Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- This is a fantastic political ad. If I lived in her district I'd definitely vote for her.

- Every sign has a story behind it. I really want to know the story behind this one.

- The Astros cheating scandal has betting and legal implications for MLB

- Speaking of the MLB cheating scandal - the day baseball lost its mind.

- How to become a park ranger

-  How fisheries could be sustainable and profitable

- Iran's theocracy will collapse because of people like Kimia Alizadeh

Thomas Peterffy - Freedom To Succeed

This video is from the 2012 election but it seems even more relevant today. I'm curious if Mr. Peterffy comes out with another commercial defending capitalism this election cycle.

Money in Politics

For years I've heard that we need to get big money out of the political process. I guess each party doxxing the other party's major donors would be one way to accomplish this goal.

Though I think the people trying to shame Trump donors haven't thought this through.

If that's OK then I'm guessing it's perfectly fine for the ADL to publicly dox anyone who gave money to Ilhan Omar's campaign and portray them as people who are actively supporting anti-Semitism and Sharia Law.

Or for an opponent of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to publicly dox anyone who donated to AOC's campaign as being complicit is driving away Amazon's proposed headquarters from the district and costing 25,000 much needed jobs.

Under these new rules all that is fine - right?

This reminds me of when Harry Reid used the "nuclear option" to eliminate filibusters on executive branch appointments and federal judicial appointments. How's that short term thinking working for the Democrats as Mitch McConnell uses the new rules of the game Reid implemented to help President Trump install more Federal (Republican) judges than any President in history.

I would also be perfectly fine with taking away the tax deduction status of all political donations. It's nobody's business if I buy a large Hawaiian pizza from Dominos. When Dominos reports their earnings as required by law - they don't publicly report individual purchases by customer. So I don't have to worry about people doxxing me because I happen to like the combination of pineapple and ham (which I know some people view as an abomination in the eyes of the Lord). Likewise politicians would report how much money they raised but not from which individuals.

The big drawback to this suggestion could be the unfettered influx of foreign money.

Of course the simple solution would be for EVERYONE to just stop giving money to these assholes altogether (or all together which may fit better). Then maybe, just maybe, elected officials would have to run on their accomplishments and how they've helped their constituents and not on attack ads and much of the crap we deal with today.

Just a thought.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- One of the better political ads I've seen.

- Go eat some Dick's (yeah I've got the sense of humor of a 13-year old boy)

- This is the future of medicine in the US - using IBM's Watson as a second medical opinion

- Heh heh

- The things nightmares are made of

Johnson-Weld 2016

I'm in!

Fireworks and Politics

Heh heh - the funniest 4th of July political ad you may ever see.

Thomas Peterffy - Freedom To Succeed

I agree with those who say this is perhaps the best video of the campaign season.

In last night's VP debate Joe Biden said a couple of times that 97% of the small businessmen in this country make less than $250,000. He said it as if it was a good thing! We need leadership that wants people to succeed so that more small business people are making more than $250,000 because the more those business people make the more they will need to hire people. It is common sense.