Category: Current Events
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Puerto Rican Default. When will governments learn? Probably never.
As an individual, you spend what you have. If you spend what you don’t have, people, and I’m talking highly motivated financial-type of people, aggressively come after you. It will hurt. And sure, there are plenty of individuals in this world who have gotten themselves over their head in debt, but for the most people,…
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Put a steak on the grill for Denmark!
Denmark’s Council on Ethics has proposed taxing red meat in an attempt to combat climate change. So to celebrate, I thought this would be a great time to fire up the charcoal grill and sear a few ribeyes. Get the grill nice and hot, put a spicy dry rub on the red flesh, fire it…
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Are older people smarter?
Don’t you find it fascinating that Bernie Sanders’ core support is from the under 30 demographic? Why is that? I’ve thought a lot about this lately. Is it because they like his rhetoric? “We’ve been screwed by the large corporations!” “They’ve made the playing field unfair for this generation.” Is it because they have had…
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Maybe It’s the Podium That Makes People Say Stupid Things
For the past nine months, we’ve seen plenty of politicians say stupid things. Trump is probably leading the pack in the jaw-dropping odd, weird, or just plain stupid department. But he’s not alone. I’ve also found myself shaking my head at Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Ben Carson, and others (used in an all-inclusive sense.) But…
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Hey Belgian Prime Minister, Perhaps a Little Rowdiness is What’s Needed
Supposed “right wing” demonstrators in Belgium defied the authorities in Brussels today and held a demonstration against terrorism in the wake of the Brussels bombing. ChannelnewsAsia reported this: “It is highly inappropriate that protesters have disrupted the peaceful reflection at the Bourse (stock exchange). I strongly condemn these disturbances,” Prime Minister Charles Michel said according…
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The Land of the Fr—- Regulated
Will government ever stop? No. Of course not. It reminds me of the John Stossel documentary a few years back called “Illegal Everything.” A DC councilman was bragging about how active he is in promoting new pieces of regulation. Stossel then asked him a question which made the councilman stair into the headlights like a…
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Trump has been good for everyone!
We really do need to thank Donald Trump. His campaign has singlehandedly increased the interest in 2016 politics to, perhaps, an all-time high. People are fascinated by what he says, how he says it, and how he responds to what other people say. People may scrunch up their nose and call him a jerk (or…
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“Demagogue!” “Dangerous Egotist!” – No, This Isn’t About Trump
This person was called a “demagogue” and a “dangerous egotist.” Let’s get out our Google dictionary to get a good definition of demagogue: a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument. Does that sound like anyone in the US 2016 presidential race? How about…
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Bernie Sanders has a big problem with something. And so do I.
I’ve never met Bernie Sanders. He seems like a nice guy. He seems sincere and consistent in what he has believed in all of these years. I have a friend in Vermont who says nice things about him. I believe her. But over the course of this presidential campaign season, as I listened closely to…
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Most Claims of “Radical!” Are Empty Words
In this highly politicized world, the term “radical” seems to be applied to more and more people, which is, by the day, shrinking the “sane, non-radical” middle. But that really isn’t the case at all. The term radical is being mis-applied is so many circumstances that it has become a commonplace label in order to…
Author Mark W Sasse 