Note To Readers
m2c4
8:03 PM
I've been blogging daily for more than a year now but it's time for a short break. The next week will have lighter blogging and more...
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Friday, March 31, 2017
Politics
Politics
Three Separate Threads Of The Russia Investigation That Threaten Trump
m2c4
5:12 PM
Things move so fast with Trump administration disasters these days it is really hard to keep up. Sometimes, I'll be halfway through a po...
Politics
Politics
Education Dept. Prepares To Renege On 10 Year Old Promise To Student Borrowers
m2c4
1:25 PM
I think we've all gotten used to businesses reneging on their pension commitments to retired workers , promises that were made decades a...
Politics
Politics
Robots, The Industrial Midwest, Trump's Lies, And Democrats
m2c4
8:24 AM
Earlier this week, I wrote about the enormous impact that robots were already having, and will have, on jobs and that Trump's focus on ...
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Politics
Politics
WaPo's Congressional Reporter Does Not Understand Importance Of Merrick Garland
m2c4
6:02 PM
Paul Kane over at the Washington Post wrote one of the most disingenuous articles I have seen in a while with his analysis of what might hap...
Politics
Politics
Nunes Fiasco Obviously Coordinated By Trump
m2c4
4:32 PM
Despite the mainstream media's reluctance to reach any conclusions, let's just say what they and everyone else now knows. Trump obvi...
Politics
Politics
Report That Comey Wanted To Go Public in June On Russian Hacking Raises More Questions
m2c4
3:02 PM
Lost in the today's revelation about the White House being the source of the information that Devin Nunes felt was so important he had ...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Politics
Politics
Robots, Not Trade, Is The New Danger For Jobs
m2c4
12:34 PM
Yesterday, I wrote about the PwC report that showed that 38% of jobs in the US were in danger of being replaced by robots and artificial int...
Politics
Politics
Russian Connections Driven By Trump's Grifter Campaign
m2c4
9:44 AM
In retrospect, it seems pretty clear that the Trump campaign was simply a grift machine for everyone involved and that no one in the campaig...
Astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy Adventure - Craters And An Open Cluster
m2c4
6:13 AM
As Charles Pierce would say, it's always a good day for astrophotography. Here is a photo of what I believe is the crater Encke on the l...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Politics
Politics
Some Silver Linings In The Clouds Of Climate Change
m2c4
2:36 PM
I don't write about climate change as much as I should and, to be honest, that's primarily because it is frankly just too depressing...
Politics
Politics
Trump Administration Oblivious To Massive Job Losses From Robots And AI
m2c4
8:52 AM
The other day I wrote that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin seemed just a wee bit out of touch with reality , especially when it came to foc...
Monday, March 27, 2017
Politics
Politics
This Time, Calls For Bipartisanship Should Be Met With Some "Tough Love"
m2c4
3:25 PM
In the aftermath of the failure of Trumpcare, Republicans are now calling on Democrats to work with them on a bipartisan solution to address...
Politics
Politics
Trump Quietly Getting US Deeper Into Foreign Entanglements
m2c4
11:12 AM
While we've all been focusing our full attention on fighting the repeal of the ACA and the resulting spectacular failure of Trumpcare, t...
Politics
Politics
Trump And The Decline Of American Education
m2c4
8:03 AM
Donald Trump has already done plenty to contribute to the "dumbing down" of America with his constant lies and obfuscations. But h...
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Politics
Politics
Conundrum For Schumer, Democrats In April's Budget Battle
m2c4
2:25 PM
Donald Trump and the Republicans may want to move on to "tax reform", which will end up being the usual GOP unfunded tax cuts , b...
Politics
Politics
Trump Tax Reform Really Means Tax Cuts But Needed ACA Repeal First
m2c4
12:00 PM
Well, that didn't take long. After praising the effort of Paul Ryan and blaming Democrats for the failure of Trumpcare on Friday, Trump ...
The Deck View
The Deck View
Natural Weekends
m2c4
7:31 AM
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Politics
Politics
Wasn't Mnuchin Supposed To Be Part Of The Reality-Based Community
m2c4
12:46 PM
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin may be an offspring of the Goldman Sachs "vampire squid". He may be a heartless criminal whose ba...
Politics
Politics
Failure Of Trumpcare Provides Opportunity For Democrats
m2c4
11:35 AM
Now that Trumpcare has failed, it is feared that Trump and Price will do everything in their power to make their statements that "Obamc...
The Deck View
The Deck View
Natural Weekends
m2c4
6:54 AM
