Mercantilism is a national economic policy designed to maximize the trade of a nation and, historically, to maximize the accumulation of gold and silver. Mercantilism was dominant in modernized parts of Europe from the 16th to the 18th centuries before falling into decline, although some commentators argue that it is still practised in the economies …
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Mar 02 2018
The Boot
So Italy goes to the polls on Sunday and something is likely to happen but nobody knows quite what and almost all the choices are bad ones. Who and what to watch in Italy’s election By Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post March 2, 2018 Silvio Berlusconi’s right-wing coalition, which has the best chance of winning Italy’s …
Mar 01 2018
Big Time!
You write what you know, just like my New York Times best selling (twice, no kidding) cousin does. I’m not going senile, I’ve been 120+ for the last 13 years and I’m just as fake as Sam Clemens. He lived not far from Stars Hollow, not that anything in the Nutmeg State is far from …
Feb 28 2018
Standing Up And Walking Out
It’s been my great misfortune to watch the parade of liars and traitors at Trump’s “Gun Control” summit of which the basic message has been- “Gun Free Zones are bad and dangerous. Everyone should have a gun at all times. The only people who shoot others are by definition crazy so no person we can …
Feb 28 2018
Say Goodbye To Theresa May
On the 9th I pointed out the inherent contradictions of the Tory position on Brexit and predicted that it would soon end with a breach of either Paragraph 50 of the coalition accord between the Conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party or the Good Friday agreement between the United Kingdom and Ireland. Well, I didn’t …
Feb 27 2018
Partnerships
If you can remember waaay back to Valentine’s Day you’ll recall I mumbled something about meeting with our corporate sponsors. Well, what that meant is that we had “partnerships” with them. They’d kick in some trivial amount of money from their Promotional/Advertising budget to the National Organization and slap together a package of products that …
Feb 27 2018
Wait! The Olympics Are Over?
Sorry, too busy watching to write. Congratulations to Team USA Curling and Lady’s Hockey and a lifetime achievement award to Lindsey Vonn. Of course you realize what this means- March Madness and Formula One (oh, and Baseball). Hey! I thought Republicans liked Supply Side. High School Shooting- The Musical Coming to a Disney Channel near …
Feb 26 2018
The Bone Spurs Hero
As I think I’ve made clear, I have never served in any branch of the armed services or in domestic law enforcement. I would have been a poor fit since I have a very low tolerance for idiocy and petty fascism. I have been known, because I’m tremendously irresponsible, to take Richard’s ancient Red Ryder …
Feb 26 2018
How Rich Is Rich?
It’s long been known that U.S. Citizens tend to grossly underestimate their wealth. Almost everyone considers themselves “Middle Class” or at most “Upper Middle Class”. My sister has a job as a manager of a team that has 10 – 20 members and performs other management tasks like developing procedures and training programs that are …
Feb 25 2018
About that Nunes Memo
Well, we all knew it was a piece of crap of course. What did you expect from the Republican House Intelligence Committee Chairman and Trump Transition Official who rushed to the White House to view classified documents smuggled out of a secure facility by his former aide Michael Ellis, hold over deputy to the foreign …
Feb 24 2018
Sanders’ Warning On Russia
So the story as widely reported goes something like this- Bernie Sanders claimed that he warned the Clinton Campaign about Russian interference and was ignored! This is a LIE! Well, hold on a second bucko. What Bernie actually said on Meet The Press was, “It turns out that one of our social media guys in …