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Tax Free Repatriation is the Only Thing Coming From Trump’s Plan; It Helps Only 4 or 5 Companies
The stock market is going ga-ga over Trump’s tax plans, and it is headed from the absurd to the still more absurd. I’ve reviewed the plan. My conclusions are that it is, first, a war by the upper class on the upper middle... Read →
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Rex Tillerson is waiting – waiting Until January 20th, 2018
So many people are wondering why Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, is playing a poor second fiddle to Donald Trump. More specifically, people are confused as to why a man of his stature, experience and track record would continue to let... Read →
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Russian Ties to Michigan and Wisconsin
I have spent a lot of time in Russia and have known a lot of Russians. Some of my Russian friends and contacts are brilliant. I have also spent millions of dollars in online advertising across platforms like Bing, Adwords and Facebook. ... Read →
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The Stock Market and Slaughter in America
Since the election, the stock markets have enjoyed an almost unbroken period of exuberance. Many have contributed this both to Donald Trump’s promise to reform corporate and individual taxes and, more generally, to a relief rally... Read →
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Who the Hell Cares About the NFL, It is America We Are Talking About
Today saw a remarkable show of unity among football players and owners. 70% of the players are African-American. A few have followed a practice initiated by Colin Kaepernick before the election of kneeling during the national anthem in... Read →
Not All Men Rape
Rape is a horrible crime -- and one that must not be tolerated. It happens everywhere, in developed as well as underdeveloped nations -- by young and older men alike. In America, university campuses have too often, and too many times... Read →
To Know How Facebook Was Used By The Russians, Ask Google
The last few days have brought increasing exposure to the fact that Facebook was completely infiltrated and abused by the Russians in order to perpetrate the coup d’etat that brought the monarchy to power in the US. As I have... Read →
Why This Doctor Won’t Be Watching Football this Fall
The football season kicks off this evening with the defending champion New England Patriots playing the Kansas City Chiefs. I won’t be watching this evening. In fact, I won’t be watching any games this year or any games any... Read →
It Took Facebook 10 Months to Admit What Every US User Knew in November
Facebook was completely taken over by fake news and fake advertising. It allowed itself – absolutely willfully – to be taken over by stories planted and paid for by Russian backers about everything from Hillary’s supposed... Read →
Evil Twins
The hair says it all! These are two men, each of whom holds the security and well being of the planet in his hands and each of whom is at war with the other. Calm and reason seem foreign to both. We are back to primitive times –... Read →
Hubris - Obama's Note for History
President Obama wrote a stirring note to the new President moments before he surrendered the presidency to Donald Trump. He left it in the top drawer of the desk in the Oval Office. Ostensibly, it was a private note from him, not one to... Read →
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Bangkok, Thailand – 9/20/2006; Washington, D.C. – 9/20/2017
It was early in the morning in Bangkok on September 20, 2006. Thaksin Shinawatra, the billionaire telecom entrepreneur who had become Prime Minister of Thailand to order to increase his own wealth, had been deposed in a military coup only... Read →
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