Showing posts with label manufacturing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label manufacturing. Show all posts

Monday, September 14, 2020

Trump Light


Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. — Old Proverb

Donald Trump must have been doing something right ... because Joe Biden is now pretending to support ... not in the written Democrat platform ... but in teleprompter interviews, what Trump’s policies have been toward China trade, fighting the pandemic, restoring the US manufacturing base, supporting law and order,  etc. ... anything of Trump’s that polls well. (Should I have suggested “plagiarizing?”)

Ergo, why elect Trump light when you already have the real thing?



STAND UP FOR AMERICA!

Monday, May 18, 2020

Obvious Truth


In the last forty years America has gone from a manufacturing economy to predominately a service-sector one ... off-shoring many of our factories to China. This would suggest that, if one wanted to punish an uppity service nation by shutting it down, would not a pandemic be the most efficient and effective method?

Sunday, May 03, 2020

Headlines


Wearing a mask is for smug liberals. Refusing to is for reckless Republicans

Coronavirus live update: Biotech stocks soar on hope for a cure,  retail workers plan for ‘sickout’ protest

U.S. deaths top 63,000 ...

National Archives admin refutes Biden — within two hours of Morning Joe fiasco

Trump urges Michigan’s Whitmer to strike a deal with anti-quarantine protesters

Manufacturing falls sharply in April, but not as much as expected

Model: 100,000 [coronavirus] deaths by end of summer ...

Michigan House won’t extend state if emergency, moves to sue Gov. Gretchen Whitmer instead

House panel demands that Bezos testify on whether Amazon misled Congress

Remdesivir coronavirus treatment will need a ‘sustainable model’ to keep it accessible, Gilead CEO says

Pandemic could last two years ...

Report: Gavin Newsom to close all beaches, state parks in California

Wednesday, February 05, 2020

Headlines


Dr. Jill Biden: Lindsey Graham’s Trump-era transformation ‘a little hurtful’

US manufacturing activity rebounds in January

Trump congratulates ‘great state of Kansas’ ...

Le Pen: Brexit is a ‘terrifying failure’ for the European Union

Coronavirus: China says U.S. action ‘spreading fear’ as mainland death toll hits 361

Jeff Bezos sued for defamation by girlfriend’s brother

Hispanics largest minority voting block for first time ...

Ted Cruz: Fauxcahontas delivered last 2 GOP votes against witnesses

Kerry unloads on NBC after report he was overheard talking about 2020 bid

Coronavirus is going to ‘paralyze China’ — El-Erian warns against buying dips

Britain’s productivity decline worst in 250 years!

Boris admits ‘relatively few’ Islamist can be rehabilitated

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Headlines


White House violated the law by freezing Ukraine aid — GAO says

Senate passes new North American trade deal, sending it to Trump

Schiff: New evidence likely to emerge ...

John Kerry: ‘Outright lie’ by Trump that Iran was given $150 billion

EU trade chief urges reset in U.S. relationship amid tensions

Stocks are the most overvalued since at least the 1980s based on one measure

Bloomberg seen as ‘best bet’ to beat Trump ...

Lev Parnas: Trump is lying, ‘he was aware of all my movements’

Trump is not the cause of cooling EU-U.S. ties, says Merkel

Holiday sales climb 4.1%, retail industry trade group says, on the higher end of estimates

U.S. and China tip toe around holes in the new trade agreement ... $95 billion centerpiece already in doubt?

Surveys: Manufacturing is surging in the USA

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Headlines


Congress set to debut $1.4B spending deal that sidesteps border fight

Dow rallies more than 150 points to a record high, heads for a four-day winning streak

More on-the-fence members fall in line ...

Barack Obama: Women ‘indisputably’ better leaders than men

Police fire tear gas at Hong Kong protesters, ending lull

These 91 companies paid no federal taxes in 2018

Ex-FBI Chief assails Trump ‘slur’ on bureau ...

Impeachment approval officially underwater in average of polls

Trump slams debate commission but suggests he’ll face off with Dem opponent

Home builder confidence jumps to highest level in 20 years

Trudeau wants penalties for social media ‘hate speech’ ...

Manufacturing optimism surges

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Headlines


NSC official testifies Trump undermined national security with Ukrainian pressure

Cash-strapped Biden campaign top donors try to beef up fundraising

Republicans fear 2020 wipeout

Biden denied communion in SC church over abortion stance

UK’s Labour Party backs early election in December

Federal judge halts Alabama abortion law deemed the strictest in the nation

Dems going public with impeachment investigation ...

NPR praises terrorist Baghdadi: ‘He was a real leader’

Sessions strongly considering bid for his old Senate seat in Alabama

US consumer confidence dips in October, missing expectations

Manufacturing now smallest share of economy in 72 years ...

Trump tweets potential Baghdadi successor ‘terminated’

Thursday, October 24, 2019

The Trump Doctrine

MAGA!

A country without borders is not a country

Free trade is not necessarily fair trade

The US is not the world’s police force

Nationalism over failed globalism

This country will never be socialist

America needs to be energy independent

Bring manufacturing back to the United States

We must have the world’s premier military force

Be careful who you pick for your enemies ... and for your friends

Immigration should be welcoming but selective ... aim for contributors

We must take care of our veterans

Repeal and replace Obamacare

Strong economic growth and full employment across all ethnic groups

Our cities should be clean and crime-free

Alliances should be lived up to ... by all parties

Love of country and pride in country

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Unconventional


President Trump’s approach to international and domestic relations is certainly unconventional ... sometimes bordering on the bizarre. As such he has attracted mucho criticism and scorn. I myself have often scratched my head at his offbeat antics with Kim, Xi and Putin. But, on the other hand, the conventional behavior of our other presidents has not produced bragable results ... in fact, things kept getting more mired and confused.

Enter stage right our orange-haired pussy grabber whose laser-like focus seems always on results ... no matter how much manure his own countrymen heap on him. If he loses a round, he is not fazed. He keeps pushing toward the same goalposts that we all want: denuclearizing bad actors, fair trade, disentanglement of US troops overseas, border security, being respected by the world’s superpowers, stronger military, less political correctness, a booming economy, the return of manufacturing to the US, etc.

Liberal pundits grouse that Trump has no policy agendas ... well, read the previous sentence to see how myopic they really are. It is very clear to me and many Americans what Trump is trying to do ... and likely will get done if given half a chance. Call it the Trump Doctrine.

Yes, the never-Trumpers and, often his own personality, get in his way of these ends. But, to his great credit, he holds to these noble goals ... as opposed to the cockamamie agendas on the conventional Left. Being unconventional but right is much better than conventional but wrong.

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Trump Trope


D - defanging progress with ISIS, North Korea and Iran

O - opioid crisis pushback

N - NATO shaming (to pay their fair share)

A - anti-fake news

L - legal system leveling (with conservative judges)

D - developing America's infrastructure


J - Jerusalem embassy to be


T - tax cuts and trade (free but fair)

R - rigorous military

U - un-opening of our borders

M - manufacturing Renaissance

P - patriotism

Friday, January 05, 2018

Headlines


'Bannonwas shot on the South Lawn and then run over by a tank'

Manufacturing accelerates to cap best year since '04 ...

North Korea appears to have bombed itself in botched missile test: Report

... Trump furious: Bannon not only lost his job, he lost his mind'

Bannon endorsement s now a sudden handicap for GOP candidates

Fire at Clinton Chappaqua home ...

Tesla falls far short of Model 3 deliveries, pushes back production targets

Trump dissolves Voter Fraud Commission despite 'substantial evidence'

Conservative media stands by Trump over Bannon

Manafort sues Mueller, Rosenstein, DOJ ... 'unlawfully exceeded authority' ...

China is developing giant $2.1 billion park, dedicated to developing AI

Witness: Mueller Grand Jury like something out of a Black Lives Matter rally

Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Rose-Colored Glasses


This blog, like most of the Internet commentary, has a decidedly negative flavor. Not so good ... ergo, I've decided to try, at least for this one post, to walk on the sunny side of the street. One of Ronald Reagan's strong points was that he was always looking at things through rose-colored glasses. And the genius of Barack Obama's first presidential campaign was it slogan, "Hope and Change." Accentuating the positive is almost always the better strategy. People like to feel good ... and therefore they like people who try to make them feel good.

So what is so positive in our lives in America today? We have a capitalism-driven growing economy ... the largest in the world. We have a plentiful supply of cheap labor to our south ... anxious to experience our American life. We have a premier higher-education system ... the envy of the world ... and one which keeps supplying us with gifted entrepreneurs. We have the geographic advantage of being isolated from most of the rest of the world by two large oceans  We have a very low inflation rate. We have a generally benign climate. We have a national park system that is the envy of the world. We have the world's best health-care professionals and technology. Despite continuing declines, we still have an enormous manufacturing capacity.

And we are currently not in a hot war draining our treasury and supply of young people. Most crime in this country is on the decline except in a few hot spots. We have a democratic-elected government and all the freedoms provided by our Bill of Rights. We are abundantly supplied with raw materials. We have a stable currency ... the basis of most world-wide commerce. We have the strongest military in the world. We have a very large middle class that supports our democracy and our way of life. We have an enormously efficient food-supply chain. We lead the world in most technological advances. We still carry a large surplus of prestige with most world governments.

Enough? Feeling better?

Yes, we also have problems ... but I leave these for later comment.