As we learn more about what went on leading up to the 2016 election the more I am reminded of the scene at the begining of Apocalypse Now where the protagonist, Willard, discusses the absurdity of morality and war. “…...
I’ll say this for the Finns. They are tough. Their entire country is frozen for 7-8 months of the year. They endure sunless winters. They fought the Russians to a standstill despite being vastly outnumbered in the Winter War of...
We’ve been writing about this for quite a while now. Parts of this country have reached the tipping point. Some places are just too burdened with taxes and regulation for everyday people. As such people are picking up stakes...
“We do know that the group made unauthorized access to House servers, logging in with the usernames and passwords of Members of Congress, including the servers of members for whom they did not work.” Bill Clinton and alleged hacker...
Poor lobbyists. What are they going to do with Ryan now close to toothless? Guess there’s extra time to shine the Guccis and for longer lunches at The Palm. (From The Hill) Lobbyists are bracing for the uncertainty that comes...
All across the country house prices are rising. And the price increases appear to be broad in nature. Caution is the word for homeowners and prospective homeowners. (From CNBC) Home prices nationally were 6.7 percent higher than their peak in...
Anybody who reads us regularly knows that we try to give Trump a fair shake. But we have always warned that the President likes crony capitalism too much. Many Trump supporters will no doubt support the below measures. They shouldn’t...
“The only ones who really got rich were Lula and his corporate political friends.”
It’s kind of hard to assert one’s 4th Amendment rights when one is dead. (From Time) Florida authorities went to a funeral home and used a dead man’s finger to try to unlock his cellphone as part of their investigation....
Generally this is a pretty good article. The one big issue I have with it however is that the authors seem to imply that crony capitalism and protectionism are somehow new to this country with the emergence of Trump. This...
Every person who believes in actual reporting, not the heavily biased spin which so often comes from sites like Snopes.com etc. should save this contact information to their computer and make use of it. Often. “Fake news” needs to be...
Lots of swamp creatures still in DC. It’ll take time to kick these people out (and perhaps indict them) but the effort needs to begin.
