Author: Mike

It seems that every day in MAGA world begins with asking the question, “Who shall we vilify and hate today?”  It’s a tricky question to answer these days. There are so many choices. It now resembles a menu at the Cheesecake Factory. When I was growing up, although racism and bigotry were around, it wasn’t… Continue reading March 21, 2025

Make America Great Again! Such a catchy slogan. It begs the question, “If you want to make America ‘great again,’ that implies you have some time in mind when America was great and then we entered a period when we lost our greatness, so what point in America’s past is the MAGA reference point for… Continue reading March 20, 2025

Many major disasters end up being the culmination of a number of small errors and missteps that occur over a period of time. The September 11 th terror attack was partially due to the result of a number of intelligence failures that, individually were not big deals but the culmination over time led to a… Continue reading March 19, 2025

Trump has stated many of his policies are based upon what he believes is the increased threat from China. There is no doubt that China’s military power, economic power and presence around the globe is increasing. The irony in what Trump is doing, in my opinion, is the exact opposite of what he should be… Continue reading March 18, 2025

I rarely agree with anything Trump says or does, however, I agree with him that we should redraw the border between the U.S. and Canada. We may have different ideas about how to redraw the border, but I agree it should be redrawn. Hear me out! Trump continues to talk about annexing Canada as the… Continue reading March 17, 2025

Most people are familiar with the term “protection racket” which is famously used by the Mafia to extort people and businesses to 1) make money and 2) keep people in line.  They guarantee to ‘protect’ you or your business from harm if you pay them money and/or do them a ‘favor’.  Of course, if you… Continue reading March 16, 2025

I don’t know about anyone else, but I feel much safer knowing the FBI is allegedly going after organizations like Habitat for Humanity. We should all applaud this judicious expenditure of our tax dollars. Why, after all, should any government grant money be used to build houses for the lower income people in our society?… Continue reading March 15, 2025

Trump and a few others in his administration keep talking about making Canada the 51st state. I believe we should take Trump at his word that annexing Canada is something he genuinely wants to do. Not that anyone in the Trump circus cares what Canadians think but I can think of absolutely no reason how… Continue reading March 14, 2025

A rational person would think that Trump and his sycophantic circus would be concerned about the harm their slash and burn tactics are having upon their constituents given the 2026 midterm elections are really not very far away in political terms. Yet, the tariff policies and ensuing trade wars they are pressing are hurting American… Continue reading March 13, 2025

Sometimes I feel like the Stephen King or Chicken Little of political blogs.  That said, I believe there are a number of possible horror stories potentially happening that will have grave consequences, and, in some respects, I do believe the sky is falling! Given that prelude, think about the following scenario and if it doesn’t… Continue reading March 12, 2024