What to make of Trump’s announcement that the Iranians have called him and asked for talks? If Iran was throwing in the towel, they wouldn’t want these talks to be known. They would want to appear strong publicly while acting weak in private. This would explain why Iran is denying that any dialogues are taking […]
Category: Politics
WHY ARE MORE AMERICANS IN FAVOR OF THE IRAN WAR?
Americans, at the start of the Iran war, were largely negative. On March 1, CNN reported 41% in favor, and 59% opposed (-18%). More recently, however, the war has increased in popularity. RealClearPolitics lists recent polls, and finds that the average is 44.3% in favor, 47.7% opposed (-3.4%). That’s still negative overall, but just barely, […]
THERE WERE TWO STRIKES ON THE GIRLS’ SCHOOL
Graves of schoolgirls killed by US Tomahawk missiles I have been reading many accounts of the bombing of the girls’ school in Iran. They all refer to the ‘strike’. None of them mention the second strike, some 40 minutes later, which killed many of the survivors of the first strike and those trying to rescue […]
OCCAM’S RAZOR APPLIED TO IRAN
Trump has been flailing – and failing – to provide a plausible rationale or objective for attacking Iran. He changes his unconvincing explanations on a daily basis. Meanwhile, media pundits are scratching their heads trying to figure out what Trump is trying to achieve. Everyone is guessing how long it will last, but how can […]
FOREIGN PRODUCERS REALLY DO PAY THE TARIFFS
Conventional wisdom is that foreign countries do not pay the tariffs; importers pay them, and then pass them on to consumers. Various estimates claim that 95-99% of Trump’s tariffs are paid by consumers. So now that the tariffs have been declared illegal, import companies are lining up to claim refunds on the tariffs they were […]
MAGA’S NEW EPSTEIN TUNE
Ever since the Epstein files became prominent, MAGA’s response, echoing Trump’s, has been “It’s all a hoax. Fake news.” That wall is starting to crack. With the release of 3 million out of a total of 6 million pages of documents, MAGA cultists must be realizing that the hoaxsters wouldn’t print 6 million fake pages. […]
HOORAY FOR BAD BUNNY!
Prior to the Superbowl halftime show, MAGA critics were shouting that a Hispanic performer was a divisive influence. “Why didn’t the NFL choose someone who spoke English?” An article in the Atlantic states that MAGA voices attacked the “crazy” decision by the “woke” NFL to book someone who’s not “a unifying entertainer.” It turned out […]
CURRENCY DEVALUATION IS A TARIFF
Trump has recently claimed that it would be a good thing if the US dollar depreciated. This is a common argument because if the dollar depreciates, it makes US exports seem cheaper and more attractive to foreign countries, while it makes imports more expensive, thus discouraging Americans from buying foreign products. It’s quite a valid […]
TRUMP IS NOT GOING SENILE. HE IS BECOMING MORE SCHIZOPHRENIC
I’m not hearing the word ‘schizophrenia’ in the media. The media are full of descriptions of Trump’s ‘cognitive decline’. I think this term misses the mark. He is not just slowing down in his mental processes; he is actually insane, psychotic. In fact, his schizophrenia is becoming more and more pronounced and serious. That’s quite […]
WOULD TRUMP STAGE HIS ASSASSINATION?
I am not addressing the question of whether or not Trump DID stage a fake assassination. I have read the conspiracy theories of how his ear healed miraculously fast, and how he stood up with his famous fist-shake even as the assassin was still possibly shooting. However, for me, the deciding factor of the authenticity […]