Immigration reform has been an ongoing issue for many decades with both US political parties using immigrants as fodder for political purposes. I have previously posted examples of how the Democrats have failed on immigration reform whereas the Republicans have been more open to immigrants in the past. That is, until Donald Trump came into […]
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Donald Trump Owns the Shutdown
The spinmeisters are hard at work trying to create the illusion that it is everyone’s fault but Donald Trump’s that the government shutdown on Friday. As hard as they try, and the Trump surrogates believe, there is but one reality that is inescapable, it is Donald Trump’s fault that the U.S. military, federal workers and […]
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The Orlando Letelier Affair
On September 21, 1976, a car bomb exploded on embassy row in Washington D.C at 9:35am. Two people were killed, and one was injured from the explosion. Twenty-five-year-old, Ronni Moffitt died, leaving her husband, Michael, of four months widowed. Along with Moffitt, Orlando Letelier, 44, was also killed. Letelier was the target of the bombers. […]
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Stop Being Hypocrites About Russian Interference in 2016 Elections
One of the things that makes me write about politics is the utter hypocrisy from all politicians and those who support them. It’s the mentality that it’s all good as long as it those doing it agrees with the agenda of the politico. If it’s the other side then its all bad, corrupt, even. In […]
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Henry Kissinger, the Architect of Shit Holes
Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger is a war criminal. But we’ll get to that in a moment. Let’s focus on today’s politics – Donald Trump and the ongoing immigration debate and how Kissinger is the architect of the divisiveness on immigration. Today’s debate about “shit hole” countries and immigration control hearken back to […]
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Richard Nixon, Donald Trump and the News Media
The war against the news media from the presidential office started over 40 years ago under the mistaken belief that the presidency must be respected by keeping the news media at bay. The belief that the news media must leave Donald Trump alone was first argued in the 1970’s. Interestingly, the players are the same […]
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Brown People Need Not Apply
From the moment that Donald Trump announced his intention to run for the presidency, he was clear about one thing, the United States would be better off if it was white. There are those that are trying to pretend it’s not true, but the fact remains that Donald Trump is a racist. The clues are […]
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The Stupid English System
I grew up with the metric system and although I have been exposed to the English system for most of my life, it still irritates the hell out of me that the United States refuses to convert to the metric system. There are only three countries that have not adopted the metric system as its […]