Monthly Archives: May 2016

GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING WEEK … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Jack Curtis

Your weekly assortment, sans aspirin: A naked man jumped into a lion enclosure seeking suicide but survived. (Cruelty to animals?) A woman was jailed for child abuse after allowing her 11 year old to drive a golf cart down a … Continue reading →

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Politics, Economics,Labor … and Robots

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Jack Curtis

Robots  will produce a class of obsolete humans?  There is a simple answer: Certainly. So long as robots are cheaper than people. Unions joined with politicians – i.e, corruption – pushed the price of labor above its market value. Politics … Continue reading →

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Have U.S. Women Won A Devil’s Bargain?

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Jack Curtis

Women have gone to war since prehistory. Generally though, not in the line of battle. Men are just bigger, stronger warriors for one thing. For another, a man can make his replacement in a few seconds; a woman requires nine months … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Jack Curtis

Your assembled selections : The Feds are planting warrantless microphones in public places  to gather evidence for prosecutions. (Trees, light bulbs, park benches,) One person in every ten uses her phone during sex, per report. (How do they know, really?) … Continue reading →

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Will Any Politician Save Us?

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Jack Curtis

We have wondered whether it is just us, or have others noted how often politicians advocate solving a perceived problem by applying more of what has caused it in the first place? For example, a sluggish economy. Politicians advocate curing … Continue reading →

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GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Jack Curtis

Our picks of the weeks’ news and views: “The Borderless World”: Sec of State John Kerry pushes the globalist agenda. (But doesn’t explain how diversity and equality can coexist.) The Feds ability to use force has been beefing; now that … Continue reading →

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Are We Voting On The Next Herbert Hoover?

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Jack Curtis

President Herbert Hoover’s slogan for the Great Depression was: “Prosperity is just around the corner.” It proved a tough corner to round. Our 2016 President elect seems likely to face similarly intractable circumstances without the present officials; ability to pretend … Continue reading →

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WhyAn Elected Trump Must Fail

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Jack Curtis

Mostly, politicians fail for the same reason: They do not fulfill their promises. The same is applicable to government generally. And no more can Donald Trump fulfill his promises nor the wider expectations he has generated among voters. He must … Continue reading →

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GLEANING FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Jack Curtis

For your information, some of the week’s affairs other than the 2916 election: Target’s stock price has dropped as its gender-free restroom policy has drawn a boycott. (Do retailers now set our sexual mores?) A U.S. mail carrier admitted stealing … Continue reading →

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The Consumer Economy Scam Simplified

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Jack Curtis

We can see that a U.S. labor price that is higher than elsewhere only survives when the U.S. labor production is marketable elsewhere at prices high enough to provide for that high labor cost in the product. Ween the product … Continue reading →

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