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Isn’t it nice to begin your day with a dose of cheery optimism?

Excuse me. I distinctly remember someone saying we’re not going to make it. I think we made it. I’m sorry, I overreacted. At the time, it looked very much like we weren’t going to make it. Yes, well, maybe next time you’ll just wait and see. And blow the last chance I might ever have …

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Julian Assange

tl;dr, I know. I feel I should state my position up front. I think that Wikileaks performs a valuable service which is fully covered by all the protection the First Amendment offers. I think that Julian Assange is a hero for helping to initiate it and the allegations against him by the Swedes unfounded and …

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An Embarrassment Of Lies

PragerU, Candace Owens, and Cody testifies before Congress in the body of a young Black woman from Connecticut by warging ala Bran Stark and the Night King. C’mon people, I only have 5 more weeks to work off my Game of Thrones trivia.

Kangaroo Court Show Trials

Well, we won’t be getting them soon. Let’s take a moment to remember why we can’t have just a plain old regular trial instead of these cobbled together travesties. THE UNITED STATES TORTURES PEOPLE! And evidence obtained by torture is inadmissible. Guantanamo military tribunal hit with another legal setback By JOSH GERSTEIN, Politico 04/16/2019 A …

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The Modern Monetary Theory Wave

Frankly when I started highlighting it and writing about some of the core concepts it was because I thought it was hip and edgy. I certainly never expected it to find such wide acceptance so soon. Understanding Fiat Money is easy if you have a background in Keynesian Economics. Some still dismiss it (looking at …

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Notre Dame is burning.

The roof is fully engaged, the central spire has collapsed, the medieval stained glass windows (I’ve worked with stained glass a bit) are threatened with destruction not to mention the many Gargoyles and sculptures and other priceless art inside the Cathedral. They started building it in 1160 which means it’s 859 years old. It’s incredibly …

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Opium Wars

In 1820 China had the largest economy in the world. By 1787 the British East India Company was selling them 680,000 pounds of Opium a year. They weren’t the only providers, just one of the bigger ones. Among the English they had a Crown Monopoly on the Trade. By 1833 they were providing 5.1 Million …

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Low Political Content

Crazy That’s why they call it acting Isopropyl With the Ladies Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby College Daze Morning Talk Hobby Horse Fashion Oh, you want news.

Black Letter Law

Steve Mnuchin is a particularly loathsome Republican whos name makes me cringe every time I see it scroll up the screen after an otherwise good movie like Wonder Woman or Lego Batman. He really has no standing, even as Treasury Secretary, to interfere with House House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal’s direct request …

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Public Obstruction Of Justice

Well, you can forget the Mueller Report and the Russians now. Unidicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio is dangling Pardons again. Trump told CBP head he’d pardon him if he were sent to jail for violating immigration law By Jake Tapper, CNN Fri April 12, 2019 Donald Trump told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan he …

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