Category Archives: Government

GLEANINGS FROM THE PASSING SCENE … (Politically Uncorrected)

Posted on May 21, 2017 by

Our current collection: An airport that provides stress therapy for passengers? (Report) (Might do better by pushing airlines to improve service.) The media: Busted, again. (Report) The culture: A Louisiana high school quarterback was killed in a shooting at a … Continue reading →

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The Brave New World From Government Planners?

Posted on December 31, 2015 by

We begin to suppose that our ruling class has a plan for us. Not of course, for them. We do not know this; it is supposition derived from observation, no more. And perhaps, we are a bit paranoid, too. You … Continue reading →

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A Potemkin Economy …?

Posted on December 23, 2015 by

Bernie Sanders, the stuffed dummy pretending to oppose Hillary Clinton, says he is a socialist. Probably in order to deflect that label from Clinton. If we have it right, none of the Republicans have labeled themselves definitively but Ted Cruz, … Continue reading →

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Dumping the Past Without Knowing the Future … Is a Gamble, Right?

Posted on December 22, 2015 by

In the U.S. today, the political Left is anti-Jewish, anti-Christian, anti-white, anti-capitalism and pro-abortion, pro-free sex and vehemently pro-government. God iS dead; it is Government uber alles. Never mind that government is but an assemblage of the same species that … Continue reading →

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Mr. Trump Addresses U.S. Finances; Why None Else?

Posted on December 21, 2015 by

Mr. Trump, continuing his publicity for forbidden subjects, predicted an oncoming financial collapse. As with Trump’s views of immigration, this runs counter to the Establishment doctrine of recovery. But it too resonates with ordinary folk, who decline to be as … Continue reading →

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The Fed, Interest Rates … and Free Money Trees

Posted on December 19, 2015 by

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates .25%. Imagine that a rabbit running from a coyote turned and bared its teeth. Momentary shock, a pause … and the coyote springs. Wall Street funds politicians into office, the politicians do not forget when … Continue reading →

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Remember When JournalistsTried To Inform Us? (If You do, You’re Old!)

Posted on December 15, 2015 by

Researchers have recently reported that some of us store memories in rich detail,while others file what amounts to the equivalent of outline notes. And the two styles use different brain regions. Perhaps  that contributes to the differences between various observers’ … Continue reading →

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