I’ve waited a long time to do a post about Democratic voting fraud, but I finally found a case, and it’s a doozy! It should be noted, though, that this is a story about local contests between Democratic candidates in a solidly blue state, and doesn’t involve voting for president or[...]
Archive for June, 2024
Shooting at customers is bad service
I haven’t been at a McDonalds drive-through in years, but I suppose workers sometimes fill orders incorrectly. That’s apparently what happened at a McDonalds in Lakeland, Florida, prompting an argument between a worker and two customers. It quickly escalated. The worker threw a drink at [...]
June 18th, 2024 - 9:49 pm § in Politics
Vermont legislator should be expelled for harassing colleague
Mary Morrissey (photo, left) and Jim Carroll (photo, right) represent Bennington, Vermont, in the state legislature. Morrissey, a Republican, is pro-life; Carroll, a Democrat, is pro-choice. For five months, Morrissey harassed Carroll because of his position on abortion. Most of the harassment was [...]
Does Trumpian military strategy make sense?
In a wide-ranging Foreign Affairs op-ed published Tuesday, Trump’s last national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, decried “American weakness” and called for “peace through strength” (read Politico story here). That’s a meaningless political jab coupled with a [...]
A useless story about inheritances
“Generation X stands to gain the most from the $84 trillion wealth transfer,” an NBC News headline blared on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. The story (read it here) begins, “Generation X may be the biggest beneficiary from the $84 trillion Great Wealth Transfer in the next 10 years, accor[...]
June 18th, 2024 - 3:12 pm § in Law and Courts
How great a risk is home title theft?
A few such cases have made news recently, notably a high-profile attempted theft of Elvis Presley’s former home, a tourist attraction owned by his granddaughter. It’s something that gives property owners the willies, and computer technology enabling crooks to create very realistic-lookin[...]
June 18th, 2024 - 1:19 am § in Misc.
Acoustic data offer new hope of finding MH-370
It is aviation’s greatest unsolved mystery. Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on March 8, 2014, triggering history’s most extensive search for a missing aircraft. There’s no longer any doubt the plane flew south over the Indian Ocean for several hours before crashing. A tot[...]
June 18th, 2024 - 12:34 am § in Donald Trump, Politics
How Kamala Harris could become Trump’s vice president
Here’s how it could happen in theory. The Hill thinks Florida Sen. Marco Rubio may be Trump’s VP pick (story here). Let’s say Florida’s electoral votes decide a close election. The 12th Amendment would allow its electors to vote for only one person from their state. So if they vote for[...]
Would deporting illegals make housing cheaper?
I’m thinking yes, if you deport several million of them, simply because it would bring housing demand closer in line with housing supply. That’s because America has a housing shortage, and if you reduce the number of people who need housing, you can end the game of musical chairs and bri[...]
June 17th, 2024 - 8:45 pm § in Law and Courts, Republicans
GOP senator calls bump stocks a “fake problem”
Last Friday the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s bump stock ban. Today Democrats wasted no time introducing ban legislation. Sen. J. D. Vance (R-OH) responded by claiming the bill is aimed at a “PR problem, not something that’s going to meaningfully reduce gun violence in this country[...]