Commentary
For several months, I’ve been meaning to comment a bit deeper into the Republican party’s self-imposed dilemma over former president Donald Trump. It was the unprecedented raid on his home by the FBI that finally triggered this post.
I use the term “self-imposed” because the party simply cannot come to terms on whether to support him or not. … read more
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Just 88 days before the midterms, we learn that some 30 FBI agents converged on former president Donald Trump’s property in Mar-A-Lago, Florida, supposedly to recover boxes of classified documents he had in his possession.
Desperation has set in on the left as a criminal indictment of Trump appears unlikely as result of the January 6, investigation of the Capital riot, Trump teases a comeback, and Trump-endorsed candidates win big in state primaries.… read more
Commentary
When I heard Greg Gutfeld refer to the Inflation Reduction Act as the Bend Over Act, I thought … well, it’s a bit crude … but at least its an honest title for the legislation. The only reduction will come in the household budgets of middle-class Americans who are already underwater.… read more
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The Chevy Bolt
Those early purchasers of the Chevy Bolt, who are now experiencing a major recall relating to battery fires, are reasonably upset over General Motors’ decision to reduce its price on the EV by $6,000 in its bid to make the 2023 model more appealing.
In response, GM has extended the $6,000 deal to those purchasers of 2020-2022 models as a rebate, but, but … wait for it … they have to sign a waiver to the right to sue if they experience a thermal runaway and their garage is burned down, or some other catastrophic event takes place.… read more
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“We went to Afghanistan almost 20 years ago with clear goals: get those who attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, and make sure Al Qaeda could not use Afghanistan as a base from which to attack us again. We did that.” – President Biden, Aug. 16, 2021
While our foreign policy genius appeared satisfied that our withdrawal from Afghanistan a year ago had cooled the terrorism threat, he said “we’ll not take our eye off the terrorist threat,” as he boasted of our over-the-horizon drone strike ability.… read more
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EDITOR’S NOTE: I don’t for a moment want to distract you from the $433 billion President Biden wants to spend on his fantasy of combating climate change, and the tax increases, but you need to know about the little-reported investment included for the Internal Revenue Service.
While reading about the $124 billion included in the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” to increase the Internal Revenue Service’s ability to track tax cheats, I recalled writing an op-ed about the tax cheats in the federal government for a Texas weekly newspaper about 10 years ago.… read more
Commentary
A glance at my stack of stuff at the corner of my computer desk tells me it’s time to share some interesting items I’ve been saving to share with you.
Election News
If the Election Were Today
I would have thought the gap would be wider, but Rasmussen Reports’ Generic Congressional Ballot at the end of the week shows that 46 percent of likely voters would vote for the Republican candidate, while 41 percent would vote for the Democrat.… read more
Commentary
“There will not be another foot of wall constructed by my administration. I’m going to make sure that we have border protection ….” Presidential Candidate Biden, August 2020.
“I have determined that the declaration of a national emergency at our southern border was unwarranted. It shall be the policy of my administration that no more taxpayer dollars be diverted to construct a border wall.”… read more
Commentary
While watching President Biden read about his “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” from the teleprompter Thursday, referring to it as an historic agreement to fight inflation and lower costs, it occurred to me he simply has no clue what the average American is experiencing.
With obvious delight, he began by joking about the name given to the Act, saying that “Some of you will see a lot of similarities between the beginning; of the Build Back Better initiative.” … read more
Commentary
The partisan January 6 House select committee investigating the riot at our nation’s Capitol is following Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals as expected, but they are ignoring key advice that may well backfire on them.
Adhering to Rule #13, “pick the target, freeze it, personalize it,” it’s clear that former President Trump is that individual, who they want to refer to the DOJ on criminal changes for inciting an insurrection.… read more