It is bad enough as it is with the authorities going after people in public. Now politicians wish to “invade” schools in Arizona. Not that terrorizing people in libraries is acceptable either. And they would force teachers and others within the schools, etc. to fully cooperate by reporting on immigrants. One AZ State Senator wants […]
Tariffs . . . are a marvelous distraction while Trump hides what he really wants to do. Everybody is looking in the wrong direction, mesmerized by the shiny coin as Trump calls off tariffs for now. Trump does not care about America. He cares about himself and stuffing away $billions. Time to buy on the […]
If anyone thinks this is more than just a game by Trump, you are wrong. The or his story keeps changing on what he claims he is going to do with his favorite topic of tariffs. In an earlier post, I outlined some of the ideas he had for tariffs on product coming to America. […]
What I was trying to do was get a handle on the numbers of proposed Tariffs by the Trump Admin., that being Trump himself. Chart to the right identifies them. The verbiage to the left is a description of each proposed tax. A lot of proposals on the table with many of them being delayed. […]
Joyce Vance of Civil Discourse to which I subscribe to directed us to The Contrarian where she joins Julie Zebrak, Bri Murphy, and Joshua Kolb to write. The topic? A new and fresh Trump administration onslaught against democracy. The characteristics of which are throwing as much garbage into the air so as to confuse the […]
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” Bob Dylan ~~~~~~~ Then, there was the White House’s new Executive Order on Wednesday concerning, of all things, “Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads.” While that may sound like an Onion headline, the Order included the following clause: “Notice and comment is unnecessary because I am ordering […]
During his first term, Trump railed about energy-efficient plumbing. He claimed he had to flush his toilet 10-15 times and was forced to stand in the shower five times as long. I have no idea what he’s talking about. Sounds like what he needs is a plumber. In the event, the Biden Administration mandated resource-conserving […]
What happens if you are not an immigrant? Social Security changes has hit upon ordinary citizens also. This is a brief piece article about one citizen whose Social Security status was changed arbitrarily. Joyce Evans received an alarming letter two days before Christmas 2023. (“Family sues Social Security after mom spent dying days fighting error, […]
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution.It’s that they can’t see the problem.~ G. K. Chesterton There’s an article in the latest New Yorker about the genetics start-up Colossal and their “de-extinction” of the Dire Wolf. They’ve set their sights on resurrecting the dodo, the wooly mammoth and the thylacine as well. Actually, none […]
“When Jonathan returned from the US to Australia for a two-day trip to scatter his sister’s ashes, he packed only two changes of clothes, leaving enough space in his small bag to carry the empty ashes urn to his home in the US. The trip was so brief he didn’t even pack a laptop charger. […]