Bloom-Berg...

 

All the gold in Fort Knox could not get Michael Bloomberg elected president. There is a simple reason for this, the man’s entire raison d’etre is an anti-fun agenda that slowly sucks the joy out of life and replaces it with cogs turning wheels in the factory of progress.  

 Michael Bloomberg knows  that gun-grabbing, pretty boy Beto is out of the race, there is nobody running in the repeal the Second Amendment lane.  

Michael Bloomberg has a solid legacy, and he’s a better retail politician than most people outside New York would know.  

The Republican Michael Bloomberg of 2002 would be a compelling and potentially significant entry into the 2020 Democratic primary. The “Hey, I’m a Democrat!” Michael Bloomberg of 2019, not so much.

You kind of have to feel bad for the Democratic primary. It dutifully holds its town halls and debates, but the other network has the Game of Thrones impeachment inquiry that sucks up all the ratings.  

The frustrating thing about Bloomberg is that he really is an effective leader and manager. He did some wonderful things in the Earth’s capital. But he will show what the democrats is all about, and for that he will destroy all the democratic outrages claims as false.  Just a thought.

Love Me...

Cleavage...

While no one can predict how long Trump remains in the Oval Office, it's safe to say his successor will face a challenge unlike any other in the modern era.

As the country careens towards impeachment, the US faces a pivotal moment in history. 

Even if the Republican-controlled Senate does not vote to convict and remove the President, the proceedings will inevitably stretch our country's political divide into a gaping chasm in ways we have not seen for generations.

What’s more troubling is the willingness of political actors to exploit every opportunity to gain an advantage even if it destroys democratic norms. 

A division within the population marked by conflict about the foundations of the governing system itself in the American case, our constitutional democracy. 

In societies facing a regime cleavage, a growing number of citizens and officials believe that norms, institutions and laws may be ignored, subverted or replaced.

Tribe...

Stalled...

In recent years, expectant parents have gone to extreme lengths to create splashy, Instagrammable moments to announce the sex of their child. Some of the celebrations, however, have ended in calamity: a 45,000-acre forest fire, a flaming car, a deadly explosion.

A plane crash could be added to that list, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board filed this week.

A crop-dusting plane that dumped hundreds of gallons of pink water over a field in Turkey, Texas, about 300 miles northwest of Dallas, crashed to the ground in early September. No major injuries were reported.

The pilot, Raj Horan, had been “conducting a gender reveal flight for a friend” when, after releasing about 350 gallons of water, the single-seat plane “got too slow” and stalled, records show.

Liz...

Blow...

Wait till the story of this "gentleman" and his association comes out. This will reverse so many other leaks we heard before.

It may fit with other untold stories about what AG William Barr referred to "spying did occur.”

Reckless...

President Trump has announced sanctions will be lifted on Turkey as a ceasefire remains in place in northern Syria, where Turkey invaded earlier this month.    

Turkey reached an agreement with Russia that would force Syrian Kurdish forces to retreat from a wide swath of the Syrian-Turkish border. 

 Andrew Bacevich, co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and author of several books. He is Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University. “I think in any discussion of our wars, ongoing wars, it’s important to set them in some broader historical context,” Bachevich says. 

“To a very great extent, we created the problems that exist today through our reckless use of American military power.”

Job...

In a new outline, Warren's campaign said her single-payer health care plan would cost the country "just under" $52 trillion over a decade, which includes $20.5 trillion in new federal spending. 

It estimates the proposal would cost just less than the estimated $52 trillion in spending for the current system over 10 years.

For employers offering health care under a collective bargaining agreement, Warren's plan would allow them to cut their Medicare contribution "if they pass along savings to workers in the form of increased wages, pensions or other collectively-bargained benefits."

By the time taxing every one kicks in, nothing would be left for anything else.

Just a thought.

Similar...

The French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced the country’s first migrant worker quota amid the Macron’s administration’s push for stricter immigration policies.

Philippe announced in a press conference that the plan would help France “take back control” over its expanding migrant population.

The new policy will grant visas according to the country’s employer and industry needs. It will also include measures to withhold medical care to newly arrived asylum seekers for up to three months. Just a thought.