Perhaps – like me – you’ve been surprised at the amount of venom expressed online in reaction to the hit-style murder of United Healthcare executive Brian Thompson. The anger I’m talking about is against the victim, not the murderer. It … Continue reading →
Yesterday Trump announced that he plans to impose a 25% tariff on all goods from Mexico and Canada, and increase the tariff on goods from China 10%. Most of the coverage (including the article I just linked) assumes that it … Continue reading →
They explain their plans for government efficiency (sounds like the oxymoron to end all oxymorons, doesn’t it?): Musk and Ramaswamy are correct: unelected bureaucrats passing “rules and regulations” have detracted America from what the Founders framed in the Constitution. DOGE … Continue reading →
From IDF spokesman Hagari: Hezbollah’s financial network is based on two main sources of income: money from the Iranian regime and money from the Lebanese people. Iran’s Quds Forces transfer money to Hezbollah from Iranian oil sold in Syria. Iran … Continue reading →
Trump does some funny stuff here, working the fryolater and then the driveup line at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania. It drew the usual outrage from Harris supporters: The restaurant was closed to the public during his visit, and NBC News … Continue reading →
The self-described knucklehead doesn’t even know what a venture capitalist is: “Sen. Vance became a media darling. He wrote a book about the place he grew up. But the premise was trashing that place he grew up rather than lifting … Continue reading →
So much news … (1) Pay now or pay later, but somebody pays. And I’m surprised that the WaPo is reporting on this: Rooftop solar is a disaster: 1. In California, rooftop solar has shifted electricity costs so that poor … Continue reading →
Here are some details: The FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program (ESFP). The FEMA migrant-spending program began as an offshoot of a Reagan-era plan called the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP). EFSP had the goal of providing aid to … Continue reading →
A crisis averted: The theory is that a dockworkers’ strike would have been too damaging to the Democrats, so the problems have been patched up for now: “Effective immediately, all current job actions will cease and all work covered by … Continue reading →
How long will it last? Will there be major shortages? Tune in to find out: Dockworkers at dozens of ports stretching along the East and Gulf coasts walked the picket line after midnight on Tuesday as they launched a massive … Continue reading →
I suppose it could be because he was corrupt. In the olden days, I would have thought that was the reason. But a great great many corrupt people in public life aren’t indicted. So why would the current DOJ indict … Continue reading →
I had read about this sort of thing before – that the Biden administration is sanctioning Israelis for fairly trivial (and in many cases only alleged) abuses, in a manner that’s very different from the way it’s treating people in … Continue reading →