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Criminal Activity

29 Saturday Jun 2024

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        Former President Donald nominated three people to be Supreme Court Justices. They stood before the Senate’s Judiciary Committee and swore to tell the truth. Each one then sat down and proceeded to lie. Each said they would leave Roe Vs Wade along as established precedence. With their first opportunity to overturn the established precedence, they did. That meant they had told Trump and the people vetting them that they would overturn it or they wouldn’t have been nominated.

            Justice Clarence Thomas swore before the Senate’s Judiciary Committee he hadn’t assaulted any women. Anita Hill swore he had and was roasted as a liar. Other women have now come forward to verify Miss Hill’s claim while others say they had the same experience. Thomas has tried to hide that he is in the pocket of a conservative billionaire causing him to follow his pal’s beliefs even when his pal and benefactor have no direct involvement in a case. Oh, Justice Thomas was a Bush II Nominee and the committee was chaired by Joe Biden. Biden had cornered Thomas until Thomas dropped the race bomb on him and Biden was scared off his attack allowing Thomas to get enough votes.

            No wonder Trump thinks the Supreme Court will back him in freeing him from his indictments in New York, Georgia, and Arizona. In Georgia and Arizona he is an un-indicted co-conspirator. Those relate to his attempt to overthrow the government on January 6.

            Neither Party is free from their Senators, Representatives, Governors, being influenced by land deals, cars, gold items, trips, jobs for spouses, and just plain cash.  No wonder we have such a bad opinion for any of the elected people.

Subsidizing Foolish People

20 Thursday Jun 2024

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        If your neighbors decided they didn’t like to use electric lights so they used torches and used bonfires to cook their food while living in a forest would you contribute to rebuilding their burned out houses? No, you probably would not subsidize their stupidity. If they continued to do it over and over I know you would not be just as stupid. Now, how about you subsidized it because your house and auto insurer raised your rates to keep rebuilding their house? That is exactly what is happening in the Midwest states. We are subsidizing the property of people who live in hurricane prone areas and tornado alleys. As climate changes, those areas plus the southern and southeastern will see more damaging storms and flooding.

            Those states allow people to locate in areas where they are damaged often and sometimes more than twice each year. Sure the insurance companies want a profit so they raise rates to cover losses from those damage-prone areas. That means we who live in sensible areas pay for damage in the areas insurers are often required to cover.

            The government subsidizes homes that are built in flood plains. Most states have laws against building in those areas but somehow – legally or illegally – builders are allowed to build in the dangerous areas. The state of Florida runs an insurance company for people that either cannot get or cannot afford private insurance. Granted I do not subsidize any state’s policies but I do the private ones.

            If you wonder why your home and car insurance suddenly skyrocketed you now know. Finding a less than national company to insure your home may save you hundreds each year. Stop subsidizing fools

Silos Should Be Woven Wire

17 Monday Jun 2024

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        A former neighbor’s wife said she will vote former President Trump. When we asked why since Trump had called those in the military “losers”, had attempted a coup, lied on his income taxes committing tax fraud, boasted of committing sexual assaults, and lied about having Covid giving it to many of his friends and their families. He has repeatedly said certain parts of the Constitution and Amendments don’t apply to him. If he wanted a Florida resident to be his running mate he could – that is the XII Amendment violation. He has said the XXII Amendment means he can have at least two more terms if he wants.

            She knows nothing about politics except for what her husband, a former Navy chief, tells her. His information comes only from the right wing websites and media channels. He is located in his silo so she is also.

            How many other people are stuck in the same wacky silos, fearing to hear the truth and shake walls they have built around themselves? Many of those people only associate with those people in the same silo, feeding on each other’s more wacky thoughts and misconstrued information. This creates conspiracies and groups of armed radicals like those leading the January 20 riotous insurrections.

            How can a person support someone for any political office that boasts of his criminal acts and insanity? How can groups support him because all the other politicians are crooks and dictators? Trump is the poster boy for everything they hate and fear. Trump says what they want to hear, just as Adolf Hitler told the depressed German people. We know how that turned out for his close friends and supporters. He had them eliminated.

            Silos that have solid walls which don’t allow conflicting information to be considered will lead to Democracy’s demise!

His Own Words

11 Tuesday Jun 2024

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        Former President Donald Trump has actually made a correct statement about him being tried and found guilty of committing thirty-four counts of lying on his state income tax returns. He said “If they can do it to me, they can do it to you!” If he had merely paid Stormy Daniels and left the matter alone, he would not have committed a crime. The axiom which came from Watergate is “It’s the cover-up that gets you” definitely applies to Trump’s crime.

            The question is what sentence should Trump get for his crime. The judge can give him up to four years and not in the Oval Office. He could take into account his age and obvious mental deficiencies. Continuing to berate a judge that is about to sentence you shows a lack of common sense and mental capacity. He could get a thousand or more hours of picking up trash in parks or along highways. He would be the one working in an orange jumpsuit. The people around him wearing coats and ties would be his Secret Service guards.

            Many New Yorkers have been found guilty of committing the same crimes and were locked up for years. I would think most people would consult their CPA or attorney before trying to write off bogus expenses. Trump has said nobody gets tried for this business expense. It is fairly common in New York and the payoff was personal, not his business.

            Should Trump be locked up is an easy answer since he said many times that Hillary Clinton should be locked up because, “Nobody is above the law.” Should those words be used by the judge when giving the sentence?

Labor’s Heyday

11 Tuesday Jun 2024

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        This may be the heyday for human workers. Unions are once again increasing pay and growing memberships in the southern states. Companies are expanding requiring more workers. Many of those workers need no skills to be hired while others will require intensive training. Currently the United States has hundreds of thousands of job openings for unskilled and skilled blue collar workers. Hundreds of thousands more are needed in education, medicine, engineering, and other professions.

            Heydays are always followed by down days and this time it might be a permanent situation. Artificial intelligence or AI will jump start the massive use of robots to mostly eliminate the line workers in packing plants, manufacturing, transportation, and most other businesses. They will do the work faster, better, hour after hour without lunch, bathroom, sick days or vacations!

            Hundreds of thousands of people have already been eliminated in the auto manufacturing and other businesses over the past few decades. As many people will be put out of work by terminator-looking robots in a very few decades. Instead of a connection to a computer bank AI will allow for autonomy equal to or better than a human mind. Robots have always had a problem with change or inconsistencies but AI will enable them to solve the problems immediately.

            This is also the heyday for white collar workers most of who should already know they will be replaced. With AI’s ability to imitate the human voice and face, creativity by humans will be replaced by AI.

            The question is whether the movies were a vision of the future or can humanity overcome its own inventions.

Is History Missing?

09 Sunday Jun 2024

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                I just read an article in the Chicago Tribune about the right wing authoritarian groups in Europe which are much like the Fascists of the 1930’s and 1940s. Some are outright Neo-Nazis. Many of the moderates and left leaning leaders and groups wonder if those people have forgotten or somehow missed their school history classes because Europe pushes that period hard so it will never happen again – they hope.

                Europe’s grade and high school history courses go into greater depth but the perspectives were often influenced by whether the school was in Eastern or Western Europe. The schools
controlled by the Soviet Union put a heroic Right Wing stance on history. Italy is still under the influences of Benito Mussolini and his followers which emphasis how great his policies were. Sound familiar?

             When I was taking high school history in the early 1960s it was mainly Early American up to the signing the Constitution without any of the political disputes involved in the result. Everything was great people, great actions, and great results. Everything was through rose-colored glasses. My nine college history courses after high school still didn’t get down into the causes of wars, policies, and leaderships.

               Today we have millions of people who can’t see history is repeating itself. Many countries are democracies in name only. These “democracies” are led by authoritarians or what are really dictators like Vladimir Putin of Russia and Jashodaben Modi of India. We must be aware of our leader’s personality to put our country and its people first and not themselves. We have two people vying to be President in November. One cares about the people and the other cares only about the perception of how great he is. The choice should be easy in America.

Birds of a Feather

03 Monday Jun 2024

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        I have a bird bath, a suet block feeder, a hummingbird feeder, and I throw seeds out on the driveway for birds, squirrels, and rabbits. I put peanuts on the window ledge for the squirrels so my dog Tina can bark at them. I put orange marmalade on a little dish attached to the hummingbird feeder. A few minutes of work each day provides hours of fun.

            One thing I have noticed is that some species dominate different spots. Robins scare away all other birds so they can drink and bathe by themselves. One Robin runs the other Robins away. Doves are larger but, true to their name, the robins dominate them.

            The suet block is controlled by the Downy woodpeckers. They are new this year to the suet block basket. They have been physical in their conquest. Several other species eat the suet when the Downy woodpeckers are not there but leave as soon as they return.

            The seeds on the driveway are fairly neutral ground because the birds and squirrels like different seeds so competition isn’t required. Oh, the rabbits are out of bed before the rest arrive and leave when the others come.

            I often thought about naming some of them after political figures. The Robins would be the Republican Party and former President Donald Trump, the dominant one constantly squawks at the others. The squirrels eat together but on the ledge, most run off when Tina barks at them. One has figured out Tina cannot do any harm through the window. That squirrel would be President Joe Biden because it ignores Tina’s whining and barking. The rest of the species of birds and creatures, rabbits, and 13 strip ground squirrels, are voters and Independent Party members. It is fun to compare personalities isn’t it?

I Am Scared for America

02 Sunday Jun 2024

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        I often have a very difficult choice in who to vote for as President. I analyze their records and what they say during the campaign. Often they change from their past to get elected and don’t go back to their previous beliefs and goals. An example is John Mc Cain. I didn’t always like his stance on bills but I understood his views. I signed his nominating petition for his first run for President but not his second or voted for him because he changed his entire agenda. He switched from a moderate to far right to get elected.

            Today, the Republican Party has become enthralled by a narcissistic, ego maniac who cares for nobody but himself. His worshipers are regularly tossed under the bus if they are not completely in his fold. Any real or imagined disloyalty and he not only drops them but tries to destroy them. Remember former President Donald Trump sitting in front of the lectern with his arms crossed while one member of his cabinet after another told how great he is. Oh, yes that was what he said they were supposed to say before he sat down. “They will now tell you how great I am.”

            He just said the Constitution (XXII Amendment) allows him to do two more terms and maybe three like Roosevelt. His music is often the Oath Keepers theme song. He often says America’s problems are caused by the rest of the world. He has told some groups that Americans feel and act like 1937 Germany and only he can bring us all together. He keeps referring to the Oath Keepers and other far-right wing groups as his army.

            Trump’s first term was him, him, him, and destroying the American Left by putting three lying far right Justices in the Supreme Court and naming more than a hundred lower judges to keep him out of jail. If the people are so stupid as to vote for him, they can tell their children how they destroyed Democracy.