I will just state up front that, consistent with every political fiber of my being since 2014, there is no possible circumstance imaginable under which John Cornyn ever gets a vote of mine. I also find it 'interesting' that this topic comes up during the same week history buries forever the 'help Iran get the …
The Predictable Shelf-Life on Cornyn’s Modified Limited Hangout on the Save America Act
Just putting a marker here for later discussion...but clearly, any result other than a move to a run-off after this week's Republican Primary for U.S Senate in Texas will be bad for the Save America Act. I'm not sure if anything can save the act at this point, but a clear win or a clear …
Pretending to ‘learn’ now what we have known (and what was perfectly knowable) all along – UPDATED
I mean no disrespect to the messenger from Powerline here but this - the more general phenomenon of acting as if the newly provided evidence was really necessary for those who were willing to see (i.e. not brain-dead Democrats and not delusional Never Trumpers of old) what was going on back then - comes across, …
Smugly goes the classless little twit.
More and more these days I am reminded of a very useful quote from a former White House intern: “If you want to know what power looks like, watch a man safely, even smugly, do interviews for decades, without ever worrying whether he will be asked the questions he doesn’t want to answer.” — Monica Lewinsky …
Exceptionalism Discarded – ‘The system is running on inertia, not legitimacy.’
In relation to the topic of previous rantings on this site, the linked passage below is too good - "accurate" is a far better term - to not document here. While the specific topic of the aptly named author is "journalism" (the media), much of the sentiment applies equally well across broad swaths of industry …
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The Real Economy Must Be Under There Somewhere – Vol. II
Since last addressed here last March, the extent of the fake economy has been exposed to be orders of magnitude beyond what most Americans can yet comprehend. Some less than exuberant enthusiasm from back then: Eventually, history will identify the many faces of shame who perpetuated this charade…from the woke to the heavily credentialed yet still worthless to the just …
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Musings on the End Game Coming via Minneapolis – The ‘Be Careful What You Ask for” Edition (UPDATED AGAIN)
The general theme here was addressed not so long ago in the ‘…there can only be one rule. I didn’t want this to be the rule, but they overruled us. So they can choke on their new rule…’ post back in November. Of course, the whole point of existing under the anti-intellectual cover provided by …
The Fake Recession Gambit of 1991…Back in the Playbook for 2026?
I do enjoy it when actual smart people travel down the same paths I have. Before going into today's example, a quick review of the story as I told it in late 2021 about the recession of 1991. (Apologies, I no longer have access to the links I used to refresh my memory of those …
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Your Government has been in the Deliberate Fraud Business Since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009…Nick Shirly just showed you how it all works.
A brave citizen journalist has been all over the sane internet this weekend: One kid with an iPhone vs thousands of corporate uninterested paid journalists. Incredible. "Here is the full 42 minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud, this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. …
‘The Lost Generation’ – Testimony on the Pollution of Broader Talent and Technical Competence Pipelines …or… More than a Decade of Unnatural Selection is going to Impact American Society for Many Decades to Come.
I have written on this topic on many occasions. A few examples: Conspicuous Diversity – The Pathway Toward Corporate Fragility, Eventual Collapse, and a Broader Societal Dark Age (November 24, 2022) The Natural Progression of Potemkin Diversity (October 4, 2024) The Natural Progression of Potemkin Diversity – The ‘Unnatural Selection Toward Shallowness, Mediocrity, and Societal …
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