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Budget Talks Explained

by John June 1, 2015

Steve Dennis, White House Correspondent for Roll Call and the owner of some cool sunglasses, tweeted this about the budget talks between Democrats and GOP. Budget talks in short: Administration to GOP: You first. GOP to admin: Show us the cuts. And no tax hikes. Thanks. He’s right. What does this show? Two things: First, […]

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Congrats to Fox News?

by John June 1, 2015

Statista showed off the latest Quinnipiac Public Opinion Poll showing Fox News as the most trusted news channel. Here are the numbers. But what is this really saying? First, Fox is the winner of the losers. If 29% trust Fox News, then 71% don’t trust them. MSNBC has a dismal 93% distrust rating. Second, if […]

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What I Am Reading: Reagan: A Life Rolling Review2

by John May 31, 2015

Just finished H.W. Brands’ Reagan: The Life. It’s worth the read. Here is the first part of my rolling book review. Here are my take-aways: There are not too many surprises about Reagan and his life (“There you go again”) – especially if you followed politics and history in the 20th Century. Biggest new nugget: […]

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What I’m Reading: Reagan: The Life

by John May 21, 2015

I am in the midst of listening to H.W. Brands’ Reagan: The Life. Here is a good review of the same book from The Economist. Again, this is one of my rolling reviews. I am now about halfway through as Ronnie is just deciding to challenge Gerry Ford for the GOP nomination in 1976. So […]

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What I’m Reading: Clinton Cash 3

by John May 8, 2015

So I have finished Peter Schweizer’s Clinton Cash on Audible.com. I am looking for your comments on the book but also my experiment of the rolling book review that connects to the other two posts. About the book, I highly recommend it. Republicans will jump all over this as conclusive evidence that Hillary is not […]

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What I’m Reading Clinton Cash 2

by John May 6, 2015

I am about 2/3rds finished with Peter Schweizer’s Clinton Cash on Audible.com. One of the great features on Audible is bookmarking. I hit bookmark; the narration stops; I add a comment to remind me; and then I hit save; and the recording begins again. This posting will use a lot of my immediate bookmark responses. […]

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What I’m Reading Clinton Cash 1

by John May 5, 2015

Bear with me on this book review. I am going to experiment a bit. Instead of writing one long review, I will give thoughts and comments piecemeal as I read. Then I will give a full wrap later. I am listening to Peter Schweizer’s Clinton Cash on Audible.com. I am now about 40% done. My […]

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Lessons From Baltimore

by John May 1, 2015

Now that six officers have been charged with Freddie Gray’s death in Baltimore let’s look at what we have learned based on politics, economics, and even religion. First, lots of voices online are warning of a new time of riots, unrest, and martial law. I don’t believe it. Sure, there is anger. And there was […]

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Video Manipulation We All Do It

by John April 22, 2015

We live in a video manipulation world. In a previous post, I mentioned how police agencies and criminals will try to manipulate video for their own purposes. But we already manipulate reality in our culture. Look at our so-called reality shows. They are all scripted. Yet we call them reality. Is the entertainment business bamboozling […]

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Cameras Don’t Lie But Video Could?

by John April 22, 2015

The video war is escalating for cops and alleged criminals. Here’s a story of a US Marshal allegedly trying to destroy a woman’s phone video she shot at a crime scene. Was the woman intruding or was the marshal trying to cover up something he did wrong? We won’t know. And we won’t know just […]

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