Rethinking Munich and Chamberlain
Growing up with Churchill's ringing condemnation of the Munich treaty, I have mostly seen Chamberlain as a fool at best, and a villain otherwise. Yet Chamberlain did achieve something at Munich : to...
View ArticleTAX CUT for ALL : on first 250K
If the Democratic Party succeeds in delivering extended tax cuts only to the first 200/250K of net income,every taxpayer still gets a tax break: yes, even multi-billionaire Bill Gates gets a tax...
View ArticleSome of the ironies of Pearl Harbor
For the Japanese side, there is the fundamental horrible irony that the action was such a tactical success and such a strategic blunder. They snuck a large fleet right up to our main naval base, and...
View ArticlePlease help with male contraceptive break-through (part 1)
For over ten years I have been trying to help launch a much more effective, cheaper and better birth control based on a remote-controlled vasectomy plug.Women have been burdened with many unfortunate...
View ArticlePersonal comments added to anti-TPP
I just sent one of those email petitions about opposing TPP fast-track to my Congress reps. and felt inspired to add a few strong words. I thought you might like them."Blockquote" is original textThe...
View ArticleFor love not money
Despite everything done to disparage altruism and glorify selfish success, most work done by people, today, in the 21 st. century, is still not done for cash … but because people actually care.Every...
View ArticleCommie: poem/song, in progress
Commie I went into the public square, to openly challenge fear; The Owners up and said “We need no Red scum here”. The media glitterati laughed and giggled fit to die, so I’ll have to speak despite...
View ArticleBrexit means Brexit ( and 2 plus 2 equals five)
Imagine a referendum with 2 choices:“Choice A: Due to the high levels of public spending, and historically low taxes, more short-term debt must be authorized.”“Choice B: No more debt, higher public...
View ArticleHow about Warren/Sanders 2020 ?
Bernie Sander’s slogan “Not me. Us” conveys a deep truth. For Bernie to support a Warren presidency would be a historic act of deep humility, and might thereby show he walks the talk unmistakably—...
View ArticleWhen the 99% want something
When the 99% want something, and the 1% really don’t;arguing fact will not win things, and sometimes the law won’t;……………………………….then demonize your accuser, transform into a drama savant;shout:...
View ArticlePlease Obama: FIGHT!
Obama you are wonderfully witty, suave and cool; but you need to finally use your moral authority and comedic mastery to goad and humiliate Trump, for the good of all of us.As president, Obama you had...
View ArticleDead viruses don’t mutate
Dead viruses don’t mutate.Live Viruses mutate.In particular RNA viruses (as apposed to DNA) mutate quite a bit …The process certainly has a random element, but some factors predictably increase the...
View ArticleUnstable Polar Vortex: Climate Change not just warming
I will guarantee that Climate Change deniers are going to seize upon the recent extreme cold sweeping the USA to make fun of the dangers of “Global Warming”. They will deliberately ignore the Polar...
View ArticleThe global fever is a symptom
We have been depleting our water tables and putting garbage in our rivers, cutting down our forests and over-fishing our oceans, for a lot longer than the recent crisis in greenhouse gases that is...
View ArticleICU staff: don’t burnout - move out
After reading a slew of articles about ICU staff feeling betrayed and fed up, here is my take:ICU staff have already suffered a long and bitterly grueling fight with Covid-19 .The marvelously speedy...
View ArticlePass the debt limit in 2 parts
The obvious GOP ploy to force the Democrats to raise the debt limit alone so the GOP can turn around and scream about Democratic extravagance has an easy answer: split the bill in two … one part to pay...
View ArticleHorrible decision ... wonderful timing
In some ways, this looming Supreme Court decision is as clear a case of stochastic murder as one might imagine: statistically condemning hundreds of innocent pregnant women to death.In terms of timing...
View ArticleKristallnacht for women's reproductive rights
There are moments in history that are both terrible in themselves, but also clearly foretell even more bad news to come after.State laws restricting a women’s right to choose, which is basic to their...
View ArticleMedia and the (sabotaged) Blue Wave of 2022
If the traditional media had done their civic duty, there would have been not merely a Blue Wave but a Blue Tsunami; the horrific Roe vs Wade decision, plus their widespread continued support for an...
View ArticleHow about using Eminent Domain to save Twitter?
The use of Eminent Domain to build and protect railroad lines is very well established, and if any owner of a newly purchased major rail company was dramatically destroying the effectiveness of said...
View ArticleTrump : "Shall I compare thee to a greasy fart?"
(For your reference)“Shakespeare uses Sonnet 18 to praise his beloved's beauty and describe all the ways in which their beauty is preferable to a summer day. The stability of love and its power to...
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