The only newspaper out of the top forty in the US that I consider to be 'even-handed' is Wall Street Journal. To be honest, their focus is business, and rarely will they tangle up with a pure political story.
So it was a shock in 2017 when the New York Times came to lure Bari Weiss from the WSJ to the New Times. She was supposed to bring a even-handed approach.
Today, she resigned.
What she said in her resignation....the general attitude around the paper was that her opinion and guidance was worthless.
What happens now? Well...they have to go and hire someone to fill her shoes. I'm guessing that they will just skip the neutral 'chatter' and hire a Twitter or blogger individual, and just skip the pretend business.
What's all this say about the Times? If you want the far left 'slant'....the Times will provide it. Don't worry, they won't lose any additional subscriptions....they've already lost those over the past twenty years.
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
If NBA and NFL Players Realized the True BLM?
BLM is mostly 99-percent tied to Marxism....which means that everyone needs to be treated at the same level of economic prosperity.
Using that system, no player from the Detroit Lions should make more than probably $60k a year. The same for the Boston Celtics....big-money players should not exist.
The fact that these players have not asked questions or grasped this part of the BLM discussion? It kinda leans toward the idea that they don't know much or just accept things without much talking.
Big sports disappearing within this Marxism period? Well, this would be the obvious end of all sports in America.
Using that system, no player from the Detroit Lions should make more than probably $60k a year. The same for the Boston Celtics....big-money players should not exist.
The fact that these players have not asked questions or grasped this part of the BLM discussion? It kinda leans toward the idea that they don't know much or just accept things without much talking.
Big sports disappearing within this Marxism period? Well, this would be the obvious end of all sports in America.
Saturday, 11 July 2020
Just Observations
1. “Jesus Christ, if that’s who you believe, if that’s who you believe in, admittedly was not perfect when he was here on this earth.” Quote by CNN's Don Lemon.
Basically, he's dug himself into a pit. From the black community, he just lost an enormous amount of respect that took years to gain.
2. Biden's 'Buy American' Speech? 700 billion dollars? Well, here's the odd thing....it's basically the Trump program of 'Make America Great Again', except he'd raise taxes to shuffle the 700 billion into the pot, and have the government either buy American-only products or grant the money out to cities and states to buy American-only products.
If you think about it....federal, state and local already had the money....why not just buy American, without the infusion money?
3. The Trump tax return 'game'? Basically, the NY City prosecutor folks are hoping to find tax issues. But Trump pays professional accountants to take advantage of every single loophole that the city and state has written. The odds here? Pretty close to zero, on finding a problem.
So the next issue.....did Trump get discounted rates for loans for his buildings? Maybe, but that tax return is going to marginally cover that discussion. You'd have to go after the banks and insist on more information.
4. The odds of schools across the nation starting up in August? I would imagine that more than 50-percent will not open, or the parents will refuse to send the kids to school because of Covid-19.
So advancing in terms of education for the next school year? Pretty much a marginal situation.
5. Texas Division of Emergency Management....says that you ought to wear a mask, even in your home.
6. The problem with defunding and re-directing funding? Well...it's the same thing. It doesn't matter if Joe Biden said 're-directing' funding, it's the same thing as defunding in the end.
7. This upcoming 'quickie' restaging of the NBA season? Probably one of the most stupid ideas ever attempted by the NBA. At some point yesterday, former NBAer Charles Barkley finally said the 5-star comment....that sports is becoming big 'woke-circus', with no real payback or gain for anyone. Think about it....who pays $70 for a NFL seat to watch woke-NFL-football? Who'd pay $50 for a NBA seat to watch NBA people pretending to care about the sport but more hyped up on wokeness?
8. News story from Friday....some US Army General says that the 13 authorized four-star positions of the Army....aren't diverse enough (1 is black). Here's the thing....somewhere around 20 years of service, most talented black officers (Lt Col/Col) are edging toward the commercial world because of opportunity and pay. They move on, with their retirement pay, and reach a higher level of happiness.
9. That Hong Kong virologist who sneaked out? Well, she's said a lot over the past day or two....saying that the government of China knew an awful lot....ahead of the game.
Basically, he's dug himself into a pit. From the black community, he just lost an enormous amount of respect that took years to gain.
2. Biden's 'Buy American' Speech? 700 billion dollars? Well, here's the odd thing....it's basically the Trump program of 'Make America Great Again', except he'd raise taxes to shuffle the 700 billion into the pot, and have the government either buy American-only products or grant the money out to cities and states to buy American-only products.
If you think about it....federal, state and local already had the money....why not just buy American, without the infusion money?
3. The Trump tax return 'game'? Basically, the NY City prosecutor folks are hoping to find tax issues. But Trump pays professional accountants to take advantage of every single loophole that the city and state has written. The odds here? Pretty close to zero, on finding a problem.
So the next issue.....did Trump get discounted rates for loans for his buildings? Maybe, but that tax return is going to marginally cover that discussion. You'd have to go after the banks and insist on more information.
4. The odds of schools across the nation starting up in August? I would imagine that more than 50-percent will not open, or the parents will refuse to send the kids to school because of Covid-19.
So advancing in terms of education for the next school year? Pretty much a marginal situation.
5. Texas Division of Emergency Management....says that you ought to wear a mask, even in your home.
6. The problem with defunding and re-directing funding? Well...it's the same thing. It doesn't matter if Joe Biden said 're-directing' funding, it's the same thing as defunding in the end.
7. This upcoming 'quickie' restaging of the NBA season? Probably one of the most stupid ideas ever attempted by the NBA. At some point yesterday, former NBAer Charles Barkley finally said the 5-star comment....that sports is becoming big 'woke-circus', with no real payback or gain for anyone. Think about it....who pays $70 for a NFL seat to watch woke-NFL-football? Who'd pay $50 for a NBA seat to watch NBA people pretending to care about the sport but more hyped up on wokeness?
8. News story from Friday....some US Army General says that the 13 authorized four-star positions of the Army....aren't diverse enough (1 is black). Here's the thing....somewhere around 20 years of service, most talented black officers (Lt Col/Col) are edging toward the commercial world because of opportunity and pay. They move on, with their retirement pay, and reach a higher level of happiness.
9. That Hong Kong virologist who sneaked out? Well, she's said a lot over the past day or two....saying that the government of China knew an awful lot....ahead of the game.
The Problem With This On-Off Antifa Button
For about two months, I've sat almost daily and reviewed video of Antifa events/demonstrations. It's mostly (say 90-percent) young white 'kids' (age 18 to 25). The few blacks you see....are BLM-supporters. Latinos? Almost non-existent in the background video.
The behavioral level? Intimidation, narcissistic, demanding, intolerant, lacking of both history and knowledge, and often displaying attitudes you'd expect out of a 8-year old kid.
So I look at the Biden campaign, and the Democratic Party....kinda wondering if they walk with confidence that there is a on-and-off button with Antifa.
What if Joe Biden wins? Can he walk in and suddenly hit the off-button, and make Antifa go away?
I have this suspicion that after eight months of activity....this off-button doesn't really exist anymore, and the overall plan of quieting down the 'kids' will have disappeared.
At some point in 2021....some folks will begin asking....if there ever was a off-button to Antifa, and some news journalists will wander around....trying to find such a button. Reality will set in at that point.
The behavioral level? Intimidation, narcissistic, demanding, intolerant, lacking of both history and knowledge, and often displaying attitudes you'd expect out of a 8-year old kid.
So I look at the Biden campaign, and the Democratic Party....kinda wondering if they walk with confidence that there is a on-and-off button with Antifa.
What if Joe Biden wins? Can he walk in and suddenly hit the off-button, and make Antifa go away?
I have this suspicion that after eight months of activity....this off-button doesn't really exist anymore, and the overall plan of quieting down the 'kids' will have disappeared.
At some point in 2021....some folks will begin asking....if there ever was a off-button to Antifa, and some news journalists will wander around....trying to find such a button. Reality will set in at that point.
Thursday, 9 July 2020
If We Dumped the Electoral College
You can go back to the mid-1800s, and find various people disgruntled over the way that the EC was functioning, and simply say nothing has changed over the years.
So if you dump the EC? The election would be mostly about urbanized areas (Chicago, NY, Miami, Houston, Denver, SF, etc). States like North Dakota or Idaho...wouldn't matter.
But if you were this crazy and foolish....why limit your change to only the EC? Why not dump all fifty primaries in a two-week period....mid-June for example, force both parties to have a convention in early August, and just run the silly debate season (a year prior) to occur in May....two weeks prior to the election?
So if you dump the EC? The election would be mostly about urbanized areas (Chicago, NY, Miami, Houston, Denver, SF, etc). States like North Dakota or Idaho...wouldn't matter.
But if you were this crazy and foolish....why limit your change to only the EC? Why not dump all fifty primaries in a two-week period....mid-June for example, force both parties to have a convention in early August, and just run the silly debate season (a year prior) to occur in May....two weeks prior to the election?
The Worst of All Scenarios
Lets say on the morning of 4 November, we wake up and find that several unusual things happened on election day. In this mix, at least three states are having trouble reaching a conclusion, mostly because of mail-in ballots. The end can't be concluded, and Trump appears to have won only 27 of the 30 states that he won in 2016. If the three states go to Biden? Joe Biden then wins.
Lawsuits start up. It's not just at the state level....it's thrown at individual counties. Neither candidate can reach 270.
In mid-December....the Electoral College process would kick in (normally). In this scenario, at least three states would have judges dellaying things, and unable to hold the vote.
End-result? No winner. So you go to early January when the House and Senate come in, with new members.
The House would be given the power to vote on the Presidency. The problem here? You vote state by state. If you have nine house members from your state, and four are Democrat....then the five Republicans would edge out the vote and the state votes via the House mechanism for Trump.
So it matters on this House election. Presently? This is an odd part of the story. While Pelosi and Democrats hold a majority.....25 states are GOP-majority situations. Penn is a 0-majority state, meaning it has no vote coming, then three Democratic states hold only a one-vote lead at this point.
How the House election might go? Imagine that two seats in Penn flip to the GOP, then imagine Colorado, Michigan, Arizona and even Minnesota flip enough seats, Trump would easily win via this mechanism.
But lets go to another scenario where nothing much changes, and Trump can't win 26 states via this mechanism. As the end of the presidential period ends....the mechanism would then confirm the head of the House (likely to be a Republican) as President, and the Senate would then confirm the VP. This would be done until a change in state by state voting occurs.
A deeper crisis? No doubt.
You could very likely have a House Speaker turned President (Republican) with a VP who is a Democrat.
Massive anger by both the Republican and Democratic voters? No doubt.
But this ought to make you understand that the House election in November is just as important as the Presidential election.
Lawsuits start up. It's not just at the state level....it's thrown at individual counties. Neither candidate can reach 270.
In mid-December....the Electoral College process would kick in (normally). In this scenario, at least three states would have judges dellaying things, and unable to hold the vote.
End-result? No winner. So you go to early January when the House and Senate come in, with new members.
The House would be given the power to vote on the Presidency. The problem here? You vote state by state. If you have nine house members from your state, and four are Democrat....then the five Republicans would edge out the vote and the state votes via the House mechanism for Trump.
So it matters on this House election. Presently? This is an odd part of the story. While Pelosi and Democrats hold a majority.....25 states are GOP-majority situations. Penn is a 0-majority state, meaning it has no vote coming, then three Democratic states hold only a one-vote lead at this point.
How the House election might go? Imagine that two seats in Penn flip to the GOP, then imagine Colorado, Michigan, Arizona and even Minnesota flip enough seats, Trump would easily win via this mechanism.
But lets go to another scenario where nothing much changes, and Trump can't win 26 states via this mechanism. As the end of the presidential period ends....the mechanism would then confirm the head of the House (likely to be a Republican) as President, and the Senate would then confirm the VP. This would be done until a change in state by state voting occurs.
A deeper crisis? No doubt.
You could very likely have a House Speaker turned President (Republican) with a VP who is a Democrat.
Massive anger by both the Republican and Democratic voters? No doubt.
But this ought to make you understand that the House election in November is just as important as the Presidential election.
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Just Observations
1. Iron-clad rule....Marxists don't share power. Their ultimate purpose is to eradicate all existing opposition. If you think Nazis are evil....these people are just as bad.
2. The thing about leaving the WHO. In 1948, they were a noble idea and cause. Maybe for the first thirty years, they had a purpose and positive path ahead. Over the past twenty years? They became unfocused....unable to touch various topics....and politicized. Rather than go and recognize that problem....they felt intimidated and refused to consider change.
3. I don't see the Washington Redskins staying in the DC area if the name goes to a change situation. For DC, they pushed the wrong button here. My prediction? They end up moving to San Antonio, Texas or Oklahoma City.
4. If you declared racism a mental disorder....would it change much of anything?
5. The chief problem of the defund the police effort? You end up with private security in a thousand ways that you never dreamed of, and have some 9th-grade drop-out named Larry who now seems to be the only real protection you have in your neighborhood.
6. Could the NBA go through a woke-situation, where they realize that only 30-percent of fans care about their wokeness? Would they then be woke-woke?
7. Just me, but I'd pay $75 to sit in a Presidential debate area where Joe Biden and Kanye West were in discussions.
8. Did Joe Biden say that the police have 'become the enemy'? Yes, but if you asked him to define the enemy....he'd get on the subject of WW II movies and Nazis. So don't bring it up.
9. Senator Chuck Schumer linked to Jeffrey Epstein? Yes, but it's best not to discuss this matter.
10. The FBI says HALF of all it's counter-intelligence cases....involve China.
2. The thing about leaving the WHO. In 1948, they were a noble idea and cause. Maybe for the first thirty years, they had a purpose and positive path ahead. Over the past twenty years? They became unfocused....unable to touch various topics....and politicized. Rather than go and recognize that problem....they felt intimidated and refused to consider change.
3. I don't see the Washington Redskins staying in the DC area if the name goes to a change situation. For DC, they pushed the wrong button here. My prediction? They end up moving to San Antonio, Texas or Oklahoma City.
4. If you declared racism a mental disorder....would it change much of anything?
5. The chief problem of the defund the police effort? You end up with private security in a thousand ways that you never dreamed of, and have some 9th-grade drop-out named Larry who now seems to be the only real protection you have in your neighborhood.
6. Could the NBA go through a woke-situation, where they realize that only 30-percent of fans care about their wokeness? Would they then be woke-woke?
7. Just me, but I'd pay $75 to sit in a Presidential debate area where Joe Biden and Kanye West were in discussions.
8. Did Joe Biden say that the police have 'become the enemy'? Yes, but if you asked him to define the enemy....he'd get on the subject of WW II movies and Nazis. So don't bring it up.
9. Senator Chuck Schumer linked to Jeffrey Epstein? Yes, but it's best not to discuss this matter.
10. The FBI says HALF of all it's counter-intelligence cases....involve China.
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