After Harvey, The Bad News Is Just Beginning
m2c4
8 years ago
For Houston and the rest of the Texas Gulf coast, unfortunately, the bad news is just beginning. For the last few days the media has been fo...
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Thursday, August 31, 2017
Politics
Politics
More Reasons For Stronger Antitrust Enforcement
m2c4
8 years ago
I have been harping on the importance of a strong antitrust policy for a long time now. As I've written, this one policy can provide en...
Politics
Politics
More Thoughts On Trump-Cohen-Sater Cabal And 2016 Election
m2c4
8 years ago
I just wanted to do a quick follow-up on the recent news about the contacts between Trump associates Felix Sater and Michael Cohen and the R...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Politics
Politics
ICE Tries To Destroy Records Documenting Abuses Of Those In Its Custody
m2c4
8 years ago
In an administration defined by its lawlessness, only Trump himself outdoes the cruelty and disregard for humanity at ICE and CBP . And just...
Politics
Politics
Uber Adds To List Of Crimes, Now Being Investigated For Bribing Foreign Officials
m2c4
8 years ago
Ah, Uber - along with Wells Fargo, easily my favorite criminal enterprise. With Travis Kalanick as its mob boss, the company has basically i...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Politics
Politics
Trump Uses Harvey To Dump Damaging New Contacts With Russia
m2c4
8 years ago
Hurricane Harvey may be devastating coastal Texas, but it is certainly covering a multitude of sins for Donald Trump. There was the outrageo...
Politics
Politics
Disaster In Houston Exacerbated By GOP Policies
m2c4
8 years ago
The disaster on the Gulf Coast continues with not only the massive flooding in and around Houston but now, as the storm moves east, Beaumont...
Monday, August 28, 2017
Politics
Politics
Harvey Has Implications Beyond Houston And Coastal Bend
m2c4
8 years ago
Obviously, our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Houston. My nephew and his family, who had rebuilt and raised their home after the ...
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US Open Analysis And Predictions
m2c4
8 years ago
Both the men's and women's draw at the US Open, which starts today, is as wide open as we have seen in over a decade. On the women...
Sunday, August 27, 2017
The Deck View
The Deck View
Natural Weekends - Camas National Wildlife Refuge
m2c4
8 years ago
After the eclipse , I spent some time going around the Camas National Wildlife Refuge and photographed these marvelous birds. ...
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Politics
Politics
Trump's Pardon Of Arpaio Moves GOP One Step Closer To Nullification
m2c4
8 years ago
The reaction to the news that Trump has pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio seems to be that it is not only yet another attack on the Constitution ...
The Deck View
The Deck View
Natural Weekends - Total Solar Eclipse
m2c4
8 years ago
I went out West to catch the solar eclipse on Monday. While I had chosen a couple of potential locations depending on the weather, I eventua...
Friday, August 25, 2017
Politics
Politics
The Myth Of Tax Repatriation
m2c4
8 years ago
It is pretty clear that tax "reform", in other words huge tax cuts for the rich, will not got done this year, if at all. The admis...
Politics
Politics
The Increasing Isolation Of Donald Trump
m2c4
8 years ago
I'm back from a brief hiatus in which lots happened. Steve Bannon got canned while Trump went all in on white nationalism and adopted hi...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy Adventure - Nebula
m2c4
8 years ago
Photos of Messier 8... and Messier 17
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy Adventure - Globular Clusters
m2c4
8 years ago
Photos of globular clusters Messier 22... And Messier 11....
Monday, August 21, 2017
Astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy Adventure - Open Clusters
m2c4
8 years ago
Photos of open clusters Messier 7... and Messier 6
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Addenda
Note To Readers
m2c4
8 years ago
Light blogging for the next few days as I work on another project and revamping the site. Hopefully, something to look forward to... You c...
Astronomy
Astronomy
Preparing For The Solar Eclipse Today
m2c4
8 years ago
Depending on where you are today, there will either be a total or partial solar eclipse. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECT...
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Saturday, August 19, 2017
The Deck View
The Deck View
Natural Weekends - Feathered Friends
m2c4
8 years ago
Looks like it is time for a little repair to the osprey nest! And a heron looks for lunch...
Friday, August 18, 2017
Politics
Politics
Power Of Military In Trump Administration May Indicate Failure Of Democracy
m2c4
8 years ago
Joy Reid had Larry Wilkerson on the other night and noted the irony of having generals, in the form of Kelly, McMaster, and Mattis, essentia...
Politics
Politics
Share Of GDP Going To Profits Is Increasing, Highlighting Need For Strong Antitrust Enforcement
m2c4
8 years ago
Kevin Drum had an interesting post the other day about the share of GDP that goes to labor and capital. We have known that the share of GDP ...
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Politics
Politics
The GOP Assault On Voting Rights Continue
m2c4
8 years ago
I have written many times about the erosion of our democracy under the relentless attacks from Republicans for the last quarter century at l...
Politics
Politics
Trump's Legislative Failures Hide The Damage Being Done At Federal Agencies
m2c4
8 years ago
While there is rightly a lot of focus on just how little the Republicans and Donald Trump are getting accomplished legislatively, there is s...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Politics
Politics
GOP Supply-Side Policies Devastate Another State - New Mexico
m2c4
8 years ago
We already know that GOP supply-side economic policies have decimated the state of Kansas and are currently having a detrimental effect in ...
Politics
Politics
Trump Poses Another Test For Republicans; They Will Fail Again
m2c4
8 years ago
After Donald Trump's racist rant yesterday, it seems that we have crossed another threshold of shock and outrage that is all too familia...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Politics
Politics
New Report Shows Russians Repeatedly Trying To Open Channels To Trump Campaign
m2c4
8 years ago
A Washington Post report today details that the Russians contacted the Trump campaign on multiple occasions in the hope of getting the Trump...
Politics
Politics
Sinclair TV Deal Will Enable Right Wing Propaganda To Be A Force In All But Print Media
m2c4
8 years ago
I just wanted to do a quick follow up to my post about the Sinclair Broadcasting deal with the FCC to purchase another 42 TV channels that w...
Monday, August 14, 2017
Politics
Politics
US Business Executives Refuse To Stand Up To Trump
m2c4
8 years ago
It is appears that even leaders of the Republican party have more political courage than the current crop of business "leaders" in...
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Politics
Politics
Charlottesville: Inspired By Trump, Enabled By The GOP
m2c4
8 years ago
Donald Trump's tepid response to the fatal violence of the white nationalists in Charlottesville yesterday is par for the course for Tru...
