Foreign minister Paolo Gentiloni has been asked to attempt to form a government. He is a rather bland establishment figure who has two interesting histories. First, back in the day, Italy (then a monarchy) didn’t get along with the pope (they fought a war with a famous battle at the pious gate (no ti sto […]
– Chrysler Fiat sold the car division sans Jeep, MiniVan and Trucks to the Chinese. They also closed production on Chrysler 200 and Dodge Dart June of this year. It will be the first time Chrysler/Dodge have not had Cars if this is true. 200 (UF) and Dodge Dart (PF) never did met forecast so it […]
A Leading Intellectual according to Trump’s Chief Strategist Steve Bannon and founder of the Alt-Right, Richard Spencer “We won . . . .” I am playing the entire newscast rather than just the abbreviated version of the speech which is popping up all over. Sorry about the commercial. This took place at Texas A&M at […]
Can say anything?
For those of you who may have missed it, Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) is Pres. Trump’s pick to be the head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Price is an Orthopedic Surgeon (former?) and has been in the House for 12 years now and a member of the Congressional Healthcare Caucus. It appears […]
Teabagger and maybe Trump nominee for something (hopefully other than the Sec. of the VA), Sarah Palin slams Trump and Pence in a Randian manner on bailing out Carrier and Carrier workers calling it as an intrusion on free enterprise. Afterwards she gushes; “I am ecstatic for Carrier employees! Their bosses just decided to keep […]
Georges Sorel thought he had made a ‘happy choice’ with his use of the term ‘myth.’ But he soon was disabused of that illusion by critics who dismissed the anachronism of myths and others who accused him of falsifying “the real opinions of revolutionaries.” In his essay, “Myths of the Twentieth Century” published three decades […]
What follows is from Today’s Democratic Party: Meeting America’s Challenges, Protecting America’s Values, a.k.a., the 1996 Democratic Party Platform. This is the section on immigration. I took the liberty of bolding pieces I found interesting. Democrats remember that we are a nation of immigrants. We recognize the extraordinary contribution of immigrants to America throughout our […]
Published in September 1947, Whither Solid South? A Study in Politics and Race Relations, by Charles Wallace Collins, “became both manifesto and blueprint” for the 1948 “Dixiecrat” campaign of Strom Thurmond and — over the longer term — the strategy whereby Southern white supremacists engineered a balance of power “lock” on the electoral college and […]
This kind of thing REALLY MUST STOP. Then again, maybe our side can start doing this.