Today’s news is evidence that Trump has crossed a couple of subtle red lines. First red line: lying. For most of us, lying is about trying to make someone believe something false. However, for others, it’s a means of exerting power over someone. In this type of lie, you are not even expected to believe […]
Category: Politics
I’M EMOTIONALLY DEVASTED BY TRUMPISM
Trumpism has crushed me – not just intellectually, but emotionally, in my gut. American education ingrained this into me. I was brought up to believe that democracy, the rule of law, due process, equal rights, etc. were sacrosanct. I bought into the whole democracy ideal like a religion. Despite its many failures, I did not […]
TRUMP’S CYNICAL NON-SUMMIT DISTRACTION
All show but no substance All this past week the press has been hyping the great Trump-Putin summit. Pundit after pundit has been asked what to expect from the summit, and the answer is always the same: “nothing”…. “nothing”……”nothing.” Of course Putin isn’t going to make any concessions, and of course Trump cannot give away […]
PEOPLE WANT SIMPLICITY — TRUMP SUPPLIES IT
This guy doesn’t look very simple to me. I’ve recently been doing battle with the U.S. Government, trying to use a service online, but being stifled at every turn by the complex technology. I feel that millions of Americans, with far less computer savvy than mine, are being frustrated by passwords, regulations, authentications, etc. They […]
THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS COULD NOT HAVE RIGGED THOSE RESULTS
Trump attempts to rig the hurricane tracking results. Trump fired the Director of the Bureau of Statistics for ‘rigging’ the data. I want to outline why rigging is next to impossible. I have some experience in this area, since I was part of a United Nations team to set up the Bureau of Statistics in […]
THE THAI-CAMBODIA BORDER DISPUTE IS A SMOKESCREEN FOR CYBER SLAVE TRAFFICKING
I fear that the Cambodian media have once again oversimplified the recent fighting with Thailand. The simplified view of the cease-fire is that Trump threatened Thailand with high tariffs if they didn’t stop the fighting, so Thailand caved and signed the cease-fire. Cambodians are now praising Trump as the Great Peacemaker. I have maintained all […]
THE CAMBODIA-THAI BORDER FIGHTING DOESN’T ADD UP
Read any article about the Cambodia-Thai border fighting. They all say that it’s about the small, disputed territory around some ruined temples. Other than the temples, there is nothing to distinguish this remote, forested region. However, the narrative is that Thailand wants that land, so they invaded, but the valiant Khmers have resisted resolutely. Preserving […]
WHAT DO CAMBODIA AND GREENLAND HAVE IN COMMON?
Disputed territory in northwest Cambodia Cambodia and Thailand are fighting over the border defined by the French in 1907, and confirmed by the International Court of Justice in 1962. Thailand says they don’t care what the French said or what the ICJ says; they just want to take the land. That reminds me of Trump’s […]
IT’S NOT RACISM; IT’S RACE HATRED
‘Alligator Auschwitz’, the concentration camp built in the Everglades, really brings out the race hatred in Trump and the MAGA world. Did you see the smiles of jubilation when they described alligators eating 65 million immigrants? While liberals are aghast at the cruelty of the concentration camp, MAGA folks are rubbing their hands in glee. […]
COULD TRUMP PERMIT SLAVERY?
The Courts could not stop him. Suppose Trump suddenly issued a royal decree declaring slavery legal. That’s clearly unconstitutional. How could anyone stop this? The obvious answer should be that the courts should step in and say, “That’s unconstitutional. You can’t do that.” However, the recent SCOTUS decision states that courts cannot do this. So […]