Author: Tom Faranda
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JD Vance suggests to European leaders they listen to their own constituents
In other words allow populists whether left or right wing to speak – no censorship of alternate views. Straightforward and many European leaders not happy! Not mentioned – rising antisemitism – pretty shocking – British Jews Prepare to Leave UK as They Face Shocking Antisemitism Not Seen Since Pre-WW2 Here are the full 15 minute…
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NY Times – No proof of government fraud
Eyes rolling. Here's a short editorial from the WSJ yesterday. Glad they pointed to the prior administration reporting that “federal government could lose between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud.” “At Oval Office, Musk Makes Broad Claims of Federal Fraud Without Proof,” said a New York Times headline this week. The White House…
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My friend Mick Paine
My great friend Mick Paine. Here he is with Brigid in June, 1979 as my new bride and myself prepared to fly out of the tiny Mandeville, Jamaica airport on our way for the big flight to NY. As is evident Brigid had a few Red Stripes the night before, while Mick rarely drank. I…
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“Trump Names Task Force on Anti-Christian Bias”
I've linked to another site – "Trump Names Task Force on Anti-Christian Bias"
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Forbes: “Why Economists Hate Trump’s Tariff Plan”
A better title might have been "Why some economists hate Trump's tariff plan". I do believe in free trade and of course tariffs hinder that. On the other hand if you're getting screwed by your trade partner…
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“Looking for Faith? Here’s a Guide to Choosing a Religion.”
Haha. The author is Ross Douthat and he is a convert to Catholicism so we know what choice he made several decades ago. I read his book Bad Religion:How We Became a Nation of Heretics over 15 years ago. For some reason the NY Times publishes his columns a few times a month. This is…
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Trump Signs Executive Order Barring Men from Women’s Sports
Another thing for certain people to get their hair on fire over. A few years ago I told my son Tim that all he needed to do to go to the Olympics is take testosterone blockers and estrogen for two years and Bingo!! he'd be throwing the women's shot put in the Olympic games. Ain't…
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp on tech and maintaining U.S. dominance.
UPDATE: Palantir announced their quarterly results after the close of the markets Monday. The stock went up 22% yesterday (Tuesday) and is now up 1,243% since May 2023. The short version of the interview is the link but highly recommend the long version I've embedded. On many things Karp is so-called progressive (he voted for…