Thinking about
Make America Great!
Sausalito News, 3 January 1925 Tin Can Has Helped Make America Great The epic of the tin can! Our skill in producing tin plate has developed out of our ability to supply the world with American tin cans. Cans for kerosene, tinned beef, salmon, California fruits, Hawaiian pineapple, Maryland tomatoes. We lead the world in … [Read more…]
The Trade Protective League
Sacramento Union – 5 February 1917 Cancellation of Oriental Liquor Licenses Asked The Trade Protective League of Sacramento has sent communications to the city commission and to the board of supervisors asking those bodies to cancel all liquor licenses now held by Orientals. This action by the league was taken after the city of Stockton … [Read more…]
BERLIN, THURSDAY, 3 February 1933
In The Guardian from 1933, an interesting piece about Adolf Hitler. BERLIN, THURSDAY “I only ask for four years; after that the nation can do what it will with me – crucify me if it likes,” said Hitler during an interview which he gave this afternoon to a small group of British and American journalists.
Drag that shit out!
Regarding Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, here is a comment from Ars Technica which mirrors my sentiments very closely. As I write this, it is +25 votes: I hope the nomination drags out for ages and is ugly and horrible. This is a stolen seat, and it’s bullshit, and I want revenge. Which … [Read more…]
National Security Council – 2017
Bannon is a threat … I’m adding a link to a MOTHER JONES article from August 22, 2016 on Bannon and some history on his latest incarnation HERE. And more currently: The Full Article in the Washington Post: The danger of Steve Bannon on the National Security Council To wit: First, he (Trump) essentially demoted … [Read more…]
Trump doesn’t matter – Bannon’s THE MAN!
Boy, he hit the nail on the head. Let’s face it, Trump is clueless, it is Bannon, Flynn and Kushner who really matter. From Ars Technica Today – reply Jan 31, 2017 11:28 AM Popular dvlax40 wrote: ubercurmudgeon wrote: So… presumably this mean Steve Bannon hasn’t decided yet exactly how to fit the destruction of … [Read more…]
Ballot Fraud
Madera Tribune, 5 November 1920 (This is how you do it! – JS) Probe Is Opened on Ballot Fraud NEW YORK, Nov 5.— All poll clerks, election inspectors and the board of canvassing inspectors in the thirteenth election district of the fourth assembly district, Manhattan, were subpoenaed yesterday by District Attorney Swann to appear at … [Read more…]
Democrats must decide
From the Guardian … Senator Elizabeth Warren’s shift from grilling Ben Carson to voting to approve him for the top job at the Housing and Urban Development agency has puzzled many. Her explanation that she has continued concerns about Carson’s inexperience for the position but was swayed by his promises is feeble at best. Ardent … [Read more…]