The other day, I was talking to my son Jake about my 30-year career as a marketing consultant for tech giants: IBM, H-P, Motorola, Fujitsi, Sony, Western Digital, Philips Electronics, and DEC, to name a few.
“DEC?” Jake asked. “What’s that?” (more…)
The point being made here points to the skills and capacity for evil that is Donald Trump. His demagoguery, strengthened by a major cable news channel, effectively tapped into the bigotry, fear, and ignorance of almost exactly half of the American people, and has led us to a point where:
• The news media all around the world is regarded as fake, and that Trump and far-right-wing news sources are the only source of truth. (more…)
A note of explanation to begin: California has 39.96 million residents and is worth 55 electoral points, meaning 726,545 residents per electoral vote. Wyoming has 579,000 people and is worth 3 electoral points, which is 193,000 residents per electoral vote. This means Wyoming voters have 3.76 times more voting power than Californians when it comes to presidential elections.
The fact that the electoral college is racist is true as well, but I would submit that the first of these two arguments is the stronger in favor of abolishing it. It violates the most basic principle of a democratic republic. i.e., one person, one vote.
This guy makes a good point. An accurate understanding of our fellows requires that we acknowledge that about half of Americans have very poor values.
But how important is that to you and me? (more…)
A reader notes:
South Florida Cubans, who are amongst the biggest enrollees and beneficiaries of the Affordable Care Act per capita, anywhere in all the United States, voted en masse for the man whose stated goal is to destroy and eliminate the ACA.
The conversation among progressives as I post this, in the middle of the day after the U.S. presidential election, where a Biden victory looks probable but uncertain, goes roughly like this: Looks like Biden squeaked by, but what we’ve learned about 60+ million Americans is even more sickening than it was in 2016. Here, Trump supporters lived through four full years of racial division, caged children, selling out our troops, pandemic mismanagement, job loss and factory closures, environmental destruction, failing education, enrichment of billionaires, lies, obstruction, and fraud–and, at the end of all that, said, “We demand four more years of this!” (more…)
A reader notes: This is my father, Frederick H. Hahn, 3rd. In 1940 at age 38, he enlisted to fight the Nazis. He fought in North Africa and Italy where he was wounded when his jeep flipped over after hitting a mine. He would, without a doubt, be turning over in his grave as American Nazis–who share the same characteristics of virulent racism and disdain for intellect–are getting so close to a complete coup d’état to ensure an iron grip on America. (more…)
Part of the reason so many Americans are stressed out about the election results is the feeling of a lack of agency. We each have only one vote, and, when we look at the photo here and are reminded of the level of intelligence of our fellows, we feel a terrible gnawing, deep in our guts.
Generally, Trump doesn’t evoke laughter. Yes, he’s a buffoon, but the damage he does on an hour-to-hour basis is so extreme that it’s just not appropriate to chuckle in response.
Having said that, with the U.S. presidential election too close to call at the moment of publishing this post, I thought I’d offer a few words on Trump from comedian Jim Jeffries.
Those who want to know how 
