Month: March 2018

Kochs win again as their boy, Marc, short-circuits Trump MAGA with an anti-populist spending bill

~ Fred Donaldson ~ 4 Comments

President Donald Trump must have been distracted, while rubbing his gold-plated putter, when the Cabinet and the West Wing top birds were being anointed, because only golf daydreaming easily explains: H. R. McMaster, James Mattis, Rick Perry and Wilbur Ross - Bilderberg Group participants. Gary Cohn, Dina Habib Powell and Steven Mnuchin - Goldman Sachs Rex … Continue reading Kochs win again as their boy, Marc, short-circuits Trump MAGA with an anti-populist spending bill

Should drug company execs get life in prison for their predatory pricing that endangers our lives?

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Illegal drug dealers, who are designated as major suppliers, will face the electric chair or gas chamber if President Donald Trump has his way. Our sometimes alert members of Congress voice agreement, now suddenly aware that criminals who sell opioids, like heroin and oxycodone, deserve more than slap-on-wrist fines or jail time. Don't bet on … Continue reading Should drug company execs get life in prison for their predatory pricing that endangers our lives?

Our schools are safe – networks and politicians panic

~ Fred Donaldson ~ 1 Comment

In the past 67 years mass shootings of more than 10 persons (including the killer) have claimed 453 lives, some seven per year, averaging one event every other year. Two massacres - Las Vegas (59 killed in 2017), and Orlando (50 killed in 2016) - account for about one quarter of all attacks. Seven of … Continue reading Our schools are safe – networks and politicians panic

CNN, Paul Ryan, Cato, NY Times, Paul Krugman, Heritage – one establishment voice against tariffs

~ Fred Donaldson ~ 2 Comments

Rich or poor, religious or not, every leader of every Southern state in 1860 opposed tariffs and embraced slavery. In the North, where there was no slavery, everyone favored tariffs to protect both American industry and wage earners from unfair foreign competition. Today, Paul Ryan, Cato Institute or Heritage Foundation invariably promote cutting Social Security, … Continue reading CNN, Paul Ryan, Cato, NY Times, Paul Krugman, Heritage – one establishment voice against tariffs