Archive for the 'Politics' Category


Grainges For Pratt

A reality TV star who’s bad at business? That sounds like a perfect candidate to be mayor of Los Angeles. Never mind that Los Angeles is essentially an ungovernable city where the mayor has little power, as evidenced in this article by Steve Lopez in the “Los Angeles Times: “Spencer Pratt, please call me. You […]

Ai Protests

Are not really about AI. They’re about reduced prospects for college graduates, the detachment of techies from the general public and the fanning of the flames of AI by prognosticators and the media. It’s income inequality run rampant, I tell you. One thing we’ve learned is the tech bros are not like us. The dueling […]

Tucker Carlson

This guy could be president. Whoa, whoa, WHOA, don’t shoot the messenger! You know I’m scrounging for podcasts that are interesting, I don’t like happy talk/joke talk between two hosts, and true crime has been overdone, but searching the Apple Podcasts app I came across this “New York Times” interview with Tucker Carlson… Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-does-tucker-carlson-really-believe-i-went-to-maine/id1200361736?i=1000765759854 […]

Redistricting

They keep telling us to believe in the system. And just to wait for the coming election(s). I remember Bill Maher predicting that Donald Trump wasn’t going to leave the White House if he lost in 2020. One after another Democratic bigwig smiled and laughed and then schooled Maher that the system would hold. OH […]