POST 1168 Tariffs Start with what we know. Tariffs are a tax on goods imported to this country. They are paid by the importers. That money goes to the U.S. government. The importers raise prices to their customers, like retailers, to cover their extra costs. Those retailers then raise the selling price of the imported… [read more]
Dumb
POST 1167 Having To Admit: It’s The Reality, Stupid Here is the opening stanza of Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’. Come gather ’round people wherever you roam And admit that the waters around you have grown. And accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you is… [read more]
BACK OFF!
POST 1166 At Last It’s Happening and We Know The Answer I’ve been asking the key question since the last election, as we suffered under leadership insufficiency and have steadily been sorely pained by would-be political leaders who cannot lead anyone. The question is Who Will Lead? . Now I think we’ve seen the face… [read more]
April 5: Fixin’ What’s Broke – v2
POST 1165 Holes It is clear that I am out of step with today’s political realities that have been Big Lied to us for decades. Instead, I/we need to obey the Rule of Holes: When you’re in a hole, stop digging. I.e., stop doing what is counter-productive. We’ve been told that “Corporations are people, my… [read more]
April 5: Fixin’ What’s Broke – v1
POST 1164 VOTE TUESDAY, APRIL 1 – NO EXCUSES. THIS MAY BE FOR ALL THE MARBLES. National Security By now you know that Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief of The Atlantic, was included in an unsecured group text on Signal, originated by National Security Advisor (yes, really) Michael Waltz. That chat included top secret information… [read more]
We Want
POST 1163 How Can Democrats Not Get This? Reported by history Professor Heather Cox Richardson in her post of March 22, quoting Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) in 1950, speaking in opposition to the fascist smear campaign being conducted by Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI): “I do not want to see the Republican Party ride to… [read more]
Administration Deportations
POST 1162 CAUTION! This post contains well-placed snark likely to displease Constitution violators. The Correct Renditions You know that last week our brave president and his brown shirt action figures rounded up over 230 migrants, claiming without any evidence that they are Venezuelan gang member terrorists. Note that I claim, similarly without evidence, that they… [read more]
Goo Gobs of Blame
POST 1161 Post 1160 was originally entitled “To Wimp or Not To Wimp: That Is The Question.” It was a ripping on Chuck Schumer for his signing on to that total abdication of power, the abhorrent continuing resolution. The only thing in that un-American bill necessary for keeping the government open and operating is the… [read more]
To Wimp or Not To Wimp: That Is The Question
POST 1160 NEW! I’m over at BLUESKY now, with Maddow, O’Donnell and other smart folks. Find me at: @jaxpolitix.bsky.social Wimping From David Corn’s Our Land of March 15, 2025, speaking of what TrumpMusk are doing and how Democrats are fighting back: They are chaotically eviscerating government and demolishing crucial programs to impose a blend of… [read more]
Wimps, Leadership and Stupiditudes
POST 1159 NEW! I’m over at BLUESKY now, with Maddow, O’Donnell and other smart folks. Find me at: @jaxpolitix.bsky.social Wimps At Donald Trump’s 100 minute, gag-athon, look-at-me address to Congress on March 4, he spewed dozens of lies, non-sequiturs, phantasmagorical idiocies and real world cruelty. In short, he was classic Trump. When Rep. Al Green… [read more]
