Category Archives: Politics

The Korean Peninsula

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Joe Benning

The Clinton, Bush and Obama Administrations all pretty much followed the same policy with respect to North Korea, which was to attempt to bribe North Korea into giving up its nuclear program in exchange for food and cash. Any remote … Continue reading →

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The President is Not Well

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Joe Benning

After the latest Tweet storm initiated by President Trump, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinsky said out loud what pretty much every sensible person knows. The President of the United States is mentally unstable. The stunning video below, from today’s “Morning … Continue reading →

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Rhetoric and Political Violence

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Joe Benning

On January 8, 2011 a mentally disturbed man named Jared Lee Loughner shot 18 people, killing 6. Those wounded included Representative Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat, who represented Arizona’s 8th Congressional District. Loughner, diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic was initially found, … Continue reading →

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Climate Warriors

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Joe Benning

To no one’s surprise, President Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate accords has been greeted by the pre-packaged fury of the climate lobby along with the usual apocalyptic warnings of impending doom. In the event, the environmental left professes … Continue reading →

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Somebody is Lying

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Joe Benning

One of the most pernicious notions that has taken hold in modern pop culture is the Nietzschean claim, echoed by the post-modernists, that there are no facts, only interpretations. And since there is no such thing as truth, there is … Continue reading →

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Conservatives Have Some Explaining to Do

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Joe Benning

  Going on 4 months since the Inauguration, self-professed conservatives who backed Trump for the Presidency have a lot of explaining to do. To say that Hillary Clinton was and is a menace to liberty (not to mention decency) while … Continue reading →

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Is Buyer’s Remorse Near?

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Joe Benning

The Chaos Continues   In an interview with Lester Holt, Donald Trump announced that he was going to fire Comey regardless of the recommendation made by Rod Rosenstein, the #2 man at Justice, and by all accounts a consummate professional. … Continue reading →

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Comey, Again

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Joe Benning

Senator Brian Schatz (D, Hawaii) announced (on Twitter of course) that we are in “a full fledged constitutional crisis” as a result of Donald Trump’s decision to dismiss James Comey as Director of the FBI. Senator Schatz should really get … Continue reading →

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The Resistance Continues

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Joe Benning

For lots of very good reasons, not the least of which is that he is—let us face it—an ignoramus, an awful lot of people find Donald Trump’s election to be simply unpalatable. Within this group are two distinct camps. There … Continue reading →

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Devin Nunes Weighs In

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Joe Benning

Devin Nunes, a Republican, a Trump supporter and Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee previously said (and continues to say) that he doesn’t see any evidence that Trump Tower was wiretapped by the Obama Administration. There appears to be unanimity … Continue reading →

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