicious Texas Patties such as seen …
Trump lied about the gravity of the Covid pandemic and then doubled down by abandoning any realistic attempts to control the disease . In contrast, Taiwan, which is right next to China has had a total of 928 Covid cases and 9 deaths compared with USA’s 27,799,946 cases and 479,772 deaths. Thanks Donald. Trump lied …
Amazon Prime has a TV Series, Flack that captures the essence of the first definition of flack – a slick set of arguments which can turn any criticism of a policy or politician to their advantage. For example, Senator Susan Collins lead the 10 GOP Senators with a faux Covid Relief Package whose key provision …
Here are the 147 Republicans who have been Complicit Conspirators in the Capital Insurrection. Just after the Capitol Riots, they ignored overwhelming evidence that Joe Biden won the election fairly and instead voted twice for the Big Lie that the Presidential Election was Stolen. The preceding Riots threatened the lives and welfare of fellow Members …
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Since the Washington Capitol Riots, there has been unadulterated disbelief and a labored reckoning as to a)what happened and when during the January 6th at the White House Rally and then the Capitol, b) what was the purpose of the various groups making up the riot, c) who planned and enabled the riotous actions and …
Amy Coney Barret is Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee 40 days before the 2020 Presidential Election and despite the fact that in 2016 President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland,was refused even a hearing before the Senate because in the words of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell “The American people should have a voice in the selection …
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Bernie Sanders Money Gathering operation has couple of major missteps. First, as a donator to Bernie’s Campaign, I have received over half a dozen requests to contribute again. This past week I got an emessage from https://brniesnders.com asking for a donation. But that domain has just been registered in June of this year as a …
NYTimes has taken the initiative and has recently presented defining profiles of 21 of 22 Democratic candidates for President. The profiles come from each cadidate’s answers to the same 18 questions about the upcoming Presidential contest and their reason for participating in it. Despite many requests by the NYTimes, Joe Biden declined to participate given that …
Worldwide Inequality Becomes More Pronounced Both Wealth and Income continue to skew in favor of privileged 1% as seen in these reports and charts: First there is the trend of income inequlity shows three disturbing trends: First, the top 10% of the population continues to increase its disproportionate percentage of National Income giving substance to …
This Truthdig cartoon by Dutch illustrator Tom Janssen encapsulates the true position of China as economic and political protector of the rabid rogue state of North Korea. Despite Chinese many protestations to the contrary, the aspiring new Responsible Nation in Asia is using North Korea as a military suzerain or puppet state to keep its …
Make America Great Again has a half-life of about 1-2 years at most. Then disastrous economic decision making will have the Political Fiddler on the Roof calling the End Tune. And nowhere has this become more obvious in the cobbled together, greed and revenge ridden “GOP Tax Plan”. The “Plan” is in quotes because it …
David Brooks has had a thankless task since 2000. He has had to defend the policies of the Republican Party first under George W. Bush and 9/11 and the Iraq War and then Wall Street Housing Collapse. This was quickly followed in 2008 to 2016 by the Newt Gingerich+Mitch McConnell Scorched Earth NO DEAL policy …
The New York Times has done the leg work to show how the GOP lawmakers have been bought by the NRA in both Houses of Congress. The list is of the top ten beneficiaries of NRA money first in the Senate and then in the House of Representatives. The layout is telling. First is a …
The Venezuelan economy is contracting quickly in part due to the halfing of oil prices [oil is Venezuela’s largest export] . But also social and political unrest as seen in the video is also a cause for the following economic distress: Venezuela Economy [source] GDP growth rate GDP/Capita in 2016 $ Unemployment Rate 2016 -10% …
This weekend on the Sunday News talk shows the following idea got repeated over and over– “There is no direct evidence of Trump colluding with the Russians during the Presidential campaign”. The meme was repeated by Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow on several shows, NYTimes David Brooks on Meet the Press, Amy Walter of the Cook …
After a disastrous last 2 weeks domestically, President Trump may be securing an improbable success in foreign policy with his changes in strategy for dealing with China over North Korea. In the past year with its nuclear detonations and ballistic missile trials, North Korea has become an ever more dangerous player in East Asia.The chances of a …
Original image – Daily Journalist An MBA Buddy and Your Editor were discussing today another Day of Maximum Chaos courtesy of the Trump White House Demolition Derby Team.Donald Trump started the rollback of Wall Street Financial Regulations to the pre-Great Recession days of 2002 to 2008 under the George Bush Administration. We considered which was …
Its been rare that one would expect to a hear a WTF statement from President Obama; but in the waning days of his Presidency Barack Obama served up just such a message to his good friend and campaign cohort, David Axlerod. We don’t even have to paraphrase it because its all caught on tape.About Hope …
In French, the results of the US Presidential election is expressed as C’est Domage – It is a great pity. In that spirit we present here some Thank You Notes in the Style of Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show. Thank You, Hillary Rodham Clinton, for trying to be filthy rich, a halfway progressive and the …
How the Republican Party staves off Disintegration The Republican party has become petty and vindictive as it clings to a fracturing voter Base It is a two-faced union of the Business Establishment attached to self-identified victim groups like Evangelicals, National Debtors [where were they when George Bush rang up a massive $5trillion in debt with unpaid …
Hillary Clinton just had her Mitt Romney moment and here is one of a flood of GOP reactive remarks: https://youtu.be/LOOOfUFtPHA Never marginalize your opponent’s supporters. Cardinal mistake. So the interesting question is why did the Democratic Party, 32% of the US Population, However, an earlier 2013 Gallup survey found that 42% of Americans identified as …
Hillary Clinton and the DNC should be congratulated for a convention that produced more clearly stated testimonials for Hillary – Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders and Tim Kaine being the most eloquent. Likewise the attacks on Trump were very telling including Muslim father Khizr Khan, Independent Enterepreneur Michael Bloomberg, and Vice President Joe Biden . Clearly, the …
Why nominate a presidential candidate who used a private email server a)which was illegal according to the State Department and then used irresponsibly according to the FBI; b)so then she has had to continuously and profusely lie about its use; c)because she used it to avoid FOIA-Freedom Of Information Act requirements for disclosure by petitioning media and d)that …
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Rule of Law and Financial Safety are deeply intertwined through the nexus of unfettered campaign financing allowed by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United Decision. Justice Stevens dissenting opinion states the case succinctly – “the Court’s ruling threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions across the Nation….a democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are …
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Hillary Clinton has been the beneficiary of so much leeway by her party.First she has a former Campaign Manager as DNC Party Chair who instead of being neutral was actively working to give every advantage to Hillary throughout Primaries. Only because of WikiLeaks, has Debbie Wasserman Schulz been finally ousted from her post. Likewise early in the primaries …
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In our ongoing series of 5 questions of the Demoratic Party – here are 3 about Elizabeth Warren. Elizabeth Warren for the past 10 years has been a staunch advocate for Consumer Financial protection Reforms. This work has gained her open emnity from the Financial Community but also a legions of supports among Progressive from …
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Here are five burning questions for the Democratic party and some of their key politicians prior to their Presidential convention. The first question is why was Debbie Wasserman Schulz retained as DNC party chair despite strife and ongoing problems with Ms Schulz starting in 2012 with Congressional, Obama, and other key leaders of the Democratic party parrying …
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Hillary Rodham Clinton just got away with murdering Rule of Law, As a lawyer Hillary is pledged to uphold Rule of law; but she has quietly eviscerated Rule of Law with her privileged Elite Escape from Criminal Prosecution without any indictable offense on the use of her email server..Clearly it was not a mere convenience …
