Showing posts with label The Donald. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Donald. Show all posts
Jan 2, 2018
Dec 28, 2017
Dec 26, 2017
Dec 18, 2017
Net Neutrality --- The Machiavelli Chronicles Part MMXVII --- Our excursion to St. Raphael
We went to St. Raphael with our Korean friends, and your reporter was just thinking...
...the revocation of NET NEUTRALITY (providers allowed to prioritize certain sites to the disadvantage of other sites), as voted by some FCC panel along party lines...
...we should nail this to the door of the White House like Martin Luther nailed his theses to the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral...
Nov 29, 2017
Nov 9, 2017
Mot du jour
Oct 19, 2017
Holier than thou --- solid like water
(From The Economist, Oct. 14, p 42 (in the European Edition:)
"Older American evangelicals [81% of whom voted for him] also know what Mr. Trump is. Last year, they flipped from being the voter group most likely to say 'personal morality mattered in a president,' to being the group least likely to say that."
Sep 27, 2017
Sep 5, 2017
Why we like Paul Krugman
Krugman is always good, but here's one of his krugest statements. I've been thinking about it since I read it in the NYT in 2016, long before the elections:
And, yes, this being us, now we have to paddle our wares. There's nothing about Krugman in This Is Heaven, but we have an entire Krugman chapter in the GREEN EYES, Chapter 38, titled (don't hold your breath): "What's Paul Krugman's Penis Size."
Fragment:
I have been courageous enough to ask for a table for two to be ready at seven, we’ll have to wait some more. Howard will have a drink at the bar. Let’s get this on track immediately, let’s talk about the gym. I didn’t have a chance to go to the gym during the last couple of days, too busy. You can’t imagine how busy life is for a hippocampus teacher during the college break, but tomorrow I’ll be going (duh, duh, duh). So I’m teaching French. How interesting. Interesting, indeed. How to turn the conversation to murder? I seemingly can’t make the transition, bubbling instead about the influence of French on the evolution of English, or hiding the many weaknesses of my résumé.
I see two tables cleared next to the central window on the street side, very good tables indeed, when I notice two people to my left, who have replaced the beefy guy. I’ve seen the face of the man before, on my blog, actually. We’re famous in Georgia Beach, seriously, folks. Will I tell Trevor? You think Trevor would be interested in politics, or the New York Times, or economics, or Nobel prizes? Possibly not—you have other problems when you’re a confirmed bachelor without a future. Trevor, who must be looking right into the eyes of Paul Krugman behind me, shows no signs of recognition what-so-ever. It’s crystal-clear, he’s not attracted to the fifty-nine year old Nobel laureate.
Aug 30, 2017
Aug 19, 2017
Aug 18, 2017
Aug 15, 2017
Aug 2, 2017
Trump Trump --- Tesla has arrived
Not all is lost, folks...
...up here on the alm in Bürchen, Switzerland, 1,600 meters above the White House and 6,000 kilometers to the east of it...this is already the second TESLA we encounter. And it doesn't run on gut feelings, or coal, or oil, or Twitter. No, it's powered by electric energy, tapped from solar panels on the roof of rich local chalet owners that can afford the Tesla S-class.
Jul 20, 2017
Jul 19, 2017
Jul 4, 2017
Jun 30, 2017
It's immoral (2) --- Trump care 66.75 times as evil as the Twin Tower attack
One brief remark regarding the pending health care legislation in the US:
According to estimates built on the evaluation of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, (15 million lose their health coverage during the first year of Trump Care, etc), the Republican-sponsored legislation will cause
200 000 preventable deaths per year.
Let's quantify this. NineEleven caused 2 996 deaths. So, Trump care is 66.75 times as evil as the Twin Tower attack. Per year.
Jun 24, 2017
From today's New York Times --- Trump's lies
T r u m p ’ s L i e s
Many Americans have become accustomed to President Trump’s lies. But as regular as they have become, the country should not allow itself to become numb to them. So we have catalogued nearly every outright lie he has told publicly since taking the oath of office.
Mar 26, 2017
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