oogle train wrecks, then click on images. You will not see pictures of every train wreck but you will see more pictures of train wrecks than enough. Train wrecks are not all that uncommon. We call them accidents but are they?
othing that Trump shows us is authentic. He is a simpleton that inherited lots of money. His incessant boasting of his financial acumen is a sham. An index fund is a type of mutual fund. The portfolio is designed to match the market. It is an automatic, brainless bet. The people who follow such things […]
No. I didn’t forget how to spell capitalism. It’s just that all economies outside of Somalia involve the government. They do so in a variety of ways, with a variety of outcomes. Jon Stewart recently had a guest on the Daily Show. I like Jon but he was taken in by a shill for Wall […]
First, let me reiterate my detestation for all ideologies and labels. To the extent that I use them in this post, it seems necessary and is for the convenience of the reader. The imminent retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens highlights the problems caused by both. Stevens is commonly referred to as the most liberal […]
It seems that I have reached the age where history and autobiography become the same. Senator Joe McCarthy’s antics permeated every aspect of the politics of his time. He was none too bright, as Joseph Welch and Ed Murrow showed. His accusations came from whole cloth. He played upon the fears and ignorance of the […]
A few of us are unfortunate enough to be able to remember the decade of the 1950s. I’ll refrain from naming names. But, I will if I have to. There was a major scare back in that strange, misbegotten decade. The “Bomb,” of course. No. Even scarier. The Communists had an even more devious plot […]
We are fortunate to have so many different tools, even though some of us are fairly inept in applying them correctly. With so many different tools, we would laugh at one who insisted on using a hammer, regardless of the situation. We would, likewise, be amused at someone applying only a screwdriver when other tools […]
If senators only voted on economic and foreign policy issues when they understood those issues, the vice president would be required to vote to break all of those 0-0 ties. - 나를 我
The problem with the American health care system? It was not designed to heal and to cure. It was designed to make money. - 나를 我
American politics is institutionalized bribery. - 나를 我
Religious beliefs of corporations should not be honored if they miss attending church more than 2 weeks in a row. - 나를 我
I am a psycho-proctologist. I study crazy a$$holes - 나를 我
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