I’d wanted to talk about former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, and whether she’s angling to take the vice presidency away from Mike Pence, but then Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas came along fucked up my plans by announcing to the world that he’d reached out to the incoming Zelensky government as far back as May […]
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Giuliani associate Lev Parnas confesses to conveying the quid pro quo to Ukraine for Trump
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alexander Vindman, bribery, CNN, diplomacy, Donald Trump, extortion, foreign aid, Fraud Guarantee, Hunter Biden, Igor Fruman, Joe Biden, Lev Parnas, Marie Yovanovitch, Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, military aid, Nikki Haley, Pete Sessions, quid pro quo, Rudy Giuliani, Ukraine, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky, whistle blower 4 Comments
The President can’t affect gas prices, but can gas prices affect the Presidential election?
With the laughable slate of moronic theocrats, disgraced demagogues, corporate villains, and states-rights racists that the Republican party has put forward to run against Obama, I’d say that, barring some epic scandal, Obama is guaranteed a second term… that is, if the price of gas doesn’t exceed $4.50 a gallon. I’ve read Nate Silver’s analysis, […]
Posted in energy, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged big oil, China, domestic oil production, FOX News, fuel economy, gas, India, Iran, Nate Silver, Newt Gingrich, Obama, oil subsidies, Presidential politics, reality deficient, Republican lies, Stephen Moore, subsidies, the prices of gas 12 Comments
Reagan’s budget director David Stockman on why taxes on the wealthy must be increased
I know that I should be writing about TSA pat downs and the new Wikileaks brouhaha tonight, like everyone else with moveable appendages and a blog, but I can’t seem to get with the program. For whatever reason, I feel as though I need to stick with the Bush tax cuts. I know it bores […]
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Bush administration, Bush tax cuts, Columbo, David Stockman, deficit, Dick Cheney, fiscal responsibility, Hank Paulson, middle class tax cuts, OCD, Reagan administration, richest Americans, Ronald Reagan, tax policy, taxes, the growing gap between rich and poor, the plight of the overtaxed rich, theology of tax cuts, TSA, Wikileaks 6 Comments