by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 27, 2016 | Election, Opinion
The first of three presidential debates took place last night. Sticking to my norm, I didn’t watch them. Their policy ideas are known and available in far greater detail from other sources, and I’ve already decided I’m not voting for either of them....
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 26, 2016 | Election, Opinion
Politicians lie. We all know it, we all expect it. We’ve all heard the jokes. “How can you tell Politician X is lying? His lips are moving.” They also make promises they never intend to keep, they do everything they can not to answer questions that...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 23, 2016 | Economics, Election, Politics, Taxation
There’s an old joke, about a man who propositions a woman. He asks, “Would you sleep with me for a million dollars?” She says “Sure.” He replies, “OK, how about for twenty bucks?” Outraged, she responds “How dare you!...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 22, 2016 | Election, Politics
Hillary Clinton recently claimed, in rather incendiary language, that ISIS would rather have Trump elected President than her. Her suggested reason is that Trump will be a “a recruiting sergeant for the terrorists.” This is both too clever by half and...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 21, 2016 | Election, Opinion, Politics
As sure as water is wet, a presidential election trots out the “wasted vote” bullies. Any time someone declares intent to vote for a minor party candidate, a demonic chorus of dyspeptic partisans chants a hymnal full of of hackneyed hosannas in response....
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