What a hoot. Just listened to Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ attack dog in residence trying to poison the well for Donald Trump’s acceptance speech tonight. Seems she criticized the Republican convention for being “All about Trump,” when that’s what the Democrats have been doing throughout the campaign: making it all about Trump’s personality, rather than …
Category Archives: On Government
On White Supremacy
Should the best person for a job get it regardless of gender or race? The New York Philharmonic thought so. It was one of many US orchestras that adopted “blind auditions” in the 1970s to eliminate discrimination in selecting musicians. A candidate would play for judges from behind a screen, all personally identifying information redacted …
Just a quick note on Joe Biden’s pals
Want to know what China’s been up to lately? Here’s a link to a July 21 indictment of Chinese hackers: ” https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-john-c-demers-remarks-press-conference-united-states-v-li-et “ Someone ought to ask Joe Biden if he thinks his Chinese pals are really okay. I mean, they did give Hunter a few billion to play with, but overall… We need to …
To Whom do black lives matter??
Seven-year-old Natalia Wallace was shot to death in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend. So was 14-year-old Vernardo Jones, Jr. They were joined by 17 others, 16 of them black, who were gunned down in the Windy City over the long weekend. Another 70 were wounded during the same period. Do these “Black Lives …
Green Idiocy
Sooooo…. The Wizards of Smart in Nevada’s state government will now “study” mandating that Nevadans buy more electric vehicles. Never mind they cost more – sometimes a LOT more – than comparable conventional fuel vehicles. Never mind that their range is – at least in OTT (other than Tesla) vehicles – is somewhat limited and …
A Thought Experiment
I love thought experiments: they cost nothing but time, involve no complex instruments, can be run in a variety of permutations, virtually instantaneously. Here’s one: Let’s say Seattle is home to a very large and restive group of businesspersons. Call them the “John Galt Society.” One Sunday (they’re busy working every other day of the …
Do Black Lives Really Matter?
Do all black lives really matter? Before the indignation causes an embolism, consider the following: Most of us attending to the news have heard the name David Dorn, and remember that he was a 77-year-old black police captain gunned down on Martin Luther King boulevard in St. Louis in late May by a looter wanting …
A Thought on Joe Biden
People might be a tad too cruel to Joe Biden, accusing him of hypocrisy for calling President Trump a fomenter of division and racism. I freely admit I was one of those who had a negative reaction to the Democrats’ newly-minted presidential candidate going on so gushingly about Black Lives Matter and the whole “need …
The Floyd Riots
God, I hate to repeat myself. But in view of the utter lunacy of last night’s nationwide riots, supposedly provoked by the death of George Floyd, there isn’t any choice. So here goes. I’ll begin with a question: before George Floyd, an unarmed black man, died at the hands of the police, who was the …
“Racial Battle Fatigue”
That’s IT! I have “racial battle fatigue.” Just not in the way that Professor Monnica (sic) Williams of the University of Ottawa means it. I am fatigued by people who have never met me calling me a racist because I am white. I am fatigued by media that unfailingly and fawningly spreads that sort of …
