More random thoughts
The University of Pennsylvania has censured Amy Wax a tenured law professor over her comments that some deemed to be racist. She said that because of affirmative action less qualified blacks were admitted to law school. She invited a white nationalist to speak to her class. She was taken to task for saying “All cultures are not equal. Or at least they are not equal in preparing people to be productive in an advanced economy.” I guess Penn has statistics contradicting Wax’s comments on black law students. But they don’t. What they assert is that Wax’s statements violate school policy regarding the confidentiality of the student. I am sure that Penn will now take steps to censure all those professors who have invited anti-Semitic speakers into their classes and censure those who made hateful anti-Semitic comments during the recent proHamas demonstrations.
How about all that media outrage over Nancy Pelosi’s husband selling $500k of Visa stock right before the DOJ announced a major lawsuit against the credit card issuer? Wait. You mean there was no outrage? Imagine the reaction if it had been the spouse of a republican leader.
Kamala Harris said that she would support a suspension of the filibuster to enact a nationwide abortion law. The media nods its approval. Again imagine what the reaction would be if Trump said that he favored a suspension of the filibuster to enact a nationwide ban on abortion. The media would be crying that this would be tyrannical and dictatorial. Media bias on full display.
If the democrats were in the majority in the senate don’t think that a suspension of the filibuster for abortion would be their only act. There would follow giving statehood to DC and to Puerto Rico to insure a democrat majority in the senate forever.
Right now the senate, the Electoral College, some of the courts and the Constitution are what standing between the democrats’ attempts to making the country a one party state. Of course some are questioning why South Dakota has the same number of senators as California. Most want to get rid of the Electoral College so that a republican will hardly ever be elected president. Some want to trash the Constitution to get rid of gun rights, allowing non citizens to vote in federal elections and other pesky restrictions.
Is Biden still president? He did make an appearance with the president of India and of course forgot his name.
I hate the hideous City Connect baseball uniforms. Have you seen Toronto’s? The only ones that are passable are Atlanta’s which look like those worn during a period when Hank Aaron was playing.
Did you see where the House voted against EPA’s tailpipe mandate? Of course it will not pass the Senate and if it did Biden would veto it. What is notable is that the democrats running for the Senate in Michigan and Texas voted against it. Both of those states would be adversely affected if the EPA mandate were enacted. Michigan would lose workers in the automotive industry while Texas would lose workers in the oil fields. Note too that both of these candidates also favor getting rid of the filibuster.
Congress finally passed a continuing resolution. It expires in December and was stripped if the SAVE act. The only ones who voted against were those who scuttled Johnson’s initial CR (6 months plus the SAVE act) and those who insisted on the inclusion of the bill. I would be shocked if Johnson retained his speakership. But who in his/her right mind would want to lead this bunch?
Trump is now going after John Deere for moving production to Mexico (Deere in the headlights?). He is threatening 200% tariffs on any product produced by an American country outside the US. Trump loves tariffs.
Any comprehensive analysis of the economic plans of both Trump and Harris will find that both will be harmful to the economy. Harris’ $5 trillion tax increase and its unrealized capital gains tax would cripple the economy. It has more handouts which coupled with the increased taxes provide disincentives to both the productive and nonproductive workers. Trump’s tariffs would also devastate the economy raising prices to consumers, reducing real incomes and lowering GDP.
The jury is out on which set of policies will ultimately be the most harmful. However, one thing is clear. If the democrats can somehow obtain majorities in the House, Senate and win the presidency the American republic will be replaced by the tyranny of the majority, something feared by the Founders. I strongly suspect that those states with republican leadership and legislatures will resist and opt not to bow to the whims of the democrat majority. They will just say no to the EPA mandates and the banning of internal combustion engines. They will say no to the repeal of their state laws on abortion. They will just say no to illegal immigration. The question then would be the reaction of the national democrats and how they would go about getting the republican states to kow tow to their dictates. It should be interesting theatre.
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