Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Libertarianism means strengthening Chinese communist totalitarianism with every purchase
Kentucky's 4th Congressional District, ladies and gentlemen, Karl Marx's favorite Republican vacation spot.
Free movement of peoples to the US will destroy it, same as free trade
Generally speaking, the protectionist system today is conservative, whereas the Free Trade system has a destructive effect. It destroys the former nationalities and renders the contrast between proletariat and bourgeoisie more acute. In a word, the Free Trade system is precipitating the social revolution. And only in this revolutionary sense do I vote for Free Trade.
-- Karl Marx, Appendix to Elend der Philosophie, 1847.
I dunno, I think motion-activated machine guns in the no man's land in-between Trump's new fences would be more effective than electrifying them
This one got across before the Border Patrol could catch him.
You don't want to electrify the Mexican side of the fence. That just wouldn't be civilized.
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Monday, December 2, 2019
Financial Times, 8/28/16: "Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee, is backed by the pro-western government that took power after Mr Yanukovich was ousted"
https://www.ft.com/content/c98078d0-6ae7-11e6-a0b1-d87a9fea034f :
The prospect of Mr Trump, who has praised Ukraine’s arch-enemy Vladimir Putin, becoming leader of the country’s biggest ally has spurred not just Mr Leshchenko but Kiev’s wider political leadership to do something they would never have attempted before: intervene, however indirectly, in a US election.
The editor isn't stupid. He just thinks you are.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, climate update for November 2019
Grand Rapids, MI, climate update for November 2019
Max temp 54, mean 66 (third lowest max since 1892)
Min temp 15, mean 17
Av temp 34.6, mean 39.1 (tied with 2018 for tenth coldest on record)
Precip 2.62, mean 2.84
Snow 6.5, mean 6.3
Heating Degree Days 910, mean 771 (ninth coldest on record)
HDD to date 1422, mean 1356 (4.9% colder than the mean, season to date)
I just hate it when Mark Zuckerberg says anything remotely reasonable
It means the robots will soon be almost impossible to detect.
America was an extremist country until 1913
So says this nut, Adam Grossman:
As a Libertarian, some of [Harry] Browne’s economic proposals were extreme—including, for instance, abolishing income taxes.
Well now, since the total public debt is today $23.076 trillion and climbing inexorably, I'd say the extremism is all post-1913. Measured in trillions, the public debt in 1913 was less than $0.00 trillion.
Isn't it obvious that income taxes have become irrelevant?
We spend in deficit every year and simply keep adding to the total owed. Might as well just stop collecting income taxes altogether, since we've decided we can borrow indefinitely. We never pay as we go, let alone make payments on what we owe.
Why are taxes even necessary anymore, since nothing has ever had to be paid for, or paid off?
Income taxes are dispensable.
Sunday, December 1, 2019
The FBI is in a shambles, but the DOJ is a complete train wreck
A 63-page report released last month found "numerous issues" with the
FBI's use of confidential sources during a period that included the
2016 election. That report revealed that the FBI lacked appropriate
procedures to vet and maintain oversight of sources like the ones used
against the Trump campaign. This created a security risk for the United
States. Yet no prosecutions have been announced.
Last August, an even more serious finding was released when the IG
determined that the FBI director himself [James Comey] had violated FBI policy and the
terms of his own employment agreement in disseminating classified
information for release to the media. Though the DOJ could have
prosecuted based on the report's findings, it declined to do so.
A May 2019 IG report implicated the FBI deputy assistant director for
unauthorized contacts with the media, illegally disclosing sealed court
documents and other sensitive information to the media, and accepting
gifts from the media. The DOJ declined to prosecute. But why? The IG
recommended prosecution.
The IG's June 2018 probe into the Hillary Clinton email investigation
implicated the FBI's head of counterintelligence, Peter Strzok, of
repeatedly articulating a strong political bias even as he headed up the
investigation of Clinton's exposure of classified information. The
500-page report, which reviewed 1.2 million documents and included
interviews with more than 100 witnesses, documented numerous
questionable decisions that benefited Clinton or damaged Trump, though
the IG acknowledged the parties denied their political bias impacted
their decisions.
Finally, an April 2018 report implicated FBI Assistant Director
Andrew McCabe of inappropriately authorizing the disclosure of sensitive
information to a reporter and repeatedly lying to investigators about
it. The report found McCabe lied four times, three under oath, and that
it was done "in a manner designed to advance his personal interests at
the expense of Department leadership." Though McCabe was fired, he
wasn't prosecuted.
The story is here.
DPRK News Service drops mask in rare display of counter-revolutionary personal gloating after second victory over US propaganda organs
The victory belongs to all the people of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, not just you.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Friday, November 29, 2019
England's Brexit party has gone off the rails just like Trump
It's like the two "movements", in reality just evanescent phenomena, upon discovering their political power went straight for the aisle where the stupid pills are kept and bought every last bottle.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
There's strife in Iran
200,000 protesting fuel tax increases of 50% designed to pay for subsidies for 18 million poor. At least 143 killed. Perhaps 4,000 arrested.
731 banks, 140 government offices, 70 gas stations set ablaze.
50 internal security forces' bases attacked.
Maybe the rag-headed heathen bastards should stop funding nukes, rockets and terrorism instead.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Fox News knucklehead: Colombian government proposals "would likely exasperate inequalities"
The government’s proposal to slash the minimum wage, salaries, and pension funds would likely exasperate these inequalities and was also a driving force behind the uprising.
More here about the recent massive anti-government protests.
Another knucklehead here just very recently had Colombia on the top ten list of best places to retire in the world.
Monday, November 25, 2019
Libertarian kook John Tamny of Real Clear Markets twists himself into a pretzel about Katie Hill, writes a convoluted mess about it, as usual
Rep. Katie Hill recently resigned her congressional seat after, among other things, a romantic relationship with a junior male staffer was revealed. ... [C]onservatives should stand their ground by defending Hill.
See here.
Never mentions the throuple. Never mentions the abuse of power by one in authority over younger subordinates, both male and female. Never mentions she broke her marriage vows to her husband in the process. Never mentions she and her husband used Congressional staff as a hunting field for their personal kinky sexual predation. Never mentions some of it must have occurred at taxpayer expense, etc., etc., etc.
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Saturday, November 23, 2019
Hillary's personnel hubris contributed to her failure to win, Trump's personnel hubris is contributing to his failure to succeed
Both sides tweeting about this at the same time.
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