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New Years 2024

my sites were down for over a year
restoring what I’ve been able to find.

Krugman: Congratulations America, You’ve Been Scammed.

So you go out for dinner with a wealthy acquaintance. “I’ll take care of everything,” he says, and orders you a hamburger. Then he orders himself an expensive steak and a bottle of wine, which he doesn’t share. And when the waiter comes with the check, he points at you and says, “Charge it to … Read more

The life and death of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory – The Washington Post

When Seth Rich’s Gmail account received an alert this week from Mega.com, attempting to start a new account on a website created by the New Zealand-based Internet businessman and convicted hacker Kim Dotcom, his family knew that something was off. A conspiracy theory that began on pro-President Trump message boards — a theory that Rich … Read more

U. S. Electoral College: 2016 Key Dates

The official U.S. Electoral College web site, providing current presidential election state electors timeline and roles and responsibilities, laws and requirements, and vote distribution. U.S. Electoral College Home 2016 Presidential Election What is the Electoral College? Electoral College Maps: Make Your Own View and Analyze Past Results Historical Election Results For State Officials Frequently Asked … Read more

Presidential Election 2016: An American Tragedy – The New Yorker

The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency is nothing less than a tragedy for the American republic, a tragedy for the Constitution, and a triumph for the forces, at home and abroad, of nativism, authoritarianism, misogyny, and racism. Trump’s shocking victory, his ascension to the Presidency, is a sickening event in the history of … Read more

Tax Cuts and Supply Side Economics

It is economic incentive that drives enterprise, not the supposed nobility of spirit of the wealthy. That idea is aristocracy. Our nation is founded on the self-evident truth that aristocracy is a lie, and that powerful elites do not share their money, power, and privilege with the people. We now have a new aristocracy, created by transferring literally trillions of dollars in wealth to the wealthiest people in our society