Venezuela Ins’t Socialism and Other Stuff – 43
Conservatives like to label a failing Venezuela as a failed Socialist nation when it is far from Socialist. Venezuela is a dictatorship and they pin most of their revenue on oil, 95% GDP. The incompetent and corrupt government eliminates political competition and a free press (sounds familiar?) They do little [...]
Where Is The Supreme Court, This Country, Going? – 42
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring and the highest court in our nation is about to swing to the hard right for decades to come.
Trade Wars and Hawaii – 41
Talking our usual stuff. Going to Hawaii. Trade wars and tariffs.
Should The Constitution Be Updated? – 40
Should the constitution be updated? Is it a living document? Our constitution is founded on some great ideas but it's a Rube Goldberg patchwork of ideas that needs modernization especially considering that it was written well over 200 years ago.
YouTube Shooting, the Gun Violence Saga Continues – 39
Yet another shooting, this time a woman who is upset with YouTube. Nasim Najafi Aghdam, armed with a Smith & Wesson 9mm pistol shot 3 people and took her own life. The Parkland mass shooter was not a current student, he took an Uber and brought a duffel bad with [...]
Bad Economic Choices – 38
The new tax policy was designed to punish blue states because they have higher local and state taxes. Corporations get permanent and big tax cuts that only benefit the rich. Repatriation of overseas corporate wealth will go towards stock buybacks, C-level bonuses, and shareholder dividends. Decisions to invest in R&D [...]