The Battles of Concord and Lexington were 250 years ago this weekend. That reminded me of some of the complaints against King George III. Trump has ignored the rule of law and has had people arrested simply because his people wanted to arrest. He has ignored laws that were passed by Congress. He has imposed arbitrary and onerous taxes on whim. He has sent people to distant places and refused to allow courts to operate so that people can receive due process. One such law was the Posse Comitus Act, ...
Recently, a friend has been having serious medical problems. When I thought about his situation, I realized that he had been suffering from the problem for several years. One of the main problems was a tumor in one of his lungs; My father had a similar problem, and had a cough from it for several years, but he didn't have the medical people look into the matter. He and my friend both asserted that it was from age, and to both of them I pointed out that age does not cause any particular medical problems ...
I was going to write about how the world would be much better, if everyone minded their own business and refrained from minding the business of others. but then I ran into a quote: “When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid.” This is credited to Ricky Gervais. I would contend that minding other people's business is similar. You might think you are doing someone a favoe, but when you are minding someone ...
I was thinking about why Trump might be ruining the U.S. economy, but there were no obvious answers, unless he was just following orders from his leader, Putin. That is possible, but he has done a few things that probably irked Vladimir. Then I recalled his history of debt and bankruptcy. Maybe he is trying to avoid another bankruptcy. By ruining the economy, he is making the money worth even less, and so far, the interest rates have not moved much. But the higher inflation makes life easier ...
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