This is the current polling for Biden across the country as of today according to https://www.racetothewh.com/biden. This is very very bad. He is on par with Trump in terms of net approval. Yikes. Even after everything Trump did, Biden has done such a bad job getting his message out and working with Congress that he …
Author Archives: stidmatt
Why I have a website
The reason I have a personal website which I own is pretty straightforward. I can use any HTML tag I want I can upload images of any size, and share those images uncompressed with my readers. You have a better experience here than on Medium, Reddit, or Facebook. I have full control. If I write …
Pull All Aid from Israel
I have a bachelor’s degree in political economy, which included multiple classes on foreign relations. Israel knew of Hamas’ attack a year before it happened. Netanyahu ignored the information in a manner very similar to how the Bush administration granted visas to the 9/11 attackers. The response has been disproportionate, has focused on non-military targets, …
Pensions are not insurance
A common motif on the American left is that Social Security is not an investment, it is insurance, as are pensions offered by the state to their employees. It sounds good, but it shows a deep misunderstanding of what insurance is. This mindset and lack of what insurance actually is probably also contributes to our …
It was never about American lives
On 11 September 2001 America was attacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists composed of 1 Egyptian, 1 Lebanese, 2 Emiratis, and 15 Saudis. 19 of these terrorists had visas which were granted to them by the Bush/Powell Department of State. All but one were in their 20s. All of them had previously existing ties to terrorist …
Visa free travel for all OECD
Another step backward for democracy, another victory for dictatorship as Brazil is ending visa-free travel for Americans. Brazil visa requirements for US citizens It is common knowledge at this point that Putin has been supporting right-wing politicians such as Donald Trump, David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Viktor Orban, and Marine le Pen. Putin wants to see …
Defund the police
Last month i went to a funeral for a dear friend of mine. They were shot by the police because they were having a schizophrenic episode. They should still be alive. As I scrolled through my Instagram feed this morning the first thing I saw was a video of a 32 year old high school …
End the modern Triangle Trade
Republicans complain about how we have an “open border” and how Biden needs to “deport thousands of illegals” among other things. This nonsense is going to increase in the lead-up to next year’s presidential election and is going to become nauseating. The reality is that the history of the drug war started in 1971 when …
My favorite Douglas Adams Quote
I love deadlines, I love the whooshing sound they make as they pass by This is by far my favorite quote by Douglas Adams and is probably one of the best pieces of advice for life, politics, and finances I have ever heard. When you have a goal of something you want to do, like …
How Tories keep winning in the UK
If you go deep into British politics, before the formation of the Labour Party in 1900, there was a regular switching of prime ministers from Whigs (known as the Liberal Party after 1859, and Liberal Democrats since 1988) representing the left wing of British Politics and the Tories (known as the Conservative Party since 1834). …