With Republicans controlling the Senate and Democrats showing less and less spine as this administration drags on I give him better than 70 percent odds he’ll be confirmed by the end of July.

“They hate our us for our freedoms” is the common axiom among many of those who propose limiting or even out right erasing our freedoms to ‘save’ our freedoms.

Qatar is one of the most ‘progressive’ kingdoms in the Middle East. They are the home base of Al Jazeera (which is better than some American based ‘news’ outlets). They have relatively stable relations with Iran due to a shared oil field. They are relatively open to the rest of the world. They have offered support for…

Now would be good time to devote resources and time into registering voters in purple and red states. Now would be good time for the Democrats to be recruiting candidates to challenge for Republican held seats in the House. Now would be good time to articulate what a Democratic congress would do if elected (and no…

Democrats. Leading from behind as always. Constantly following polls is just one of the many things that make them look weak.

Wal-Mart epitomizes almost everything modern conservatives claim to hate. The stores are filled with products made overseas. Wal-Marts drive ‘family’ owned businesses into bankruptcy and have devastated small communities. The wages are so low they actually help their employees apply for government services.

Also, be willing to work swing and night shifts. Speaking from experience those are the hardest shifts to staff, especially when it comes to maintenance and engineering support. Most factories run 24-7 these days. A machine goes down at 11pm management wants it back up ASAP. No one wants to lose an entire shift of…

One of the reasons manufacturing is coming back to the US is because overseas labor is no longer the cheap silver bullet it was in the 80s and 90s. Wages close to the border in Mexico (75-100 miles) in several areas are actually becoming competitive with US wages (especially in key engineering, maintenance and other…

Speaking as someone who works in auto parts manufacturing in the US, automation is indeed the name of the game. We have a subsidiary plant in Mexico. What they do with 7-10 people, we do with 2-3 because our facility is far more automated.

Given the number of bankruptcies in his past it’s safe to say Trump’s ‘strategy’ doesn’t work all that well in the business world either. There are reasons US and European banks stopped doing business with Trump. The main one being, he sucks at business.

The funny thing is their ‘defense’ in most of these cases is that the other person was ‘rude’ in some manner that justifies their violent response. It’s the same reason given for reporters being arrested when asking questions of Trump officials in public.

It’s Rasmussen which is traditionally very biased in favor of Republicans. The fact that even they have never been able to get Trump over 50% says a lot.

This is going to be a case of the coverup being worse than the crime. Trump was almost certainly never involved in any Russian dealings the campaign. But he’s clearly involved in trying to make it go away.

The problem with MacFarlane is there is usually one funny joke but it’s surrounded by ten unfunny jokes (five on either side). And then there’s his tendency to slip into inappropriate recycled gay-jokes or unpleasant pedophile jokes.

And now it’s being reported that the ‘person of interest’ being investigated is Jared Kushner.

I’m betting he goes off during a speech in Saudi Arabia trashing the US media, saying Saudi Arabia has the right idea about controlling the press. Even worse than he did during the Coast Guard commencement ceremony.

None of these are true ‘a la cart’ services. I’m not paying a fee and selecting just the channels I want. In other words I pay $20 per month for 10 channels of my choosing. These are just cable packages through a different supplier. I have to pick a tier and then get the channels they give me whether I want those…

Even Rasmussen has his approval ratings in the low 40s.

China has large air-quality problems and is actually mandating TOUGHER standards for emissions than California.

I think it’s where the weight is distributed. A 180+ body with a fixed location vs a few pounds in the pedals that moves a few inches. Having the body in a fixed position makes it easier to balance out the rest of the car.