Category Archives: Politics

St. Andrew Gets Caught or Why Did it Take so Long?

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Joe Benning

Back on January 28, 2021, Letitia James, New York State Attorney General released a blistering report documenting the Cuomo administration’s undercount of nursing home deaths as a result of Covid-19. Recall that Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a directive requiring nursing … Continue reading →

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Trump Impeachment Redux

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Joe Benning

Lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin (D. MD) led off the proceedings with a video montage that included some footage of Donald Trump’s incendiary speech and the subsequent attack on the capitol by an enraged mob. The video, shown below, is … Continue reading →

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Myths of Socialism Cont’d

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Joe Benning

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Ben Sassse

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Joe Benning

The Nebraska Republican Party is set to censure Senator Ben Sasse. Again. The charge is that he has not, and will not, bend his knee to Donald Trump in the upcoming impeachment trial. Like Liz Cheney, Sasse has stuck to … Continue reading →

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John Stossel on the Myths of Socialism

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Joe Benning

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GameStop: Please Stop the Nonsense

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Joe Benning

The recent surge in the stock price of GameStop has all the usual suspects commenting on “The Greater Meaning of it All”.  As usual, very few of these recently minted experts know what they are talking about. Among the more … Continue reading →

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Disparate Impact and the Progressive Con

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Joe Benning

In their single minded drive to transform America into a collectivist polity, Democrats routinely brandish disparate impact studies. The claim is that differential outcomes “prove” that America is rotten to the core; that it is irredeemably racist; that America is … Continue reading →

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Same Circus, Different Clowns

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Joe Benning

As roughly everybody knows, on January 6, 2021, then-President Donald J Trump stirred up a crowd by claiming that the most recent presidential election was stolen from him, implying that  Joe Biden’s ascension to the office was illegitimate.  Immediately thereafter … Continue reading →

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Malarkey Man

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Joe Benning

It is a mere 3 days since President Joe Biden took the oath of office and he is already furiously backtracking on his Covid campaign promises. Back on October 29, 2020 at a campaign rally in Coconut Creek FL, Biden … Continue reading →

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Joe Biden’s Choice

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Joe Benning

Within hours of President Biden’s call for civility, protesters went on a violent rampage in the Pacific Northwest, mostly in Portland Oregon. The protesters, according to the New York Times, marched through the streets, burned an American flag and smashed … Continue reading →

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