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Archive for April, 2018
April 16th, 2018 - 10:32 am § in Uncategorized
Elephants Fight To Be Top Bull
Speakership drama pits McCarthy vs. Ryan Allies of Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the current favorite for the job, are upset that Ryan insists on staying through the election. They think the delay can only hurt McCarthy’s chances and might mean a months-long power struggle in the House Republica[...]
April 16th, 2018 - 9:03 am § in Donald Trump
MAGA: US losing race to 5G
While Trump is fighting 19th century trade wars and pushing repairs to our rotting 1950s infrastructure, the rest of the world is pushing forward, led by China. Why it matters: The first country to deploy and commercialize the ultra-fast 5G mobile networks will have an enormous economic advantage- $[...]
April 15th, 2018 - 9:00 pm § in Misc.
Report: Tesla compromised worker safety to appease Musk
Electric carmaker Tesla compromised worker safety at its Fremont, California plant to appease founder and CEO Elon Musk, according to the Center for Investigative Reporting, an independent journalism nonprofit that operates a website called RevealNews.org. Tesla “mislabeled and under-counted w[...]
April 15th, 2018 - 12:47 pm § in Donald Trump
Of Martians, Trump and Golden Showers
“It’s possible, and it’s possible martians were in that room peeing on the prostitutes too. Maybe we should start a new investigation: are martian’s colluding with the prostitutes to make the president look bad?”[...]
McMorris Rogers May Fall
Cougar pride is fungible in the voting booth! The Elway poll l of Washington’s 5th Congressional District suggests that longtime Republican incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers could lose to her very popular Democratic opponent, Lisa Brown. In a District usually seen as overwhelmingly Republican,[...]
April 14th, 2018 - 10:03 am § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs
Trump: “Mission Accomplished!”
I can’t believe he tweeted that, but he did. And I’m pretty sure he didn’t run it by his speechwriters first. Even Assad is laughing. The Don declares ‘Mission Accomplished’ in Syria The political narrative emanating from Washington, D.C., changed Friday night when Th[...]
April 14th, 2018 - 7:37 am § in Misc.
Political Correctness
Swedish company sued in handshaking row A woman’s job interview was cut short when it became known that she would not shake hands for religious reasons.[...]