I watched Joe Biden’s speech to his nomination to be the Democratic Candidate when it was done, and the first thing I thought was how similar he was to Trump and Sanders in one aspect, which is his views on foreign trade. He made a brief comment on how he would work to save American …
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The End of Tourism
How We Got Here In 1930 Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden formed the Saudi Binladin Group. He quickly grew to one of the most powerful people in the country with close ties to the Saudi government. The Saudi Government is led by a government following the philosophies of Wahabbism. In 1942 the United States government …
More on Open Border policies around the world, Part Two
The Trump administration is currently building a border fence in Whatcom County, Washington where I lived for most of the last decade. In order to put this in perspective, first let’s look at a few indicators. I am using a few of my favorites, the Democracy Index from the Economist Intelligence Unit, Press Freedom Index …
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How Social Security Works
Social Security Old Age and Survivors Insurance is a program which every American who makes wages pays into every year of their life. Social Security takes 12.4% out of every paycheck in the country, for the pinky promise that you will receive some benefits when you retire. There are a lot of myths on how …
2021 Vice President
Joe Biden has said he has already picked a Vice President and that she is a woman. We don’t know who she is yet, but if we look at the history of Democratic Vice Presidents, we should be able to see a pattern of who successful Vice Presidential picks have been. I’m starting the clock …
Is the United States a failed state?
The United States is obviously in turmoil today. We have protests around the country, federal troops attacking American citizens on the street who were protesting indiscriminately, thugs who are coming into Black Lives Matter protests because they see an opportunity to cause mayhem, and more. This is all you can see on the news today. …
Hope
Hope enriches my life by allowing me to see the way out of times of trouble. It allows me to make and keep strategies for my own success which over time will allow me to spread my success to others. I do this by finding job opportunities for friends of mine, working on building up …
Carbon dioxide to biochar
Problems with the video The above video from Cheddar examines how scientists have developed a brilliant way to fight global warming in a community by using your air conditioner. Our homes contribute about 10% of our global warming emissions, which of course is a very serious problem and we have about 30 years to solve …
Coronavirus Aid
It took me some time to unravel why we are losing Coronavirus aid today. This article from Marketwatch explained it very clearly in a single sentence: On Monday, Senate Republicans unveiled a new stimulus package, dubbed the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools Act, or HEALS Act, that calls for implementing supplemental weekly unemployment …
Obama supports ending the filibuster
Today was John Lewis’ funeral. John Lewis was obviously a truly great member of congress, renowned for being part of the March on Selma, and remembered just as strongly for being a stalwart in the United States House of Representatives, the conscience of the nation, a life long civil rights activist who ascended to the …