One
And Done: With
the Administration, the CIA, Homeland Security, Harry Reid and two
dogs and a pony all warning us that the Russians intend to hack the
election, it is time to act, to demand paper ballot - hand marked,
publicly counted and publicly secured for the term of those elected.
And to stop all of this horsepucky about computer based elections.
Parlor
Games: If you
are not invested in Hanjin – the world's seventh largest
container line – and are not depending on goods that are currently
in Hanjin's hands being shipped here or there, it will be fun
watching its bankruptcy play out as its ships – both laden and
empty – stand off from their destinations for fear they
and/or their cargoes
will be seized to pay off debts. For extra credit you could try and
figure out what this says about globalization and its discontents.
Shut
Up And Stay In Line:
The hacker who exposed
the existence of Hillary's private email domain, was rewarded with a
52 month sentence in federal prison for
embarrassing the former Secretary.
Asked
& Obvious:
“Does Wall Street do 'God's Work' or anything useful? No, the
details are boring and obvious. Wall Street is in it for itself, end
of discussion.
Burble:
Candidate Clinton repeatedly avowed that she had turned over all
government-related emails to the State Department. This was but a
series of lies – or the same lie told
seriatim
– as the continual surfacing of yet another bunch rather well but
sadly proves. Converting government records to your own use is a
crime and destroying government records is also. As is storing
classified material in private homes, etc.
Mathiness:
There's a new scare story going around- started in the WSJ – that
to meet the administration's goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 80% by
2050 would cost us $5.28 trillion. Which is about half as much as
the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan will set us back. Or about
$150 billion a year – just to save the planet.
Long
Story Short:
Hillary and Bill do not have an ethics problem; they have no ethics.
A
Parting Shot:
2 comments:
Parlor Games:
Had a conversation with a fellow about a month ago about Maersk reducing it's fleet, sending vessels to scrap and cancelling orders for new ships. "Well who is going to ship the freight then?" was the only response. The look of contempt to the reply -"Won't be any to ship" was very telling. Wish I had this article then so I could have replied "Won't be Hanjin".
Just for fun Google 292 locomotives Arizona desert.
Best to all
wm
Thanks for the heads up Bill (and naturally, CKM.) You'd think news like that would have the media's knickers in a knot but if you don't go digging for it, it's not there.
Did anyone else miss the memo we were expected to return to 'self-sufficiency by the third quarter of 2016?
Do you think we'll be able to file for an extension?
Always suspected the plan was to kick the legs out from under us and toss us in the cesspool they made for us.
If you ask a millennial "where does food come from?' they will invariably answer 'the supermarket'.
They think farms are like zoos where animal lovers keep their pets.
Gonna be a hairy mess when they run out of Monster/Red Bull.
Well, Happy Friday/Labor Day folks [even if most of us aren't working!]
Looks like I might get my 'strike' after all.
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