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 …

It doesn’t really matter if its causation

Sure… there may be a clear correlation between people who throw their money solely into annuities and bonds going bankrupt, but are we sure it is causal? Sure… GDP per capita, long life expectancy, democracy, low corruption, and high press freedom are highly correlated, but how do you know it is causal? Sure… vaccinated people …