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Political economy

Congress’ Insider Trading Is Rampant and Will Get Worse Under Trump

Jan 29, 2025

As the video above points out, insider stock trading is rampant in Congress, and it’s a way for elected officials who are supposed to be doing the people’s business to become rich. Insider trading is a federal offense and has a straightforward definition: it’s “the illegal practice of trading on the stock exchange to one’s…

Political economy

How Obama Protected White-Collar Criminals and Tainted the Justice System

Jan 29, 2025

When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. –Thomas Jefferson What would the Democratic Party look like today if the administration of President Barack Obama had prosecuted the senior executives of the nation’s largest financial firms that caused the 2008 mortgage-related recession? Could those prosecutions have prevented Donald Trump from being elected to his first term?

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The Fruitless Search for “Perfection” in Dating

Jan 8, 2025

If you are dating at any age and are looking for the “perfect” partner, think again. That’s because the inverse of perfection is a complex concept with no definitive answer. The interpretation of “perfection” varies across disciplines and cultures. However, the search for perfection is universal and has several common themes. In Philosophy In philosophy,…

Political economy

The Murder of a Healthcare Exec Has Started the Reform Process

Dec 26, 2024

When the Federal government added to Mangione’s charges, it showed the strong link between predatory corporations and government. Within days after the murder of Brian Thompson, a senior executive at the UnitedHealth Care insurance company on a Manhattan Street, the company announced that it was reviewing its customer rejection policies. Meanwhile, another healthcare industry executive,…

Elections and politics

Fani Willis vs. Matt Gaetz: The Double Standard of Sex in Politics

Dec 20, 2024

The Fanni Willis tragedy shows how sex derails political careers, yet pedophiles like Gaetz go free Sex is one of the most potent urges in human beings. It can be an act that promotes bonding, pleasure, emotion, health, better psychology, and physical healing. While sex has a complex biochemical element (a massive outpouring of dopamine…

Conflicts of interest and corruption

NYSE Is Now Part of Trump’s Pay-to-Play Schemes

Dec 11, 2024

What happens when the CEO of the NYSE, the nation’s most symbolic financial institution, gets involved with Trump’s money-influence schemes? It means integrity is for sale. President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the New York Stock Exchange today, the symbol of American capitalism, where some of his biggest corporate donors will greet him. It’s…

Political economy

Is the Murder of a Health Care CEO the First step Towards Health Care Reform?

Dec 6, 2024

A Bloomberg opinion writer today (Dec. 12, 2024) has decried “the breakdown in norms” regarding the positive public response to the murder of the health insurance company CEO. However, Bloomberg columnists ignore that brazen predatory capitalism–including private equity, hedge funds, and real estate developers–is the new norm that the business community, politicians, and the media ignore.

Conflicts of interest and corruption

Garland’s Weakness, the Biden Pardon, and Criminal Trump Spotlight Justice System Flaws

Dec 3, 2024

What the Trump prosecution and the Hunter Biden conviction fiascos all have in common is one man, Attorney General Merrick Garland. The commentators miss the point that Merrick Garland, possibly the worst attorney general in modern American history, is the weak link in the Justice Department’s prosecution of Biden and President-elect Donald Trump. The argument…

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How Much Do We Really Know?

Dec 3, 2024

“You think that I know a lot! But the reality is that I’m a dumb s…t!”. Whatever success I’ve had in life has had to do more with my knowing how to deal with not knowing than anything I know.” Ray Dallio, CIO of the world’s largest…

Political economy

The Dems Should Have Listened to Bernie to Win the Election

Nov 12, 2024

Watch this video to see a major reason why Kamala Harris and the Dems lost. The Democrats focused too much on the “woking” class versus the “working” class and that was a factor that alienated many people. No one wants to take credit for it, but the nonsense about “defunding the police” was a dumb…