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Social Media? Why? Face Book? Why? Twitter? Why? Fake News? Why? As Bob Dylan always said: “The Times they are a Changin!” or perhaps as Hank Williams Jr. said: “A Country Boy can survive!”
Since November 8th, 2016 our world has changed greatly. For example: The I-Phone 7 has been replaced by the I-Phone 8 and you can even get the Apple Dick Tracey phone watch. In “Hartford, Harrington and Hanford…Hurricanes hardly happen!”, but entire Caribbean Islands have been scrubbed off of vegetation and roof tops and power, along with Houston, Texas and the Florida Keys. The pro FEMA / RED CROSS Administration wants to paint a lovely paint by the number photo of the events, but when you are talking about years of recovery time – this is no light weight fix and no cheap date either. Sorry FEMA, where are the Tanker Containers to be filled up with all the junk and trash? Why is going to take months and years to fix and make liveable? Where are all the people going to live, in between?
So, starting with the Kardashsian flap……on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills…….. Some bleach blond lady with a great Plumbers butt and POW/MIA outfit threatened a Kardashian shop with a bolo Machete….which she left in the glass door while shout death threats against any Kardashians ever visiting Cuba again! Whew….where did that come from? Sounds like someone missed their Opioid treatment and was pretty upset with life in general.
The we have the historic battle of the Network Stars with Donald J. Trump and Kim Jong Un…..throwing verbal hand grenades at each other with impunity. “Suicide Rocket Man”….vs…..”Totally Deranged”.. Having sent H.R. McMaster a note suggesting that the next time Kim fires a missile over Japan or near Guam ….that it might be a good idea to shoot it down…..if we can. If we can’t shoot it down….that would be embarrassing…eh? Better get Bebe Netanyahu to do something then….right? The whole “Nuke Korea” stuff…..is totally a drain on the senses. So we “Totally Destroy North Korea”….gone 25 million folks…some are very cute children….in case someone might forget. Meanwhile, Kim will attempt to kill half the population of Japan, most of the people of Seoul, Korea…….and make sure every American with a KIA or Hundai vehicle will never get repair parts for 180 years. Additionally, this should do enough damage to cause a Nuclear Winter around the Globe for 200 years and destroy the world economy. Planning…..we love folks that know how to think ahead.
The real news however is really interesting: The Kurds of Iraq are voting on a Initiative to become Independent in two weeks. It is totally the right thing to do. The Syrian Kurds meanwhile are voting to for representation with Syrian Government next week. Syria? Isn’t that where they don’t really have a Central Government and we are just still in the process of defeating or trying to defeat ISIS? Hmmm, sounds like the Syrian Kurds know that it too is time to become Independent and along with their Turkish brothers and sisters the way toward a New Kurdistan is just around the corner. The United States, Russia and China all need to support the New Kurdistan, with an Independent State and supported with Military equipment and lots of foreign aid…..to create a “Buffer State” between ISIS and all the other terror groups wanting to run rampant across the the Syrian/Turkish/Georgian/Iraqi borders. The current Administration and even remnants of the past Administration are dreadfully afraid that with a New Kurdistan…there could actually be Peace in the Middle East for the next 50 years.
Meanwhile, back at Kardashian HQ……the business on Rodeo Drive is up! Heck, most people didn’t even know they had a shop on Rodeo Drive…..this will be great for business and they will probably be able to raffle off the Black Machete that was stuck in the door….or give it away as a door prize to the 1000th person that spends $500 dollars in their shop.
The Kurds, Korea and the Kardashians! How much fun was all this? Oh, we forgot the best Jimmy Kimmel quote of the week: “Trump can’t tell the difference between Melania and Ivanka – much less anything about Health Care!”
What Happened ? She should have watched this instead of writing a book.
*The Teletrumpster loves to toy with folks…he thinks its funny to demean anyone and watch them squirm. Well, you can do almost anything in this country EXCEPT piss off the Sports World. Now you are affecting our Gambling Cabal and that really angers some not so nice people. They drive KIA’s and BMW’s and are very aggressive when they get behind the wheel of one of their 3/4 Ton Pick-up Trucks. We would advise the Teletrumpster to refrain from upsetting these folks…..we certainly wouldn’t do it …..at least on purpose.
An interesting article in today’s LA Times:
Is Disney paying its share in Anaheim?
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-disney-anaheim-deals
A troll calling him/her/them/itself “Fred Smith” has been rendering the Voice of OC comments section even less habitable than normal lately. My latest reply to him — after he tried to get me to interrogate my friend, the young Huntington Beach civil right activist Victor Valladares, about his any criminal history might have, because of course that’s how one treats a young colleague of color in party leadership — led me to a reply that speaks to blog comment governance. For that reason only — well, that plus the fact that their finally moderating a little and my reply hasn’t yet appeared — I reproduce a recent exchange of ours below:
[Nota bene: “Fred” writes my name in quotes above as retaliation for my writing his name in quotes, which I do because I would be shocked if that is the name that he uses in his everyday life. If anyone knows of a “Fred Smith” in local Democratic circles, please let me know; if this really is his real name then I owe him an apology, at least on that sole score. Note: if you’re using a pseudonym, don’t bother replying here; your comment is very easy for me to delete, unless you make it really funny.]
*Meanwhile, in other news: The Kurds have voted for Independence in Iraq….one down two to go….Syrian Kurds and Turkish Kurds……and the New Kurdistan will become a reality. Those that say that if the Kurds leave Iraq….Iraq will collapse. Not so….we will continue to prop up Iraq till the end of days. We broke it…..we now own it. The Kurds will create a new Three State Country known as New Kurdistan….which will act as a buffer between Turkey and Syria and Iraq. This will stop the flow of oil and ISIS Fighters across this very open border. Peace in Syria and Peace in the region.
*After the Kurd Vote…..the Iraqi’s are freaking out and demanding the two airports in Independent Kurdland.
*Those concerned:
Look at how many pages are in the federal tax code
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/look-at-how-many-pages-are…tax-code/…/2563032
Apr 15, 2016 – As they rush to file their taxes by April 18, Americans are rightfully frustrated with the complexity of the 74,608-page-long federal tax code. The federal tax code is 187 times longer than it was a century ago, according to Wolters Kluwer, CCH, which has analyzed it since 1913.
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(1) How can the tax code be reformed prior to finalizing all international trade agreements? How can we determine: Who will win, lose or be left out?
(2) How can you delete the Mortgage Tax Deduction or reduce it from $1 million dollars without greatly impacting the Speculative Real Estate Market in this country?
(3) How can you raise the Marginal tax rate from 20% to 25% for the Middle Class up to $162,000 a year for a family of four?
(4) How many pages will the tax code have AFTER this so-called Reform?
*These questions need to be answered first. Then we can talk about REFORM.
Just getting through the current negotiations and present NAFTA deals being worked out with Canada and Mexico, much less the Trans Atlantic Partnership
Proposal or bringing back the Trans Pacific Partnership concept?
For your weekend viewing pleasure-