- Sep 25, 2017
Pree-Vent Dee-Fense
I thought we settled this issue back in the 1960s. Athletes don’t give up their Constitutional rights when they sign a contract. They retain ALL their rights, including the right to free speech, and taking a knee is free speech, whether you like it or not. Refusing to serve in an unpopular, un-winnable war on the grounds of religious pacifism––even if you make your living as a professional boxer––is free speech. And calling NFL players sons of bitches is free speech, too, so
- Sep 22, 2017
The Republican Money Tree
We hear that “wealthy donors” are the evil forces behind the Republican push to kill Obamacare because the GOP promised them tax cuts as part of the deal. Who are the “Wealthy Donors” who support the Republican party? Here’s a list that you can check out in detail at: 11 Richest Super Pac Donors.
Harold Simmons
Sheldon Adelson
Peter Thiel
Julian Robertson
Foster Friess
Frank VanderSloot
Bob Perry
William J. Dore
Paul Singer
Bill and Richard Marriott
- Sep 20, 2017
Rockin’ Rocket Man
It’s up to the United Nations to stop Kim Jong Un’s nuclear ambitions. Trump can’t do it. He’s not a leader and the real world leaders know it. The U.N. membership will have to work together to solve the N. Korea problem without the United States’ help. Trump is a blowhard, a blusterer, a bully without the muscle.
Meanwhile, keep your heads down, Japan. I’m reminded of a line from one of the all time great movies that explains the threats in the nuclear age. “It seems Tokyo
- Sep 19, 2017
No Mo No Ko
We’re at the point now, after many years of bullshit from North Korea, where we have to fish or cut bait. Kimmie Junkyard Un, or “Rocket Man” if you prefer, is not going to give up his nukes. We have three choices; to try to bomb him back to the Stone Age and hope he doesn’t respond by bombing Seoul back to the Stone Age. Or we sit down with him and acknowledge his country is a legitimate nuclear power in the world as we have done with Pakistan. Or, we finally convince the U
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