MONEY!
Money! It’s the root of all evil and the one thing you always need to get something done. You want better healthcare; it costs money. You want infrastructure; it costs money. You want better education or a larger military; money! It’s
Infrastructure and Bishops
So President Biden announced a new bi-partisan bill had been agreed on this week and the shit hit the fan. I don’t know why it is tyat Democrats will never learn how to be politicians. Instead of nodding their heads in agreement
News From Abroad
Biden and Putin had their meeting last week and the contrasts between how it turned out and the meetings between Trump and Putin are startling. This American President did not denigrate his own intelligence service, nor did he grovel or attempt
Bi-partisan Just Don’t Cut It.
The debate over the reality of bi-partisan legislation goes on and on but it will never come to any kind of reasonable conclusion simply because the Republicans don’t want to see any kind of success by the Democrats, and passing a bill
NYC Mayoral Race
Early voting for the NYC Mayoral race started this week and now it’s time to get serious. I’ve watched the two Democratic Mayoral debates and part of the Republican debate but as any New Yorker knows, it’s the Democratic one that’s
Do the Right Thing
Foreign generated cyber attacks against the United States government and private businesses, which have been increasing both in number and volume, have advanced to a level where they cannot be ignored. What’s extremely alarming is that major businesses, which represent a large
The Mess in Israel
If you are a Republican voter think about this: Only six GOP senators out of 50 wanted to know what happened at our capitol on Jan 6 and who was responsible. What happened to the other 44? Mitch McConnell stopped the commission
Bits & Pieces # 154
As shocking as it may seem, the pipeline company that was attacked last week by criminal hackers and then reportedly shelled out $5 million in ransom did almost nothing to deal with this hacker threat when it shut down the pipeline for
Our Medical Mess
I just read an article in Reader Supported News entitled, “Why Cable News Hates Medicare For All.” It’s brief and concise and it illustrates most of the arguments I have been making for Single Payer for a number of years, but it
The GOP Jive
For four years this country watched Donald Trump lie every time he opened his mouth. That was pretty stunning for someone like me who had lived through many bad presidents but had never seen anything like this level of dishonesty come