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Protest and Sympathy, White Lies
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Small Comfort:Protesters greeted President Trump in Dayton and El Paso yesterday when he arrived to meet with emergency workers and families of the dead from last weekend’s gun massacres. In Dayton they chanted “Do Something! Do Something!” while pro-Trumpers shouted …
Hate Pulls the Trigger, Dow Takes a Dive
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Death, Lies, and Video Games: Two more victims of the El Paso gun massacre died, bring the death toll there to 22. In a brief speech yesterday President Trump condemned hatred and white supremacy following the two weekend mass shootings that left …
Manifesto of Hate, Keep Scrolling
Monday, August 5, 2019
The Great Replacement:Shortly before his attack, the El Paso gunman who killed 20 people with an assault rifle posted a rambling online manifesto about immigrants, corporations, race mixing, and even Democrats. “This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion …
Two Mass Shootings in 24 Hours
Sunday, August 4, 2019
The American Disease: At least 20 people are dead and 26 wounded after a gunman went on a shooting rampage at a crowded Walmart in El Paso. The 21-year-old gunman who used an AK-47 assault rifle was taken into custody. The …
Intel Nominee Dumped, Fire the Cop
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Only the Best People: President Trump has dumped his pick for Director of National Intelligence, blaming the press for besmirching Texas Congressman John Ratliffe. Trump tweeted, “Our great Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe is being treated very unfairly by the LameStream Media.” Ratliffe …
Turbulence in Trump World, The Shrinking Crowd
Friday, August 2, 2019
Trump World: Trade and the Prime enemy. Immigrants and Stormy weather. Never a dull day with Donald Trump. As trade talks falter and the US economy is beginning to tremble, President Trump announced that his administration will impose 10 percent tariffs on …
Nine Against One, Fed Lowers Rates
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Round Two:Nine candidates in last night’s Democratic debate were running against Joe Biden and Biden was running against President Donald Trump. He said in his opening statement, “I’m running for president to restore the soul of this country.” He finished, …
Democratic Wonkfest, Border Separation
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Adults Talking: Hand it to the Democrats, they want voters to decide who should be president based on intelligent ideas. It might be a tough sell. CNN hosted the first round of the second round of Democratic presidential debates last night in …
Who’s in Your Wallet, Abandoning Faith
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
What’s in Your Wallet?:A Seattle woman has been arrested in what Capital One says was a breach of data for 100 million of its credit card customers. Federal prosecutors said the woman hacked the bank’s server at a cloud-computing company. …
Interest Rates and Economy, The Ghost Ball
Monday, July 29, 2019
National Interest: The federal Reserve is poised this week to lower interest rates for the first time since the depths of the Great Recession, a signal that they think the economy has gotten as good as it’s going to get. The Fed …
