If you don’t have good candidates to vote for, you won’t have good people in office. A summary of how Orban came to power: In 2009 the Hungarian Prime Minister resigned after the war in Georgia because he had put his entire political fortunes on a gas pipeline from Russia. This is a very unpopular …
Yearly Archives: 2025
Potential 2028 candidates
First of all, I do not think anyone from Biden’s cabinet is going to run again. Even if they do, I do not think any of them will be able to win. They’re done. They had their chance. They blew it. Biden set Trump up for a victory through many mistakes in foreign policy, and …
It was
It was negotiating with Ho Chi Minh to prolong the war in Vietnam in 1968. It was keeping Americans hostage in Iran in 1980. It was ending work visas for farm workers. It was implementing visas for EU citizens to travel to the United States. They allowed money laundering from the Gulf States to flow …
Ricardo is still relevant
This old article popped to the top of my results when looking for a summary of Ricardo’s trade theory, so I have to comment on why Ricardo was right. 200 Years of Ricardian Trade Theory: How Is This Still A Thing? If this article was right, Brexit would have had a negative or beneficial impact to …
Afghanistan was the lynchpin
In 2001 bin Laden bit the hand which likely fed him and attacked the United States. Afghanistan had undergone over 20 years of war already, starting with the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, followed by a brutal civil war which the Taliban won in 1994. They then decided to attack the United States only 7 years …
Bipartisan consensus
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-tiktok-ban-bill/ The last chapter in Howard Zinn’s book A People’s History of the United States is called “Bipartisan Consensus” and is mostly him talking about the Clinton administration’s privatization of Conrail, deregulation of banks, and other right-wing policies. In the last 250 years of American history, a New Democrat has won a majority of the …
Ceasefire deal overview
The ceasefire is pretty simple when you get down to it. Hamas will release all hostages. Israel will release most hostages. Israel ends its blockade on Gaza. Hamas will not rebuild its military abilities. That’s pretty much it. It does not solve the fundamental problems that underlie the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These problems are: Giving Palestinians …
Gaza Hostage Crisis Resolution
Almost titled this Iranian Hostage Crisis 2024 edition. The stages of this event are: Yay! The war can end and there can finally be elections in Israel and Palestine. Nothing good was ever going to come from this war. Hold on… the timing of this is very similar to the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1980-1981… …
A Message from the New Democrats
A conversation with the New Democrats. To all the people who have lost their homes in California, we are sorry fires keep breaking out on federal land. We have not restored the Forest Service budget since 2017. But you must understand, as part of our master strategy, we need to compromise with the Republicans to …
Trump’s keys
Trump will be reinaugurated in 9 days, and there are already telling signs of what the Republican nominee’s keys might look like in 2028. It is unlikely Republicans will have a lot of keys in 2028, no matter who is on the ballot. Year Party mandate No primary contest Incumbent seeking re-election No third …