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Trump has stated that he will do everything within his power, legally and constitutionally, to contest the results, which is his right. Of course, the...
January 04, 2021 at 16:55
I’ve read the Doctrine of Fascism. The illiberal, collectivist and statist sentiments rendered it completely useless, even as a historical curiosity, ...
January 04, 2021 at 04:14
Perfect Trumpian phone call. I love it. Though I cannot see how the gutter-press and their base are making a big deal of it, it’s not unusual that the...
January 04, 2021 at 01:18
Trump administration declassifies unconfirmed intel on Chinese bounties We had some pretty heated discussions on “Russian bounties” in Afghanistan. Th...
December 31, 2020 at 16:44
I don’t care if you believe it or not. I’m just expressing what I believe.
December 30, 2020 at 19:05
Trump golfs, sure, and he also works while golfing, something the misinformed like to suppress. As Lindsey Graham said: “We’d hit a shot, take a phone...
December 30, 2020 at 18:31
Populism or not, it’s the right thing to do. Trump was probably not involved in the painstaking negotiations, so I’m not sure your little scenario is ...
December 29, 2020 at 18:55
Trump is the most admired man in America for 2020, according to Gallup. Obama placed second. Biden was third. https://news.gallup.com/poll/328193/dona...
December 29, 2020 at 17:34
You neglected to mention the recision request, probably because it wasn’t reported on. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-from-...
December 29, 2020 at 17:27
It makes little sense to sign such a wasteful spending bill, while at the same time leaving little for everyday Americans. Despite your fantasies abou...
December 27, 2020 at 18:52
Nice write-up, ssu. It seems to me that language and culture are intimately linked, maybe even one and the same, at least insofar as culture is convey...
December 26, 2020 at 03:00
Buried lede. GOP blocks House Democrats' attempt to pass $2,000 stimulus checks
December 24, 2020 at 17:22
They were infused into one package, which only helped to amplify Congress’ priorities: chump-change for Americans while bleading the country dry.
December 24, 2020 at 16:12
I suspect the anti-Trumpism is working overtime to churn out excuses as to why Trump shouldn’t be applauded for his criticism. Assume (without evidenc...
December 23, 2020 at 20:16
It’s true. Selling out Americans and bleeding the country dry is nothing new. What is new is a president who is willing to push back against Congress....
December 23, 2020 at 19:22
There is a huge difference between knowledge and ignorance. At least now you know. But it will make no difference if you refuse to hold your lawmakers...
December 23, 2020 at 19:03
Congress didn’t even read it. https://twitter.com/aoc/status/1341145260014100480?s=21 Either way it likely it would have passed silently had the presi...
December 23, 2020 at 18:46
What an embarrassing stimulus bill. Good thing President Trump is still in office. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1341537886315950080?s=21
December 23, 2020 at 00:35
I’m not so sure about that. They threw everything at Trump and he mostly prevailed—impeachment, fake hate crimes, a hostile press, a violent oppositio...
December 22, 2020 at 19:13
Though I do not think the mind is a brain, I do think “the infinite use of finite means” could provide a way to avoid your problem. Just as a finite n...
December 22, 2020 at 01:39
As Tim’s threadbare metaphors illustrate, the solution for statists is to plunder wealth from others in the vain hope that what they’ve stolen reaches...
December 20, 2020 at 19:31
The pandemic has only laid bare what happens when the State intervenes in our affairs, forcing us into unemployment and to close our businesses, limit...
December 19, 2020 at 20:55
Joe BiXen’s son is under investigation by the DOJ. And this after the propaganda-wing of the uniparty, the US media and their lackeys in Big Tech, sup...
December 15, 2020 at 20:36
It would be excessive if wealth was fixed and finite. If that was the case, one person’s gain means another person’s loss. But this is zero-sum thinki...
December 12, 2020 at 20:26
Thanks for putting that together. I also think the whole “preventing suffering” argument is lacking because it could be used as an excuse for the prev...
December 09, 2020 at 18:33
They made themselves angry. Before Trump came on the scene the gutter press could end a political campaign if the candidate happened to scream awkward...
December 09, 2020 at 00:33
Trump has had most of the corporate global media, Hollywood, the intelligence community, and Big Tech against him. The most lucrative, influential and...
December 08, 2020 at 19:17
No, Bezos does not control your life and is master of no one. You willingly use his services or you do not. You willingly engage with his company or n...
December 07, 2020 at 17:24
My only contention is that the so-called 1% are not your masters. Elon Musk is unable to assert any control over you, and if he did, he would be subje...
December 07, 2020 at 15:49
The 1% is not the “masters of the universe” because they do not possess the monopoly on violence. They are private citizens and are beholden to the sa...
December 06, 2020 at 17:56
Thanks for writing that. As some have mentioned, misanthropy finds one or two crimes of which only some are guilty and indicts the entire species. It’...
December 05, 2020 at 17:37
There are millions of healthy people wearing masks, not because they are sick and risk infecting someone, but because they are ignorant of whether the...
December 05, 2020 at 16:46
In the lead up to his election and beyond, Trump’s opponents compared him to a litany of tyrants, from Nero to Mao to Adolph Hitler. But during a nati...
December 02, 2020 at 21:29
There is zero evidence to support this fantasy because Iran has refused to offer any.
November 30, 2020 at 16:54
The US needs not lose its “status”, nor must it remain absent from world affairs while retreating from the mess of its former interventionist policies...
November 26, 2020 at 21:00
Yes, when the US leaves some area the US leaves some area. That’s the entire point.
November 26, 2020 at 17:10
I thought it was obvious, but the term “witch hunt” has never been used in the sense of a hunt for evil witches. It was used to describe political har...
November 26, 2020 at 16:55
You suspect a lot of things and make many predictions. But I have yet to see one come true. You’re right, none of that matters to me. The idea that th...
November 26, 2020 at 16:44
Undoing the anti-Trumpist witch-hunt by pardoning Michael Flynn was expected. At least now we can put a strike through one of the most embarrassing mo...
November 26, 2020 at 16:35
Do you require laws to teach you right from wrong?
November 25, 2020 at 20:06
“ Well, good afternoon, everyone. Today, I’m pleased to announce nominations and staff for critical foreign policy national security positions in my a...
November 25, 2020 at 19:53
In a society of absolute freedom the only restrictions required are the ones we place on ourselves. Tempered by ethics and morality, one can live in a...
November 25, 2020 at 19:32
The US has a federal agency to regulate cheese but not an agency to regulate federal elections. America doesn’t have an election process. You don’t ha...
November 24, 2020 at 18:50
I’m loving Trump’s efforts contesting the results of the election and his refusal to concede, not only because it puts a spotlight on America’s shoddy...
November 23, 2020 at 20:07
I’m not implying it’s drastic. In fact, insofar as anti-natalism involves no one but the one practicing it, I think it is completely mild. I’m implyin...
November 21, 2020 at 19:17
It doesn’t prevent suffering. It prevents birth. It prevents life. But no, it doesn’t present suffering any more than cutting your thumb off prevents ...
November 19, 2020 at 17:09
Globalist efforts are back on the table. For instance, listen to the “great reset” nonsense from the World Economic Forum, or Agenda 2030 from the UN....
November 18, 2020 at 19:25
One has nothing to do with the other. Besides, those who alleviate suffering and work to care for the ill were born first. On the other hand, refusing...
November 18, 2020 at 18:57
I agree with that. Even so, we should defend their right to engage in that conduct, and for the same reason we would do so for anyone else. I’m remind...
November 16, 2020 at 20:34
I suppose the basis would be intolerance and superstition. History is filled with beliefs, expressions, lifestyles, religions deemed objectionable and...
November 16, 2020 at 18:34