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If you’re paranoid already…
…you might not want to read this. Food for much thought.
Continue reading →Impeachment, now and forever
Donald Trump is the only president I’m aware of who was the subject of a great deal of impeachment talk even before he took office. And I’ve noticed that nearly everything he’s done since then has been met with a … Continue reading →
GOPcare, version 1.0
If you go here, you can read a whole bunch of analyses of and reactions to the newly-unveiled “repeal and replace” health care bill proposed by the GOP. Predictably, nobody likes it. Before I get into a few of the … Continue reading →
Trump issues new executive order on travel and immigration
Here’s the text of the new order. Note the title, “Executive Order Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States.” And note passages such as this one: Executive Order 13769 [Trump’s previous EO on the subjet] did … Continue reading →
Spying on Trump Tower would fit in with Obama’s m.o.
This Boston Herald article points out that the FISA-spying accusation Trump has leveled at Obama fits in quite nicely with a pattern the Obama administration had demonstrated (although I want to emphasize that that doesn’t mean the accusations are true): … Continue reading →
FISAgate: if you stop and think about it, this is kind of funny
We take our humor wherever we can get it these days. From the Telegraph: …[Trump] claimed his predecessor ordered a wiretap of the phones at Trump Tower in New York, Mr Trump’s campaign headquarters. James Comey, the FBI director, asked … Continue reading →
Alma Deutscher
It may be time to get to know the work of prodigy Alma Deutscher. She’s twelve in this video: I don’t know about you, but I’m certainly impressed. Here Alma plays excerpts from some of her own compositions: And here’s … Continue reading →
Film about the Holodomor
I was surprised the other day to see a TV ad for a film that looked to be about the Stalin-engineered Ukrainian famine (known as the Holodomor). What an excellent topic for a film, and one few people today know … Continue reading →
Excellent article on immigration
And the article is in the Times, of all places, although it’s not by one of their reporters. It’s an op-ed by economist George Borjas, and here’s an excerpt: Inevitably, immigration does not improve everyone’s well-being. There are winners and … Continue reading →
Trump charges that Obama tried to wiretap Trump Tower
Well, if I thought I’d have a quiet Saturday in terms of the blog, I was sadly mistaken. But it’s not about me. It’s most definitely not about me. What is it about, then? Today’s news is loaded with stories … Continue reading →
Press bias by omission
Some of the worst press bias goes under most people’s radar for the simple reason that it’s accomplished by omission. To spot an omission, you have to be aware of what is omitted, and that can only come from knowledge … Continue reading →