COVID-19
Airline CEOs Are Welfare Queens
In the Spring of 2020, when US air travel came to an abrupt halt, airline CEOs launched a big lie campaign of Trumpian dimensions. They falsely equated “saving employee jobs” with “saving shareholders”.
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Humor
Best Breakup Revenge Ever!
Pesky Ex-Boyfriend Won't Go Away? Call the FBI and have him arrested! The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that a Pennsylvania man was part of the mob that stormed the Capital on January 6th. Multi-tasking like all good White nationalist rioters, he sent texts to his ex-girlfriend
COVID-19
Did Covid-19 Originate in a Chinese Lab? Possibly. Here’s the Evidence
We May Never Know the Truth I know nothing about coronaviruses but I’ve studied China and the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) for decades, traveling there dozens of times, and met with many government officials. If Covid-19 originated in a Chinese lab, would the Communist party cover it up?
Politics
The Inevitable End of the US-Afghan War
Several days ago, the New York Times wrote this piece (excerpt below) describing the current situation in Afghanistan. It is as predictable as it is depressing. The inevitable end of the US-Afghan War is upon us. It is exactly 20 years since President George W. Bush – in actions widely
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Note to Readers: I'm Back
To readers of the American Carnage blog: After ten weeks of battling a resurgence of a long-standing chronic condition, I'm happy to report that I'm back in the saddle again. So much carnage, so little time. Giddyup!
Humor
The Crown Is Beautiful. But It Conceals the Awesome Crime of Colonialism.
I must admit, they are gorgeous. The Crown. Downtown Abby. The hundredth version of Pride and Prejudice. Romance novels gussied up to look like serious drama (Bridgerton). I recall watching the first season of The Crown and finding infinite delight simply listening to the accent of Tommy Lascelles, Private Secretary
Big Tech
Democrats Will Never Win Real Power Until They Fix This
Depressing and strange. How is it that the party most beloved by silicon valley can't seem to even come close to Donald Trump's online/social media capability. Yes, Dems seem incapable of accomplishing something Jared Kusher slapped together in a matter of months for the 2016
Economy
There Is Broad American Support for a Higher Minimum Wage
Dems got creamed in Florida so this means they better tack to the center, right? No. In 2020, nothing is clear, nothing is fixed, no lessons are straightforward. Exhibit #1: 60% of Floridians voted for a $15 minimum wage. In other words, something like 1 in 5 who voted for
COVID-19
New York City Isn't DEAD. New York City Is INSIDE.
To my fellow citizens of North Dakota. Not the ones who live in Fargo but the ones who live in places that are so far out in the sticks it doesn’t really have a name. Firstly, so sorry that the big fat New York con artist that you love
Politics
The Marlboro Man Is a Socialist
Gadzooks. Pretty soon some of those “low income people” will move in and then where will we be?https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/11/14/americas-answer-to-the-serengeti-is-spreading-in-montana
Politics
After Spending a Fortune Subverting Democracy, Koch Says “Oops!”
Koch in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, explains why he wrote a new book with a strange half apology expressing regret at the environment of open warfare between Democrats and Republicans that he played a big role in causing.After President Barack Obama was elected in 2008 and
Humor
Think a 70-Something Can't Possibly Be President? Think Again.
It was just a small moment, three hours into the Oscars broadcast. It was 1970. America was in the midst of Vietnam war protests and race riots. There were too many things to think about to think about him. I mean what was he anyway? A dancer. An old hoofer.