Author Archives: Joe Benning

Mrs. Clinton’s Fantasy Election

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Joe Benning

In a speech liberally seasoned with self-pity, Mrs. Clinton attributed her loss of the 2016 presidential election to a convergence of two “unprecedented” events. According to the New York Times, Mrs. Clinton said those two events were (1) the release … Continue reading →

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From Russia, With Love

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Joe Benning

The front page of today’s New York Times carries the headline “Trump Falsely Says Claim of Hacking Came After Election”. And that is true enough. Just as it would be true enough for the Times to publish the headline “Hillary … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits Dec 12, 2016

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Joe Benning

Another Do Over Attempt Well, well, well. All of a sudden Progressives have decided that the Russian bear isn’t very friendly after all. And they are terribly upset that the Russian government, meaning Vladimir Putin, “may have” influenced the outcome. … Continue reading →

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The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Joe Benning

  The Washington Post reported on Friday that the CIA “…concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the Presidency….” The assessment was so secret that the CIA felt compelled to … Continue reading →

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His Royal Highness, Donald the First of 5th Avenue

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Joe Benning

Donald the First of 5th Avenue let it be known that His Majesty was royally displeased that the Carrier Corporation planned to move some production facilities from Indiana to Mexico thereby eliminating 1,000 or so “American jobs”. In order to … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump: Central Planner in Chief

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Joe Benning

Donald J. Trump, accompanied by some Republican politicians formerly known as free traders, has taken take a brashly promised leap into the land of economic idiocy. That is the land where we “save American jobs” by shoveling taxpayer money to … Continue reading →

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A Very Costly “Victory”

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Joe Benning

President-elect Donald J. Trump, joined by some formerly free-market Republicans, is engaged in an exercise of self-congratulations for successfully stopping Carrier Corporation from moving some of its production facilities to Mexico. The claim is made that this “saved 1,000 American … Continue reading →

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Adios, Fidel. You Won’t be Missed.

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Joe Benning

Absurdities Jill Stein, the left wing hero who is leading the Presidential vote recount effort, weighed in on the demise of “El Comandante” Fidel Castro. “Fidel Castro” she said “was a symbol of the struggle for justice in the shadow … Continue reading →

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Recount

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Joe Benning

Well, how about that. Jill Stein is demanding a recount of Wisconsin’s Presidential vote. Stein filed the demand about an hour before the deadline, after having raised more than $5 million for the effort. Let’s put this in perspective. According … Continue reading →

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On This Thanksgiving Day

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Joe Benning

We should give special thanks for our good fortune in having had James Madison as the principal architect of our Constitutional order. It was James Madison who was largely responsible for creating the elaborate system of checks and balances that … Continue reading →

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