What, the Government has two standards? Do as we say but not as we do? Credit monitoring is an interesting challenge. We all voluntarily offer up our private information. Look at the fine print of all the things you sign up for (electricity, credit cards, you name it.) For the most part, though there is no market solution other than not using the service you are singing up for. I’m not sure what the solution is.…
This is an ultimate deep state issue. I’ve contended for a long time that the Neo Cons and the Neo Libs are peas from the same pod. The deep state wanted Hillary to win because she was one of them and could be counted on to protect and grow the deep state. And they have infiltrated the Trump White House.…
My earlier post on the NFL’s stupid decision to offend its customers tried to figure out why the owners made such a stupid decision to offend the customer base. I suggested a couple of possible reasons. I left out one of them. In America we have a large number of socialist millionaire and billionaires. Maybe the owners have slid over to the socialist side and think that they are better and smarter than their customers. …
Sometimes “fake news” starts as merely misleading news. In the case of the Russians and Facebook, the media did report the truth, that $100K was spent. It’s misleading because they don’t tell the rest of the story that hundreds of millions were spent on Facebook by politicians of all stripes. …
The “national security” claim is invoked regularly when our government doesn’t want to reveal things that might be embarrassing. Obviously misused a lot, it should be a red flag to the rest of us that they are doing something wrong.…
The NFL has made a business decision to alienate a large number of it’s customers. These leaders in the sports entertainment business have suddenly decided that instead of being entertainers they want to be social commentators.…
In all of the discussion over the crisis in Puerto Rico due to the two storms, the financial position of Puerto Rico is raised as part of the problem. The strong intimation from the media is that we need to bail them out. I figure it’s time to remind everyone of how they got in the mess they are in!…
I found the Abbeville Institute some years ago. It’s one of the best “intellectual” sites out there on culture and history of the South. …
Ok, I get it. Folks have political views. Most people keep their political views out of the workplace, and these days even away from family gatherings. It seems pretty stupid though to claim that things aren’t political when they so clearly are. …
Military bridge making is a lost skill, so it’s interesting to see how a mere “bridge” has such an impact. During the Cold War, the US Army had a lot of awesome bridge making and maintaining units and equipment. …
