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Suspicious of government, doubtful of economics, fond of figure skating (but the off-ice part, not so much)
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The Last Laugh or, The Indians Strike Back
The disturbing headline reads: “Racing to the Bottom.” A subhead says, “U.S. population gains yielding little for Hispanics.” The full page Associated Press article says that Hispanics are on the way to becoming the biggest minority segment of the American… Read More ›
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“The Truth Shall Make Us Free!” (If We’re Willing To Face It)
Clapper Lies reports the head of America’s CIA, the nation’s boss spy, lying to Congress in public. Holder Lies chronicles the dishonesty (or at least, some of it) of Americas’s top law enforcement officer. Carney Lies describes the perhaps, to be… Read More ›
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On Corruption and History
Jews and Christians see mankind inherently corrupt; a non-believer may say that the imperative for self-preservation conflicts with the social imperative. They are saying the same thing; as a species, man is out for number one; all others are tied… Read More ›
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Mainstream Economics Meets Reality In Japan… (Which Will Blink?)
One of the great experiments in human history is going on under our noses while remaining very nearly invisible; it’s rather as though some geneticist had bred up a batch of young Tyrannosaurs Rex and was turning them loose to… Read More ›
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Obama Wears Teflon; His Voters Think It’s Free…
The shade of Tricky Dick Nixon hangs over the White House in the fervid imaginings of even such old pros as House Speaker John Boehner (R), who has now demanded Benghazi e-mails from the White House, allegedly under Tea Party… Read More ›
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Brain Imaging Hangs Over Us Like Damocles’ Sword…
If the Mighty seem reluctant to air the Benghazi affair, the reluctance is trivial compared to the defenses in place against the threat of brain imaging. You’ve heard of Behghazi; have you heard of brain imaging discoveries? Right. Scientific research… Read More ›
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How Was School, Son?
Two characteristics of American public schools are steady news items: They don’t educate as wanted and they don’t change in response to the many complaints. Maybe their unions, teachers, administrators and their enabling politicians want them as they are? As… Read More ›
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Big Government Bullies The Church (If We Allow It) At A Price…
American religion has moved from Constitutionally protected to governmentally targeted in the 237 years since the Declaration of Independence proclaimed citizens’ rights unalienable because they came from our Creator and not from the state. Religiously proscribed abortion and birth control… Read More ›
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Why Our Governments Never Last… (In Case You Have Wondered)
A tribal chief is a politician or he doesn’t remain chief. That has always and everywhere been so, likely a reflection of human DNA. In poor tribes, a chief works with the tribesmen; the arrival of economic surplus, changes that…. Read More ›
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Why Is The Government Afraid?
The Federal government is afraid. In addition to whatever the Pentagon is up to for the military, the Federal government is ordering billions (with a B) of rounds of pistol ammunition, has built ‘internment’ camps around the country, stocked up… Read More ›
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Progress Brought By Progressive Government?
The reports following are a sampling of those in the news of the last few days, a representation of one aspect of our current reality. They are simply facts, gleaned from the news, followed by a question for you to… Read More ›
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A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing…
Ignoring reports seems a growing talent among our allegedly informative media. Once considered ready to kill for a scoop, they seem today more inclined to kill the scoops that might displease the mighty whose antics they once monitored to protect… Read More ›
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Medicare = Greed; Obamacare = Compassion, Right?
Democrats are compassionate, caring for those in need even when that means fighting the heartless Republican toadies of the rich, right? Yeah, sure. After being around the block a couple of times, whenever any politician wants to take care of… Read More ›
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Revelations From the Past Week (Not Necessarily Intended)
A tray of tidbits for your selection: Doctors Miss 30% Of Test Results Sent Electronically will inform those keeping up with healthcare that practitioners using the electronic medical records mandated by ObamaCare and pioneered by such leaders as the V.A. seem… Read More ›
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The Fiddlers Of Washington…
Emperor Nero was said to have fiddled while Rome burned; perhaps some we’ve elected to run our government are his heirs… America’s government sends its military and its money around the world to govern others while it cannot govern itself. During… Read More ›
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Revelations From The Passing Week…(Not Necessarily Intended)
Some information tells more than it says: 1. 11 States Have More on Welfare than Employed is a story that could be confusing if the Administration had not clarified things by informing us that we’re better off than we were and… Read More ›
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Who’s Kidding Whom About Sports? (Follow The Money!)
Shoeless Joe Jackson couldn’t say it wasn’t so when he faced the Black Sox Scandal in 1919 but we have all assumed sports are clean ever since, right? A bit humorous isn’t it, when corruption in big time sports came to us along… Read More ›
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The Left Is Right, The Right Is Left…And Never The Twain Shall Meet
The Teafolk fuss when called ‘extremists’ by the Left; conservatives aren’t used to the label. The Left on the other hand, is used to it since it dumped its conservative Democrats following the Clinton Administration. But today, the label fits… Read More ›
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Will The Tea Party Fail Again?
Will the Tea Party Fail Again? The Teafolk represent the remnant holding the Founders’ classical Liberal, Christian beliefs. In the 2010 elections, Tea Party influence replaced a significant number of Congresspeople and some governors. Though this was accorded success, it… Read More ›
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Who Should Fight Our Wars, Anyway?
Looking back at soldiers as far as we can see, from tribal warriors to organized armies we see endless lines of mostly young men. The Greek legend of female warriors, the Amazons, was not unique but none of the Greek… Read More ›
