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Saturday, December 31, 2016
Politics
Politics
Oligopoly Control Of Food Production And Retailing Keep Prices Higher Than They Should Be
m2c4
10:35 AM
Leonard Lopate on WNYC had a interesting segment this week on what are called "slotting fees". I had never heard the term before b...
Friday, December 30, 2016
Politics
Politics
Uber Drivers Try Unique Lawsuit Challenging Their Contractor Status
m2c4
2:17 PM
Reader CDW passes along another challenge to Uber's assertion that its drivers are just contractors. A federal judge in eastern Pennsylv...
Politics
Politics
Trump Misleads About Same 5,000 Jobs But It's A Lesson Democrats Should Learn
m2c4
12:31 PM
Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that Sprint would be creating 5,000 new jobs and he, of course, took credit for that. Said Trump, "...
Thursday, December 29, 2016
Politics
Politics
Obama Hits Russia With Sanctions Over Hacking; NOW Comey Is On Board
m2c4
4:06 PM
President Obama leveled some serious sanctions on Russia today , expelling 35 Russian nationals and sanctioning Russian individuals and enti...
Politics
Politics
Dems Will Miss Harry Reid; Schumer Is Poor Substitute
m2c4
9:48 AM
I've said it before and I'll say it again , I am really going to miss Harry Reid . He was a street fighter who was not afraid to ge...
Politics
Politics
New York City Should Not Be Footing Bill To Protect Trump
m2c4
7:28 AM
Earlier this week, Trump Tower had to be evacuated because of a suspicious package. In the end, it turned out that the package contained chi...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Politics
Politics
General Flynn And Hillary's Emails - Compare And Contrast
m2c4
12:38 PM
I'm glad the mainstream media could spill so much ink obsessing about Clinton's emails and the potential leak of classified informat...
Politics
Politics
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose - Rules Of The Kleptocracy
m2c4
9:55 AM
It's always a god idea to keep your eye on the news that comes out on a Friday before a holiday weekend because that is everyone's f...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Politics
Politics
Trump's Closing Of His Foundation Is Just Like His Other Bankruptcies
m2c4
12:59 PM
It is really a shame that the media keeps on making it impossible for Trump and his family to continue to do good work through their foundat...
Monday, December 26, 2016
Politics
Politics
Jeff Sessions Ignorantly Thinks Civil Forfeiture Is Just Fine
m2c4
5:41 PM
Following up on my prior post about the creative use of "booking fees" that police and municipalities and even banks use to profit...
Politics
Politics
Police And Banks Find New Ways To Steal From Us
m2c4
2:12 PM
The NY Times has a story today about the common practice that municipalities are using to "charge" people they arrest a "fee...
Astronomy
Astronomy
Astrophotography Adventure - Crater Gassendi
m2c4
10:36 AM
Earlier this month, there were actually a couple of clear nights in a row, so I took some photos of the same area of the Moon's terminat...
Sunday, December 25, 2016
The Deck View
The Deck View
Natural weekends - Happy Holiday!
m2c4
6:17 AM
As you can see above, it is a clear, cold, and frosty morning here on the creek. But everyone wants a white Christmas, so let's go ba...
Saturday, December 24, 2016
The Deck View
The Deck View
Natural Weekends - Christmas Eve With Venus And Mars
m2c4
2:35 PM
Christmas Eve on the creek. Venus is the bright object in the center right; Mars is the fainter object up and to the left; and the faint ...
Friday, December 23, 2016
Politics
Politics
America Has Become A Banana Republic, Heading Toward Kleptocracy
m2c4
12:00 PM
I am certainly not the first one to say it, but America these days looking more and more like a banana republic, if not an outright kleptocr...
Politics
Politics
NY Times Provides Infantile Analysis Of Trump's Electoral College Victory
m2c4
11:03 AM
Earlier this week, the NY Times had a piece that, in the print edition, was titled " How To Explain Split Between Popular Vote And Elec...
Politics
Politics
World War I As A Lesson For Recognizing The Dangers Today
m2c4
10:00 AM
The assassination of the Russian Ambassador in Turkey prompted Josh Marshall over at TPM to think of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand...
Thursday, December 22, 2016
Politics
Politics
More FBI Agents Going Rogue; Agency Is Out Of Control
m2c4
8:10 AM
The FBI has become, or perhaps always was, a total disaster. A major insider trading case brought by US Attorney Preet Bharara has basically...
Politics
Politics
Comey Must Answer For His Actions
m2c4
7:33 AM
Every new detail that emerges about James Comey's actions on the eve of the election make him look worse and worse, if that is still pos...
Politics
Politics
Conspiracy Between Pharma, Doctors, And Govt Fuels WV Opioid Crisis
m2c4
7:23 AM
The Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette-Mail has a fascinating two part series on the opioid epidemic that has swept through the state in re...
