Caution
enriches passion.
Protecting
The Serving:
The PA Senate has passed a bill that would let cops prevent the
public from seeing body cam video without a court order.
Manufactured
Manufacturing:
Yes, US manufacturing is in the tank, except for computer and
electronics stuff. Cars, trucks, appliances... not so much. But the
government numbers show improvement because they count “vast
improvements in quality” as
a manufacturing gain, regardless
of how few workers those improvements require.
Not
Really, But:
The US Chamber of Commerce says that the scare headlines about TPP
undermining national, state and local laws and regulations simply are
not true. Nothing in the TPP agreement gives the ISDS arbitrators
the power to overturn laws or regulations. They can, however, make
governments
pay huge settlements, billions and billions. But the
law(s)
will not
be
overturned
by the ISDS process.
Food
For Thought:
Does the US really need all those oversas bases? Yes, if it is to
retain its empire. Are
they cost effective? Probably not,but boy do they
swell the prideful chests of the unemployed.
Damn
Democrats:
Illegal immigration is harder than it looks. In 2014 about 200,000
Central Americans tried to sneak in to the US; hardly a flood, but
significant. But Obama, since 2009, has deported more than 2.5
million people, nearly 25% more than Bush. Another case where the
facts have Democrat bias.
His
Master's Voice:
Trump's dog whistle refusal to commit to accepting the will of the
electorate was pure red meat for that half of
his
voters
whose grip on reality is slight and whose anger is barely under
control. Has Trump tried to stoke fear among his more loosely wrapped
followers? Yes, but to what end? Never mind what he says, pay
attention to what his followers are hearing.
The
Third Branch:
In
John Kische's Ohio a judge has restored the right to vote to
thousands who were targeted by Kasich's administration on the
suspicion they would vote Democrat.
Look
Carefully:
White collar crime is not necessarily
different from
other
forms of criminality except
1)
The perpetraors
tend to wear suits, thus the white collars, 2) While they are often
“caught” by the press, they are relatively immune to actual
arrest and trial. 3) Very rarely does a white collar offender –
say the head of Wells Fargo or any number of senior Goldman Sachs
officers
– stand trial. 4) They rarely
serve
actual jail time.
The
Downward Spiral:
Spoiled and ignorant white students at Texas State University in San
Marcos
walked out of their anthropology class when the professor told them
that we are all of African descent. Which
we are. A teacher in a Norman, OK high school pointed out to his
class that being
born white conferred immense privileges that are part of the
birthright racism of being white in America. The students were
deeply offended to learn the truth. At the University of Florida the
school is offering
counseling for over-protected brats who claim to be offended by
Halloween costumes.
Family
Stress: Spokesmen
for Philippine
President Duterte have
announced that the Philippines and the US are undergoing a trial
“separation”.
Until this matter is resolved the family would like be allowed to
quietly work out their problems.
