Mahogany — what a mother pig says to her shoat when asked which wallow to play in.
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Fractured Definition
Mahogany — what a mother pig says to her shoat when asked which wallow to play in.
Headlines
‘Of course I did’ Giuliani acknowledges asking Ukraine to investigate Biden
Light shows and live bands: China wants to boost its nightlife to spur its evonomy
More Fed pumping in cash crunch ...
Pentagon: Border wall going up about one mile per day
France’s Macron risks big trouble with ‘Big Bang’ reform
Warren presidency frightens investors at conference: ‘She’s not my candidate of choice’
Warren rising ... Her nomination to lose?
Tulsi Gabbard fundraiser off ‘Saudi Arabia’s bitch’ remark
Buttigieg rips Warren over ‘evasive’ answers on health reform
Facebook’s Zuckerberg met with President Trump at the White House
Trudeau leaves open possibility of more blackface photos ... Canada horrified ...
Hispanic groups side with Trump on immigration: ‘I believe n the wall’
Quotable Quote
The world has never had so much wealth with so little comfort ... so much knowledge with so little understanding. — Anon.
Friday, September 20, 2019
Headlines
‘Feel free to leak this’: Inside the Pelosi-Nadler impeachment schism
Fed loses control of its own interest rate on day of big decision — ‘This just doesn’t look good’
Netanyahu falls short of a majority ... Cancels trip to UN ...
Study: Rate of U.S. abortions falls to lowest level since 1973
New poll shows Harris’ support has plunged 13 points in Iowa
Gun violence costs the US $229 billion annually, report finds
Health fears prompt Swiss 5G revolt ...
Martin Luther King Iii urges boycott of NFL over Colin Kaepernick
Trump blames ‘Dummy Beto’ for endangering deal on gun reform
Cramer: FedEx holds ‘most dispiriting call about the economy I’ve heard in a very long time’
Gov’t collects almost everything about everyone entering USA ...
Report: House Democrats 43 votes short of impeachment
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Evolution
One wonders, among all the animals, whether the impetus for the evolution of the primate hand, instead of being a paw, a claw or a hoof, might have been influenced by onanism?
Headlines
White House intervenes in General Motors strike
Pelosi tells Cramer: Dems are hopeful they’re on ‘path to yes’ on Trump’s North American trade deal
New York Fed steps into market to move interest rates ...
Week two: More empty NFL seats
Cokie Roberts, longtime political journalist, dies at 75
Oil drops 5% on report Saudi oil output to return to normal faster than initially anticipated
USA sues Snowden over new memoir ...
Week two: More empty NFL seats
Pentagon puts breaks on 3 border barrier projects because of cost
Blackstone’s Schwarzman: China’s economic ‘miracle’ came at the expense of US and the West
NYC says 1 million kids can skip school for climate strike!
... U.S. carbon emissions at lowest level since 1992
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Social-Justice Warriors
Lots of loud loquacious lecturers ... trumpeting tons of tiny tyrannical thoughts.
Soybeans
If one just reads the headlines, one would think American farmers are on the ropes. However, looking at the above chart (source: CNBC), one can see that things are not quite as bad as supposed. Add to this the fact that Trump has pumped tens of billions of tariff-collected dollars into US agricultural subsidies ... and that China has just agreed to import more US pork and soybeans ... farmers here may be doing a little better than OK ... not what the media are saying.
Lessons: Kind reader, at a moment in time there is only so much food in the world ... and always look behind the headlines ...
Stromboli
Nadler and the rest of the House Democrats after they indulged in a “impeachment inquiry” (located on Stromboli Island). Is Pelosi playing Pinocchio?
Headlines
Trump launches ambitious play to turn New Mexico red
The spike in oil prices will have to get a lot worse before it wrecks the economy
‘Iranian weapons used’ [in Saudi oil attack] ...
Beto O’Rourke confirms, ‘Yes, I want to tear down border walls’
Obama’s team lines up to defend Andrew McCabe in court
2020 Democrats cheer the auto workers strike as they look to top Trump in swing state Michigan
Teachers in Chicago inch closer to possible strike ...
Chicago weekend: 25+ shot, 7+ killed
Judiciary chairman throws cold water on Kavanaugh impeachment
Trump rages after NYT updates story to say alleged Kavanaugh victim ‘does not recall’ incident
RASMUSSEN: Trump approval back at 50% ...
‘Locked and loaded’: Trump tweet threat to Iran
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Iran
America’s biggest mistake in dealing with Iran was not retaliating when it first took over our Tehran embassy back in 1979. This was clearly an act of war ... and we effectively did nothing. It's all been downhill from then ... costing us billions of dollars and thousands of American lives. The Iranian mullahs and Quds Force are guttersnipes and need to be neutered ... with the least damage done to the Iranian people and infrastructure.
That said, the United States needs to respond only to a direct attack by Iran on our people or assets. Getting into a kinetic conflict with Iran over its attacks on Saudi Arabia is Saudi Arabia’s problem and it needs to take care if its own business. And, be not mistaken, Iran is devious and dangerous ... so any retaliation needs to be well thought-through and designed to be proportional.
Headlines
Moderate Democrats warn Pelosi of impeachment obsession
Apple is becoming a camera company
Iran says ready for war with USA after attack allegations ...
New old hysteria: NYT tries to destroy Kavanaugh again
Tony Blair: All Brits are sick of Brexit
UAW calls a strike against General Motors for first time since financial crisis
White House expected to reveal gun control legislation this week ...
Mitt Romney says he’s not planning to endorse Trump in 2020
David Cameron: Boris Johnson didn’t believe in Brexit
Kamala Harris and Julian Castro call for impeachment of Brett Kavanaugh
Idle mines portend dark days for US coal ...
New leftist Italian gov’t ‘invites’ migrants in ...
Monday, September 16, 2019
Fractured Definition
Crockery — the increasingly obvious style of much of the New York Times’ reportage
Shorter Days
As the year progresses into fall and winter, I am becoming increasingly annoyed with the lesser amount of our daylight. Whereas a few months ago, daybreak would be before 5 AM, now it is after 6 AM. Why can’t our government and the EPA do something about this? If we can send a man to the moon, we should be able to remedy this simple problem. Can we put a tax on darkness so that there is less of it? Perhaps we can convene a Paris conference to bring all nations together to decide how the United States is going to save our daylight? What does Daddy Barack Obama, Uncle Joe Biden and Auntie Elizabeth have to say about this scourge?
We need to educate our children about the penalties derived from shorter days! Less play time.... more meager crops. We need our kids to march on Washington with their teachers to demand that Trump do something about things. He has promised other stuff, so why is he conspiring to make us have less daylight? Can’t he use some of his billions to make to sun come up and go down when we want it to? Any reasonable cost-benefit analysis would suggest that, if it even sends our nation trillions of dollars further into debt, it would be worth it. It would treat us and the rest of the world to benefits beyond the debt we incurred.
Those opposed to increasing our daylight claim that is is due to the tilt of the Earth causing our seasons. Balderdash! This is all conservative propaganda! 98% of scientists say that, if this were man-made ... it can be man-corrected. It is well beyond time we need to save all the birds who die flying south in the fall to stay warm. SAVE THE BIRDS!
Are you listening Al Gore? Time to step up again and save personkind!
Fractured Definition
Ozone — the area reserved for the chopped onion on a Big Mac (between the pickle and the lettuce)
Headlines
Trump confirms death of Osama bin Laden’s son
The US-China trade war has set in motion an unstoppable global economic transformation
Saudi shuts down half of its oil production after drone strikes ... Crude to hit $100?
Democrat senators fear Beto torpedoed gun control with confiscation push
Romney says Trump was right not to cut capital gains tax
Elon Musk is not the problem at Tesla — blame the people around him
Tropical storm Humberto lashes Bahamas, seen becoming hurricane ...
DOJ IG Michael Horowitz finishing report on FISA abuse
Yemen drones hit Saudi oil sites, including key checkpoint
Trump says he discussed a mutual defense treaty with Benjamin Netanyahu
Slow growth has not hurt Trump in key Midwest counties
Trump: Illegal immigration costs Americans $300 billion each year
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Freedom
Yes, many legal and illegal immigrants come to America for our handouts and for our permissive criminal climate ... and, even though I have at times been a sourpuss, I still want to believe that our primary appeal is ... FREEDOM!
(Maybe we should try to make like-minded Hong Kong our 51st state?)
Hogtied
As long as we are talking about stopping those crazies who are jeopardizing our children’s lives, when are we going to do something about those nutjob officials who hogtie our law enforcers and create sanctuaries for criminals?
Sergeant Schultz
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz emulates Sergeant Schultz, “I know nothing.” See: Junk Science blog entry
Of course, CO2 is absolutely essential for any plant respiration and food production.
Good News!
... for parents with kids who are approaching college age. The annual tuition and fees for Oxford University in England are about $14,000 ... whereas the tuition and fees for Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA are over $55,000 ... 4 times as much! Even factoring in extra transportation costs, this is a no-brainer for parents of children who can tie their shoes.
Headlines
Trump official urges end to medical exemptions for deportations
This was the worst week for mortgage rates in 3 years — and it may be just the beginning
Warren dodging middle class tax question ...
Pelosi: Impeachment is ‘divisive’ but if we have to go there we will
Appeals court revives foreign corruption suit against Trump
Cyberattacks against the US helped fund North Korea’s weapons program, fed’s say
Shock survey: Small biz back Dems ...
Joe Biden delivers confusing, rambling
China to exempt U.S. pork and soybeans from additional trade war duties, in response to Trump tariff delay
Cramer: Wall Street may breath easier because Biden did better than Warren in debate
Not again : New storm takes Dorian track ...
Federal Appeals Court renews emoluments case against Trump
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Prediction
If Andrew Yang wins the Democrat nomination, he will get at least ten votes in the general election ... those ten adults whom he personally gave a $1,000 per month stipend for the previous twelve months.
But would this be vote buying?
Not So Obvious Truth
Correlation does not imply causation ... see: Fast Company Article. A lesson lost on many climate scientists and politicians.
Headlines
Democrat plan could block Trump’s tariff-aid payments to farmers
Mnuchin says the Treasury is ‘seriously considering’ issuing a 50-year bond next year
Supremes back Trump’s asylum restrictions ...
Elizabeth Warren’s ancestor fought against Seminoles in Florida
Ted Cruz warns that Texas will be hotly contested in 2020
Senior White House official denies report US considering interim China trade deal
US Attorney recommends charging McCabe ...
Twitter, the Gap, 143 other businesses press Congress for gun control
Poll: Biden down 5 points, while Warren edges past Sanders
Trump says China will be buying ‘large amounts’ of US agricultural products
Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House ...
Trump postpones China tariffs for 15 days
Friday, September 13, 2019
Brave New World
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| Big Brother |
Information is money ... and lots of information means lots of money. The Masters of the Universe have learned this lesson well ... and so, dear reader, we are well on our way into the Brave New World ... ruled by Silicon Valley.
Firebreaks
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| From reddit Pics |
Attn. California: How firebreaks work!
(In Australia, they handle things well.)
Word Salads
Vegetarians must have loved the Democrat debate last night ... it was nothing but a bunch of word salads ... and Biden's lettuce was a little wilted. All the front-runner candidates offered panel-tested and over-rehearsed answers that seldom matched the questions asked.
The other missing ingredient was genuineness ... and this is the Achilles heel of the once-party of Jefferson and Jackson. These bozos cannot win the presidency by being a bunch of Chatty Cathy robots.
The degree of melodramatic arm-waving, spittle-flecked mendacity, pathetic pandering, silly zingers and desperate demagoguery was mostly universal and sadly, quite disappointing.
Again, word salads were the entire menu of the evening. Joe Biden got the mercy vote and survived only because he was the least emotive and obnoxious ... but not by much.
Headlines
Top Bolton aide out at White House
T. Boone Pickens, the ‘Oracle of Oil’ and billionaire philanthropist, dies at 91
NYT deletes Tweet saying ‘airplanes took aim’ at towers ...
Koch group launches ads defending Silicon Valley against state AG probes
Trump administration prepares ban on flavored e-cigarettes amid outbreak of vaping-related deaths
Trump: Fed should cut rates to zero ‘or less’ ...
More than a dozen children of fallen 9/11 firefighters join FDNY
Hoyer backpedals after contradicting Nadler on impeachment probe
Trump's approval on the economy slides as recession fears grow
Left rising: Biden agenda far more liberal than Hillary ...
Trump: Bolton had to leave after making ‘big mistakes’
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Fractured Definition
Control — one who lives under a bridge and always leaves negative comments on your blog
Snobbery
The base-line reason for all the spittle-flecked aversion to Donald J. Trump as our president is, let’s be frank, snobbery. The elites on both US coasts cannot abide that Americans in fly-over country have gained the upper hand ... and no longer accept their self-serving decisions on immigration, trade, energy, race relations, managing our economy and foreign affairs. This upstart Trump knows not of the way things are supposed to be ... and so he, along with his long ties and orange hair, needs to go back to reality TV and let his betters run things ... back to the way they used to be ... when they got the cake and middle America got the crumbs.
Gay Bank
Michigan has just approved the founding of a “gay bank” ... specifically for LGBT customers ... see: Yahoo Article. Very interesting invention ... does this mean that only such people can have accounts at this credit union? If so, isn’t this called “discrimination?” Can we have banks now for straights only? I don’t think so.
And what can such a bank offer to this specific class of clients that other banks can’t? I really don’t believe that gays of any gender are discriminated against in other credit unions. There are laws against such silly stuff you know. And must all the employees and directors be homosexuals, bisexuals or transsexuals?
I strongly suspect that this meme is a social dead end. I hope so ...
Headlines
Trump and Bolton offer conflicting accounts on his White House exit
Oil falls after Trump says he fired national security advisor John Bolton
Soros praises Trump ...
Dem Rep. Clyburn: ‘Not too sure’ the Bill of Rights would pass today
Poll: Biden, Sanders top Dem field among Latinos
Cramer: Wall Street executives are saying Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 bid has ‘got to be stopped’
Poll: Most now have unfavorable view of Dem party ... Majority say recession likely ...
Mitt Romney: ‘Very unhappy’ with John Bolton’s firing
Number of uninsured Americans rises for first time since Obamacare
Jamie Dimon says JP Morgan is preparing for the risk of zero rates in the US
Poll: Gun control support slipping ...
Federal Judge: Facebook’s view on privacy is ‘so wrong’
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Leadership
Be he right or be he wrong, there is no question that Donald Trump is a leader. He has supreme confidence in his ability to make things happen. And he is right more often than he is wrong ... which really angers his opponents. And very often these opponents would rather Trump lose than the United States win. This is a perverse type of political hostility. When President Trump moves in an unconventional direction with Afghanistan withdrawal or Iranian denuclearizing, fake-news pundits squirm and scream, “That is not the way to do it” ... forgetting that their previous mindless approaches were totally ineffective. What’s that definition of insanity?
I find it strange that liberals often find it preferable to do nothing administratively than be shown as having a hand on the throttle and a eye on the rail. I recall that many of my lefty friends called Mayor Rudy Giuliani a Nazi as he led New York City back to live-ability. And now the mayor of this city, de Blasio, would rather exercise at the gym than run his city ... with the result that it once again is a mess. This same insanity is being repeated in other Democrat cities ... Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Portland, Chicago, etc., etc.
Why, in the minds of Democrats, does responsible management equate to totaliarism? And laissez faire and permissiveness equal “justice?” There can be no real progress without making decisions and shaping operations. Yet they call themselves “progressives!” Railing against the phantom bugaboos of racism, bigotry, misogyny and antisemitism is not a substitute for leadership. And every so often the American people wake up and realize this truth.
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