The beaches in Clearwater, Florida, on March 17, 2020. The GOP governor refused to close them. Enjoy this virtual sun from wherever you’re sheltering in place. But don’t wish you were there. Wish these people weren’t there. (NBC News photo; read story here.)[...]
Archive for March, 2020
March 17th, 2020 - 1:43 am § in America
St. Patty’s Day: Why is the Medal of Honor so IRISH?
“Of the 3,515 Medals of Honor awarded by the United States, some 2,018 have gone to Irish-Americans, according to Patrick McDermot of Irish Veterans Post 2, created in Tampa in 2017.” Perhaps there are lessons here for today’s immigrant-haters. And yes, America’s highest award for combat[...]
March 15th, 2020 - 6:34 pm § in Misc.
Trump’s Magical Thinking
When Obama’s economists (from Goldman and Harvard) said that something under 3% was the maximum SUSTAINABLE increase per year in GDP, Trump and his “economists” (mainly from Fox News) said nope. We could cut taxes AND pay for the rise in spending by sustained growth of 4 to 5%. So [...]
March 15th, 2020 - 3:19 pm § in Economics
BREAKING NEWS: The Fed acts to shore up economy
Rate cuts, QE, other actions are similar to 2008; stock futures drop, triggering trading halt Reacting to the coronavirus emergency, the Federal Reserve announced Sunday it’s cutting interest rates to zero, launching a $700 billion QE (quantitative easing) program, and cutting commercial banks[...]
March 15th, 2020 - 1:31 am § in Christianity, Jews
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Is Zuck a Christian?
This text appeared on FB so I hit translate: כי בחרתי בו, בכדי שהוא יכוון את ילדיו ובני ביתו אחריו לשמור את דרך יהוה על ידי עשייתו הנכונה והצודקת, כדי שיביא לאברהם את אשר הבטיח לו. ” So, w[...]
March 15th, 2020 - 1:31 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Jeff Bezos REMAKES Hong Kong
A NEW YEAR SURPRISE! Jeff Bezos, appearing in a made for Prime TV video, has joined together with Presidents Trump and Xi to announce that Hong Kong will now be managed by the Seattle mega retail company. The announcement was made from the decks of the Octopus, the magnificent Megayacht previously o[...]
March 14th, 2020 - 11:06 pm § in Donald Trump
Mar-a-Lago has a new name.
Malaria Lago. “Lago” means “lake” in English. In other words, Trump’s Florida digs are a fever swamp. Of course, it was a swamp before the fever. (Remember “Drain the swamp”? Before he began charging the Secret Service agents who protect him $650 a night to [...]
March 13th, 2020 - 2:52 pm § in Donald Trump
“I don’t take responsibility at all.” — Trump, 3/13/20
In other words, he’s not a Harry Truman. (Read story here.) Some time ago, I read somewhere that Trump’s been lucky there haven’t been any major crises on his watch. That luck just ran out. And, unfortunately, he’s not a Truman, FDR, or JFK. Even G.W. Bush was better than thi[...]
March 12th, 2020 - 9:02 pm § in Donald Trump
Quote Of The Day
“Our president will start a war with Iran, because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate, he’s weak and he’s ineffective. So the only way he figures he’s going to get re-elected, and as sure as you’re sitting there, is to start a war with Iran. Now … to start a war to get elected[...]
March 12th, 2020 - 12:14 pm § in Politics
President Biden addresses the nation on virus crisis
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