Thursday, December 20, 2018:   Trump Truth Is Worse Than Trump Fiction
Why does someone as corrupt as Trump get a steady 42% approval rating? What is it about the trump minions that assures Trump of their unquestioning loyalty?

Lies, felonies, self-dealing, corruption, racism, indictments, guilty pleas, and likely treason mean nothing to them. Clearly there is nothing that Mueller, the Feds, or the New York State Attorney General can reveal that will damper their support. His minions know he is a crook and they don't care. The only conclusion you can draw is that they are just as morally corrupt as he is.

Attacks on our precious democracy by Trump and the Republican Party are just not that big a deal to the adoring crowds that attend his snake oil rallies. The only thing that might cost Trump a number of worshipers is a deep recession, but Trump and Fox News will likely blame any downturn in the economy on President Obama, Hillary Clinton, the Democrats, LGBTQs, Muslims, James Comey, Mueller, fake news and what ever else Trump and Fox and Friends can conjure up. It won't matter to the 42% that their standard of living, their lives, their health, their environment, and their well being are all going down the tubes.


Saturday, December 8, 2018:   An Early Christmas Present From Trump
For the life of me, I cannot figure out why people aren't up in arms about the dive in the stock market. The market has tanked thanks to Trump's "trade policies" but the silence is deafening. If this happened while a Democrat was in office, the public would want a head on a stick. The 401ks and IRAs of the retired and those about to retire are sinking fast.

It is possible to have a slowing economy and not have the market drop like a rock. The key is to not deliberately screw with the fundamentals. We live in global economy. The fortunes of most companies are now dependent on a strong global market. Screwing with market relationships like the Trumpster has done with his "trade war" is the antithesis of good policy when an economy is slowing. What Trump should be addressing is income inequality. We are a consumer based economy. Give the average smuck a dollar and he will spend it - boosting sales and GDP. Give the a one percenter a $1 and he will either put it in the bank or wipe his ass with it.

We are now a little over 18 months into the Trump's rein of terror and his incompetence and unwillingness to listen to the experts is impacting the wealth and wellbeing of our nation.