Category: News and Politics
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“Putting America First”
This week the president-elect said “My agenda will be based on a simple core principle, putting America first”. Perhaps no single sentence could state so succinctly what is wrong with Trump’s thinking. This strategy may have worked well in building a real estate empire but it is just as likely to lead to disaster, tragedy,…
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Here we go: misdirected but full steam ahead
“My agenda will be based on a simple core principle, putting America first” – Donald Trump on November 21, 2016. As he starts off misguided but stubbornly determined to push in the wrong direction it seems that humanity is in for a difficult time ahead. As one humble and relatively powerless individual citizen, I will continue to scream…
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Your voice was heard; the government we deserve
People throughout the world, including those right here in the US who elected Trump, are just beginning to understand the truth in the saying that every nation gets the government that it deserves. We will find the need to deal with every bit of result that comes from the new karistocracy that we invited with our…
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The ‘Trump effect’ on the tax shelter industry
Tax planners and tax shelter promoters are finding a new wave of prospective client inquiries this year and the market shift has been dubbed “Trump effect”. Basically, people want to know how to pay no tax like Trump and the ultra-rich friends that they might have heard about. They typically have some incomplete notion about…
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It could get worse
Please America – regardless of your beliefs or political affiliations – let’s agree that Stephen Bannon has published more hateful, divisive, racist, antisemitic and otherwise controversial material than any other person* in national headlines in recent years. *Except perhaps, as my friend suggests, Alex Jones. But fortunately Jones is not expected to be working in the…
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Hallelujah
I heard there was a secret chord That David played and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, do you? Well, it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor fall and the major lift The baffled King composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Well, your faith was strong but you needed proof…
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I am the storm
The devil whispered in my ear, ‘You are not strong enough to withstand the storm.’ Today I whispered in the devil’s ear, ‘I am the storm.’ I am fascinated with this verse that does not appear to have any known origin but has enjoyed enormous online popularity over the past six months, now entering an explosion of…
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America’s values are not my values
On September 11, 2001, I was shocked to learn how some people’s values could be expressed so violently even within our own country. The event changed my view of the world but did not change my core values. Back then I felt that the majority of Americans shared my core values as we collectively denied the haters their…
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The education divide in political leadership
This presidential election cycle, more than any other event or time period in my lifetime, has highlighted the growing divide between people with different levels of formal academic education. The battle is playing out now in my home state and, I think, deserves more discussion despite the obvious risk of backlash. I consider myself to be…
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Understanding the Trump supporter
Four days before the election President Obama delivered a powerful impromptu message about tolerance and respect toward Trump supporters. It took courage to deliver that message even in defiance of the audience that would have sooner booed but the Trump supporter and the President’s defense. I see two basic types of Trump supporters. The first scares…