Tag: germany
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TAPA # 228 ATTENTION OR ACHTUNG???
ATTENTION OR ACHTUNG??? “We can only lose the midterms if we allow ourselves to lose the midterms, if we are foolish, stupid, and unwise.”Donald Trump at Mount Rushmore, discussing the midterm elections and suggesting that any Republican loss would be the fault of his supporters, not his own. “The German people demonstrated that they were…
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TAPA # 211 EINSTEIN’S WARNING
Last night I watched a drama-documentary about Albert Einstein. Fortunately, it focused less on his scientific achievements and more on his experiences during the rise of Nazi Germany and his social philosophy. Einstein was deeply saddened by the bombing of Hiroshima. Although his work laid part of the scientific foundation that ultimately made the atomic…
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TAPA 169 “THOSE DUCKS JUST KEEP WALKING & TALKING;
“A shameful disgrace” is how Donald Trump described the Supreme Court’s decision invalidating his tariff approach. The ruling did not say tariffs cannot be used; it said tariffs are taxes, meaning Trump’s tariffs amounted to one of the largest tax increases on Americans in history. Under the Constitution, taxes must be enacted by Congress. If…
THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE 