Into the home stretch, or into the abyss. The answer is TBD.

I have not had a “normal” Presidential election since 2000, where coming into November, I did not feel anxiety and fear in the lead up to election day. Especially since 2012, when it became apparent that some 42% of Americans were truly committed to wanton cruelty. 2016 was just sheer misery, and now in 2020?… Continue reading Into the home stretch, or into the abyss. The answer is TBD.

It’s broken all right – they don’t even try to pretend anymore.

Hopefully, you had a chance to read my latest post before this one about how the major machinery of our US government is broken. If you have not, please go here first, then come back and read this post. I’ll wait. Today in the sham that is passing for Senatorial due diligence came a solitary… Continue reading It’s broken all right – they don’t even try to pretend anymore.

Shooting lots of people on 5th Avenue

Donald Trump once said that he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th avenue in New York, and it would not affect his support one bit. The last four years have proved that assertion depressingly true – which is a tribute to the overall stupidity of the American people as a whole. It’s also… Continue reading Shooting lots of people on 5th Avenue

No tickets to paradise.

We’re on the train to BangkokAboard the Thailand ExpressWe’ll hit the stops along the wayWe only stop for the best We are not boarding that train anytime soon. Of that, I am pretty sure. You can thank the orange monster for his colossal incompetence for that. And even though Soi 6 is reopening in Pattaya,… Continue reading No tickets to paradise.

A medieval solution

If God is indeed just, there is a special place in hell reserved for Grover Norquist and his philosophy of “drowning government in a bathtub”. Unfortunately, we know the divine entity plays favorites, so Norquist probably got rich selling stocks weeks ago as some of his Congressional friends did. For those who have been in… Continue reading A medieval solution

Where was Waldo? He was always here, just unbelieving of what was happening.

So, by my count, it has been well over 5 months since I posted here. There are a multitude of reasons for it, few of them good, but they were consumers of my time. It has been a busy five months as I was engrossed in a project as well as a postgraduate course or… Continue reading Where was Waldo? He was always here, just unbelieving of what was happening.

Fun facts

I subscribe to several daily business newsletters via e-mail. One is called Morning Brew. It is a trendy and very visually exciting newsletter that is focused on millennials but is also kind enough to let older gentlemen such as myself subscribe and read its content. In their June 11th edition I stumbled onto this, not… Continue reading Fun facts

This is nothing to celebrate.

This past weekend at the commencement ceremonies for Morehouse College, billionaire Robert Smith promised to pay off the student loan debt fully of every student graduating in 2019. When you consider that Morehouse had 396 people graduating. Just for argument’s sake lets assume all of them had student loans, that comes to approximately $25000 –… Continue reading This is nothing to celebrate.

This is as close to a mission statement that I can find.

I apologize for the lack of posts. I have been living out of a suitcase for the last 6 days and had to take delivery of a new CPAP machine before that. Starting this week I intend to resume my series on America’s descent into darkness. But for tonight I wanted to post this set… Continue reading This is as close to a mission statement that I can find.

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