tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45519191606871152422024-03-04T23:19:19.740-08:00Cutting Through The FogMaking sense (and, sometimes, nonsense) out of Current News, Issues, PoliticsGeorge Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.comBlogger2473125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-83247009937727819942017-06-02T07:37:00.001-07:002017-06-02T07:37:22.413-07:00With Opioid Abuse, Dems Gin Up Support for Not Repealing ObamaCareFormer Obama White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, once famously said:
"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before."
Well, apparently the Democrats have seized on that concept in light of the current opioid "crisis". A Harvard study has claimed that the "repeal of ObamaCare would gut opioid George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-16595243038966147822017-06-01T08:05:00.001-07:002017-06-01T08:05:33.768-07:0055% of Democrats Believe Vote Totals Were Tampered WithIt appears that we have now moved on from the Russian connection with the Wikileaks dump of DNC emails, to the science fiction that the Russians actually tampered with vote totals in order to give Trump the win. In a recent poll, 55% of Democrats believed that to be either definitely or probably true.
The sheer stupidity of this is that it would be literally impossible for the Russians to George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-39358479971772925782017-05-31T08:16:00.001-07:002017-05-31T08:16:26.352-07:00Comments About the Torrent of Leaks And Trump's AdministrationI get it. Some people have become unhinged with the idea that Hillary Clinton isn't in the White House. And, some or many are so unhinged within our government that they would leak information designed to undermine Trump's legitimacy as President and his supporting cast of people in the administration.
But, here's the thing. Many of these leaks may be false; or as Trump calls George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-72323953169367996312017-05-30T08:33:00.001-07:002017-05-30T08:33:59.679-07:00Really? Hillary Claims Trump is an 'Assault on Truth and Reason'At this year's Wellesley College commencement speech, in a perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black, Hillary Clinton said Trump was an 'assault on truth and reason'.
This woman couldn't tell the truth if it was written out for her ahead of time.
In 1996, the then-writer for the New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winner, and frequent guest on Meet the Press, William Safire, wrote an George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-27193455222157194942017-05-29T08:30:00.001-07:002017-05-29T08:30:40.576-07:00Will California Become a Climate Change Police State?Last Fall, Governor Brown of California signed into law SB 32. Under that law, the "state" is mandated to cut greenhouse gases to a level that is 40% below 1990 levels and achieve that reduction by 2030. But, when you consider population growth, which is the real driver of the growth in greenhouse gases, the mandate is closer to 60% because, by 2030, the population is projected to be George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-50263627856748443512017-05-26T08:25:00.001-07:002017-05-26T08:25:58.474-07:00Is Google Home Just a Little Too Close To Home?Today's hottest tech items are listening devices such as "Google Home" and "Amazon Echo". These are WiFi/Internet connected and can respond to voice commands and answer them with built in speakers. For example, if you wanted to know who wrote the Wizard of Oz, and you have an active Google Home device, you would simple say "OK Google" followed by the command "who wrote the "The WizardGeorge Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-76798188569370205252017-05-25T08:30:00.001-07:002017-05-25T08:30:51.958-07:00The Appointment of Mueller Isn't Going to Satisfy Democrats If any Republican or anyone in the Trump Administration thinks that the appointment of Robert Mueller is going to squelch the ongoing calls by Democrats for a Special Prosecutor to investigate a Trump/Russia collusion, forget-about-it. For political reasons, the Democrats want this investigation to go on forever, and don't think that if Mueller finds there was "no collusion" the Democrats George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-20442732034176038752017-05-24T08:26:00.001-07:002017-05-24T08:26:33.952-07:00The Most Ridiculous "Leak" Regarding TrumpLast week the Washington Post trotted out another leak designed to cement the theory that Trump and Putin are BFF's. This time, it was regarding Democratic House Leader, Kevin McCarthy, who commented to a group of House Republicans that "I think Putin pays" Trump. Then to add some heft to the story, it was also reported that Speaker of the House, Ryan, told everyone to keep this quietGeorge Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-86747709675094729002017-05-23T07:26:00.000-07:002017-05-23T07:26:01.306-07:00Is the Wikileaks/Russia Story a Coverup for the Real Truth?In this era of endless politically-motivated negative stories about Trump, and the possible collusion with Russia, it's no surprise that a story that may exonerate the President of that claim has gained zero traction. That story is about a former DNC staffer by the name of Seth Rich who was shot in the back and killed in July 2016; just as the Wikileaks dump of the DNC emails began.
George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-7215859260672771812017-05-22T08:09:00.001-07:002017-05-22T08:09:50.545-07:00CNN Now Uses "Mind Reader" to Blast TrumpAccording to a recent Harvard study, CNN shares the top spot with NBC for negative reporting regarding President Trump. Both report negatively, about 93% of the time.
However, apparently, anonymous sources aren't enough for CNN. Now, they are employing "mind readers". In an article dated Saturday May 20th, titled "First on CNN: Comey now believes Trump was trying to influence George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-15523103017599911942017-05-19T06:43:00.001-07:002017-05-19T06:43:33.860-07:00Will Africa Make America's Coal Great Again?Due to EPA regulations and fracking for natural gas, the coal industry has been greatly hurt. Donald Trump has eased EPA regs but he can't do anything about coal fired power plants being switched over to cheaper/cleaner natural gas. This is because many of the states have their own EPA regulations that punish coal.
However, now there may be hope for coal mining from Africa. As George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-48383775376561364242017-05-18T08:14:00.001-07:002017-05-18T08:14:22.644-07:00Trump Money Laundered for the Russians?In what appears to be an intentional leak, a story was run by CNBC/NBC regarding the Senate Intelligence Committee requesting documents from the financial intelligence unit of the Treasury Department (FinCEN), about money laundering violations by the Trump Taj Mahal from 2010-2012. Apparently, this is part of that Senate probe into the Russia/Trump connection. In essence, the "Taj" was George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-91392332602123978762017-05-17T07:50:00.001-07:002017-05-17T07:50:11.834-07:00Democrats Selective Memory on Comey and Russia/TrumpRecently, in another one of Fox News' Fair and Balanced political food fights, I listened to a Democratic strategist argue that the FBI Director's firing was "unprecedented". Unfortunately, that comment was never challenged and was a lie. The fact is that the former Democrat, President Bill Clinton set the precedent when he fired the then-FBI Director William Sessions at the George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-3733159440788358342017-05-16T08:06:00.001-07:002017-05-16T08:06:53.320-07:00The Politics of Naming a "Special Prosecutor" For Trump/RussiaOver the years, investigations into things like such as Watergate, 911, the JFK Assassination, Clinton/Lewinsky etc., have all been headed by a supposedly independent investigator. The titles of those investigations and others have ranged from Commissions, Independent Counsels, Special Counsels, and Special Prosecutors; all to do essentially the same thing.
It is interesting to me, that George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-85746886480418968852017-05-14T08:17:00.001-07:002017-05-15T08:00:26.103-07:00Did the U.S. Hack Computers in 90 Countries?Last Friday, hundreds of thousands of computers -- infected with ransomware -- demanded the equivalent of $300 be paid to regain access to the computers. Everything from hospitals to FedEx were affected over 90 different countries.
Cyber experts claim that the ransomware attack was based on software that was developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) because of "fingerprints" George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-40127353682441374922017-05-12T06:40:00.001-07:002017-05-12T06:40:17.077-07:00Firing Comey Gave Democrats Fuel for the Russia/Trump ConnectionNearly a day doesn't go by that a Democratic politician or strategist doesn't remind Americans that Trump may have illegitimately been elected because of collusion with the Russians. This is despite the fact that ongoing concurrent investigations in the House, Senate, and the FBI have not produced any evidence to support it
So, it was no wonder then, that when Trump fired FBI Director George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-17758769605230926102017-05-11T07:45:00.001-07:002017-05-11T07:45:31.564-07:002020 Democratic Presidential Candidates are LegionWe are only four months into the Trump presidency, and already, there is speculation as to who will run against him in 2020. While the use of the word "legion" in the title of this post is pure exaggeration, the Hill.com has identified 43 potential Democratic candidates who could possible challenge Trump's reelection. Most of the list is primarily made up of a hodge-podge of politicalGeorge Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-23002770525938135042017-05-10T08:23:00.001-07:002017-05-10T08:23:40.396-07:00Democrats are "Ginning Up" Support For ObamaCareThe Democrats seem to think they have a winning reason for people "not" to vote Republican in 2020 (and beyond) as a result of the repeal of ObamaCare. Because of this, they are willing to make up all kinds of lies in order to gin up support for keeping the ACA.
Bernie Sanders said 36,000 people a year would die with the repeal/replacement of ObamaCare. The Washington Post said this aboutGeorge Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-28571841014702566702017-05-09T07:55:00.001-07:002017-05-09T07:55:08.118-07:00Odd? Baltimore Asks For FBI's Help With Gun Violence/Murders?The gun violence and homicide rate in Baltimore is no laughing matter. Murders are at levels that haven't been seen in two decades. Like a lot of cities experiencing record crime rates, much can be attributed to the "Ferguson Effect" or, more accurately stated, de-policing. This has been primarily created by the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division's intervention. This hasGeorge Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-49668178359479170962017-05-08T07:44:00.001-07:002017-05-08T07:44:56.964-07:00Fake News? Bloomberg News and Trump's Coal OrderJust a little more than a month ago on March 27th, Bloomberg News took Donald Trump to task on his pending "coal" executive order in an opinion piece titled: "Trump’s Executive Order Won’t Save Coal Mining Jobs". In that article, the writer criticized statements made by Trump at a Kentucky rally where he said "A lot of people are going to be put back to work, a lot of coal miners
are goingGeorge Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-38654174497323192872017-05-05T07:31:00.001-07:002017-05-05T07:31:33.756-07:00Is "PCMatic" the New "My Pillow"?Back in January, MyPillow commercials were pulled and reworked as a result of 3 lawsuits and the fact that they carried a Better Business Bureau rating of "F". No longer could they claim that they were the official pillow of the National Sleep Foundation, since the status was not earned but bought and paid for. Its buy-one, get-one free was also a false claim because in order make George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-9794257242159018162017-05-04T07:38:00.001-07:002017-05-04T07:38:12.386-07:00What Trump Doesn't Understand About AluminumRecently, President Trump signed an executive order to protect the U.S. aluminum industry from cheap imports. But, what Trump doesn't seem to understand is that while aluminum is the 3rd most prevalent element on earth, it isn't economically extractable unless it is smelted from bauxite ore. And, this is something we have very little of. In fact, 90% of all U.S. bauxite is found in George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-12521694528765270042017-05-03T08:40:00.001-07:002017-05-03T08:40:04.942-07:00.Why North Korea Is So Dangerous Beyond NukesToday, much of the talk about North Korea is in regard to its nuclear weapons program and the concern that they could reach Japan, or even the U.S. with ballistic missiles. But one aspect of North Korea's military prowess is that its army could threaten South Korea's relatively weak one.
NorKor has the 4th largest standing army in the world with 1.2 million members. Even larger than George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-10937953910528016552017-05-02T07:41:00.001-07:002017-05-02T07:41:41.259-07:00The Modern Abuse of the Terms 'Antifa' and "NAZIS"Recently, there have been threats and actual rioting because conservatives dared to speak on college campuses. It is best reflected in this political cartoon by Ben Garrison who has a website at grrrgraphics.com:
The two words featured prominently in this graphic are "ANTIFA" and "NAZIS". These words were theoretically left in the dust following the end of World War II; but, have George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4551919160687115242.post-81363110096002022552017-05-01T08:29:00.001-07:002017-05-01T08:29:37.176-07:00Our "Jobs President" Can't Seem To Fill His Own JobsAs I write this, Trump is one day away from his 100th day in office. While many are assessing his first 100 Days performance, one negative thing that sticks out is the fact that he still hasn't filled hundreds of critical jobs in his administration.
While he and others might try to blame the Senate Democrats for not quickly confirming his nominees, the real truth is that he has not yet George Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12205395095457052070noreply@blogger.com0