Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Trump fires Comey from FBI, let's hope he fires Turkey from NATO next
Erdogan, our supposed ally, calls on Muslims to occupy Jerusalem.
Monday, May 8, 2017
Tea Party darling Sen. Ron Johnson of WI introduces massive guest worker/amnesty: 500k annually
The Tea Party was one half open-borders-libertarian from the beginning. That's why it went no farther than it did.
And Wisconsin narrowly reelected Johnson in 2016 why? It was the price we paid for the very narrow Trump victory there.
Story here.
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Emmanuel Macron doesn't know how to speak of France, only of Europe and its citizens
Emmanuel Macron, the new president of France, quoted in the story here:
"I know the anger, the anxiety, the doubts that very many of you have also expressed. It's my responsibility to hear them," he said. "I will work to recreate the link between Europe and its peoples, between Europe and citizens." ...
[Marine Le Pen's] tally was almost double the score that her father Jean-Marie, the last far-right candidate to make the presidential runoff, achieved in 2002, when he was trounced by the conservative Jacques Chirac. ...
[A]ny idea of a brave new political dawn will be tempered by an abstention rate on Sunday of around 25 percent, the highest this century, and by the blank or spoiled ballots submitted by 12 percent of those who did vote.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, climate update for April 2017
Mean average temperature was 51.9 degrees F in April 2017 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The mean for April back to 1896 is 46.5.
The lowest minimum temperature was 27. The mean for April is 22.
The highest maximum temperature was 81. The mean for April is 79.
Precipitation was 6.27 inches. The mean for April is 3.3. Sixth wettest April on record.
April snowfall was 0.4 inches. The mean for April is 2.3.
Heating degree days came to 391. The mean for April is 553. The total through April from July 2016 comes to 5366 vs. mean to date of 6404.
The heating season to date has been about 16% warmer than normal.
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Obama's SECDEF said nukes were an option against North Korea
From the story here:
Last month, former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said about an attack on North Korea, “We’ve always had all options on the table… I wouldn’t take any off.” Were North Korea to commence a massive artillery barrage on Seoul, and especially if they used chemical or biological weapons, one potential U.S. response could be nuclear retaliation against Pyongyang and/or their artillery at the border. (Perhaps dialing down the “variable yield” of our B-61 nuclear bombs to reduce radioactive fallout and civilian casualties). As outlandish as this response may seem right now, some U.S. war planners do not think so; it could be considered “proportional” and therefore within the laws of armed conflict. If a nuclear bombing were ordered under Obama–who was widely perceived as thoughtful and hesitant to use force—the world may have been largely willing to listen to his logic. Unfortunately, because much of the international community views President Trump as reactive, even unstable, any such U.S.-initiated action would likely be met by ferocious global condemnation. This perception of our President may be a tactical consideration for our war planners led by the very talented head of Pacific Command, Adm. Harry Harris.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Laugh of the Day: Mark Levin calls caller employed as an electrician without health insurance a parasite
Just now.
They don't call Levin "the great one" for nothing.
On Hannity with Mark Simone, Stephen Moore just said we still have 94 million Americans "of working age" still out of work
The metric measures everyone aged 16 and older who is not in the labor force, the vast majority of which are not in the labor force for very good reasons.
For one example, young people in high school, college and graduate school are included in this number. In 2017 they number about 37 million people.
For another, in March 2017 another 45.7 million were over 65 and getting Social Security. In other words, retired.
Together that's nearly 88% of the current 94.4 million "not working".
That leaves 11.7 million "not working", some of whom are disabled receiving Social Security but some disabled are still working, trying to lead productive lives despite their handicaps.
Typically the rest are homemakers, who are trying to make sure their kids aren't rotten like yours.
George Mason University should take away Steve Moore's MA in economics, if you ask me.
And even if you don't.
Total employment lags 2008 by at least 2.4 million while Drudge plays Trump propagandist
In April 2008 total employed, not seasonally adjusted, hit 145.9 million, which was 48.1% of the US population of 303.38 million.
In April 2017 we're at 153.3 million, 47.4% of the US population of 323.58 million.
If we had employment at the 2008 rate, there would be at least 2.4 million more employed today than there are.
But no, Trump is making America great again, you see.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
American Health Care Act of 2017 passes US House 217-213
The roll call is here.
20 Republicans and 193 Democrats (which is all of them) voted against it.
It's a Rube Goldberg fix to the Rube Goldberg machine known as Obamacare.
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
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