Here’s the reasons stated why Trump started the trade war using high tariffs on penguins and US military bases as a weapon: 1. Trade balances were unfair. 2. Tariffs on US good hurt US manufacturers. 3. High tariffs on imports are good because now manufactures will come back to the US and make products here. […]
As Mark Twain never said, but should have: “History may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme a lot”. When people think of Adolf Hitler in the court room, the usually go to the Beer Hall Putsch trial, where Hitler tried to incite an insurrection against the government, It failed and he got convicted […]
A Facebook friend recommended I listen to a recent Hugh Hewitt podcast, on which both Marco Rubio and famed Conservative laywyer Andrew McCarthy react to the indictment of Trump by special counsel Jack Smith in the stolen documents case. Now that I’ve had a chance to listen to the Hewitt interview…. First: Marco Rubio. He […]
Way back when, when I was blogging full time, I did quite a bit of discussion about legal stuff; Supreme Court decisions, stuff like that. As I drifted away from blogging – blame facebook – and I got busy with career and the like, I stopped following law as much. Something that is happening recently […]
Jack Shafer at Politico is telling us to be OK with what happened at CNN last night. It was CNN trying to be more of a news network instead of just another opinion / editorial service: “…having signaled that it wants to restore news to primacy, an interview with Trump was a good idea…” Except… […]
I’ve recently been in a discussion with someone online about whether or not we can handle being a gun-worshiping society. Here’s how it went. I start with: —————————————————– Our. Society. Can’t. Handle. Guns. Before you say “I have a gun and I would never ____________”. I could own a flamethrower and would never ______________. Doesn’t […]
Yes. It was 17 years ago that I started the Sonicfrog blog. Seventeen Freaking Years!!!! In the last six years I haven’t done much here. Social media / Facebook is to blame. It’s just so easy to post there. The downside is – Good luck finding something important you posted four years ago. There is […]
Today is National Coming Out day. Most straight people have no idea of the emotional pain one suffers when they can not live life as the person they are because society has told us all our lives our needs and desire to love and be loved by someone is wrong / a sin / evil […]
I’m gonna try not to go into any detail, but my heart hurts. I have a long time friend who is suddenly having very serious health issues. We’ve been friends for 30 plus years and have a lot of good history. We’ve talked some about what is going on, but not enough apparently. I was […]
Culture. It’s a strange elusive thing to conceptualize and grasp its importance and effect on our lives. I’ve never been or felt the part of a Patriot. I went to church as a kid but never bought in. I’m a gay man, but I’ve never felt connected to the “gay culture” as it were. A […]