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March 27th, 2019 - 1:20 am § in China, Misc.

Soon the sun will never set on the five stars of the Chinese flag.

太阳永远不会落在中国国旗的五颗星上。 May 22, 1939 Italy Signed the Axis Pact with Germany; Eighty Years Later, Italy Is Moving Toward China While Trump is busy fighting 1920s trade wars, Italy has signed on to China’s Silk Road Initiative.  I imagine that Trump will not noti[...]

March 26th, 2019 - 1:37 pm § in Donald Trump

Vindicated? Really? That’s laughable.

Republicans are claiming vindication, but is it really? That doesn’t stand up to objective analysis. First, Barr’s letter. Trust, but verify. We shouldn’t attack his conclusions without cause, but we haven’t seen Mueller’s words yet, only Barr’s characterization o[...]

March 26th, 2019 - 9:36 am § in Misc., Racism

As someone who looks up to African Americans, I feel the concept of POC has hurt the black community.

An African American  friend on Facebook challenged his readers to say they would choose a black skin despite the racist heritage that afflicts anyone who looks like an African American. I answered “YES!” I would easily choose to have a black skin because I look up to the African America[...]

March 25th, 2019 - 8:59 pm § in Donald Trump

Describing Trump in 5 words

Barr: “No prosecution …” Mueller: “… does not exonerate.”[...]

March 25th, 2019 - 4:49 pm § in Donald Trump

When the Russians tried to subvert our election, no one in the Trump camp reported it.

That may not have been illegal, but it didn’t do right by the American people. Mueller didn’t find that Trump or his campaign colluded with Russian intelligence operatives to influence the outcome of the 2016 election — but this is something less than definitive, because Trump was [...]

March 25th, 2019 - 10:47 am § in Hypocrisy, Science

Harvard Biology Star To Cure Aging and Resurrect Dinosaurs

From Jurassic Park to The Fountain of Youth MIT’s alumni magazine often hypes tech,  The latest is the announcement that George Church, a major geneticist given to self promotion worthy of Jurassic park, now is starting a company that will reverse aging. GMO DOGS  MIT’s Technology Revi[...]

March 25th, 2019 - 9:21 am § in Misc.

THE-Ave Challenge: What actor will play Donald Trump?

Should  Lawrence Tureaud play Donald Trump in the upcoming Neflix biopic “COURAGE”?[...]

March 25th, 2019 - 12:25 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy

As Trump Channels Goebbels

HIDING BEHIND COLLUSION Trump may have pulled of the biggest propaganda feat since Hitler.  He has turned “no collusion” into evidence of patriotism. The media reaction to the Mueller report is bizarre.  The charge in the report was to investigate the claim that Russia interfered on be[...]

March 24th, 2019 - 4:26 pm § in Misc.

Tyee Swap Meet

The Tyee table at Fisheries is all set for next Saturday!  Come by and sit in (we would like more company). Just say hello and walk around. There will be a hundreds or more booths selling stuff from old charts to rigging gear.  Meet boaters from world sailors to  the folks you saw on the [&hellip[...]

March 24th, 2019 - 1:46 pm § in Donald Trump

The principal findings

1. Russia interfered with the 2016 election 2. Mueller didn’t find collusion by the Trump campaign 3. Mueller did not exonerate Trump of obstruction, but the AG won’t prosecute him for obstruction In a letter to Congress, which you can read in entirety here, the Attorney General summariz[...]