In 1820 China had the largest economy in the world. By 1787 the British East India Company was selling them 680,000 pounds of Opium a year. They weren’t the only providers, just one of the bigger ones. Among the English they had a Crown Monopoly on the Trade. By 1833 they were providing 5.1 Million …
Tag: ek Politics
Apr 14 2019
Low Political Content
Crazy That’s why they call it acting Isopropyl With the Ladies Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby College Daze Morning Talk Hobby Horse Fashion Oh, you want news.
Apr 13 2019
Black Letter Law
Steve Mnuchin is a particularly loathsome Republican whos name makes me cringe every time I see it scroll up the screen after an otherwise good movie like Wonder Woman or Lego Batman. He really has no standing, even as Treasury Secretary, to interfere with House House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal’s direct request …
Apr 12 2019
Public Obstruction Of Justice
Well, you can forget the Mueller Report and the Russians now. Unidicted Co-conspirator Bottomless Pinocchio is dangling Pardons again. Trump told CBP head he’d pardon him if he were sent to jail for violating immigration law By Jake Tapper, CNN Fri April 12, 2019 Donald Trump told Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan he …
Apr 12 2019
Pfui. Let them come.
I’m not afraid of Brown people. Are you? Trump Says He Is Considering Releasing Migrants in ‘Sanctuary Cities’ By Eileen Sullivan, The New York Times April 12, 2019 President Trump said on Friday that his administration was “strongly” considering releasing migrants detained at the border into mostly Democratic “sanctuary cities,” suggesting that the idea should …
Apr 11 2019
Purging
Not anywhere near as much fun as it sounds, and it doesn’t sound like fun. My Own Private Army, Let’s Put Jews In Concentration Camps, And All White Women Look Alike Did I mention All White Women Look Alike? Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake, Shake Djibouti, Shake Djibouti
Apr 10 2019
Inferior Services, Stifling Bureaucracy, Less Democracy, Greater Cost
Those things are what Neo Liberal Economics produces and it’s quite obvious and logical really that if you take a good or service ordinarily provided by Government at cost and privatize it to benefit corporations and commercial interests this is going to be the result. Neoliberalism promised freedom – instead it delivers stifling control by …
Apr 10 2019
Computer Forensics
As regular readers remember I know a little about computers because it’s my day gig. From Linux to Windows, I often have to deal with different kinds of problems that the system faces – from a virus attack to a complete crash of the system. There are a lot of resources (like the one Linode …
Apr 08 2019
Que Haces Aqui?
Brad! Janet! Dr. Scott! Under the circumstances, formal dress is to be optional. Ok, you don’t get it. D’Arcy Carden? That and guest spots on John Oliver.
Apr 07 2019
Touchy?
Feely GoT? FAB Scott, FAB Let’s Smoke Some Zombies This doesn’t mean what it used to. More Computer Nerds Burlesque- The Art of Slowly Wearing Less Virtually Reality Doctors A True Enough Story. So I’m of an age where periodic lower endoscopies are indicated which kills about a week. First there is what they delicately …
Apr 06 2019
Both Sides
Well, we’ve been talking a little bit about Torture and here’s some more appalling News. Investigators and Prosecutors for the International Criminal Court which has jurisdiction on Crimes Against Humanity in which Torture of Prisoners is certainly included will no longer be able to get United States Visas. Trump revokes ICC prosecutor’s U.S. visa over …