Tuesday 22 May 2018
Trump, ZTE, and the Emoluments Clause
I think we simply have to get used to the fact that our current president
is in it for the money. True, it is not
a prime motivation, he likes ratings and power more. He likes the cut and thrust of politics, both
domestic and international , more. But
he doesn’t mind anything that benefits his personal fortune. Indeed, the amount of money he made for all
the deals that Virginia supplies are next to nothing compared to the amount he
made tax cuts.
When Donnie says the US is open for business, he means himself too. I wonder how much of this is simply being
open about something that has been covert in the past. Nearly every senator and congressman I know
has retired or gotten out of politics far richer than when they went in. I may be being cynical, but I did like it
when our representatives at least pretended
to be in it more for us than for them.
The many signs of
flagrant corruption that surround the president demand a
separate probe.
Jan
2, 2018 -Indonesia: a local government plans to build a road to shorten
the drive between the main airport on the island of Bali and the new high-end
Trump resort and golf course.
Labour accuses Michael Gove and Nadine Dorries of racism
What a beat up: nothing remotely racist here.
"this amazing woman from an exotic background"
She is American, divorced and a star of the TV screen: if that is not exotic, what is?
“Yasmin, why don’t you just try to be nice? Maybe appreciate just a little the country and the people you have chosen to live, work and benefit from all of your life.”
Are we saying that people should be nasty and ungrateful. I, for one, am tired of the sour indifference by journalists of Alibhai-Brown's ilk.
She is American, divorced and a star of the TV screen: if that is not exotic, what is?
“Yasmin, why don’t you just try to be nice? Maybe appreciate just a little the country and the people you have chosen to live, work and benefit from all of your life.”
Are we saying that people should be nasty and ungrateful. I, for one, am tired of the sour indifference by journalists of Alibhai-Brown's ilk.
PS: Anyone who uses the expression "women of colour" is a racist.
Grammar school education has no positive impact on student’s self-esteem, study finds
Did anyone expect them to? Why?
Trump: "You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so that when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you"
Grammar school education has no positive impact on student’s self-esteem, study finds
Did anyone expect them to? Why?
Trump: "You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so that when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you"
He is shrewd.
which means replacing terms like "custody" and "access" — terms that have been known to fuel conflict between parents — with "parenting orders" and "parenting time."
Guess what? Within 3 years,"parenting orders" and "parenting time" will be known to fuel conflict between parents. Euphemisms always take on the negative content of the result.
Did anyone expect them to? Why?
# posted by Had It in Holland Park @ 23:55 
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