Why Isn’t This Income Inequity An Issue?

A baseball player…let me repeat that…a baseball player…and I love baseball…is going to be paid $300 million over 10 years: On Tuesday, we found out: a 10-year, $300 million contract for Manny Machado to play for the San Diego Padres, a small-market, low-spending team that lost 96 games last season…

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Yes Donald, There Is A Difference Between News Coverage and a Comedy Show!

Every fifth grader knows that! I acquired this screen capture from a third party. I couldn’t find an active version on President Trump’s Twitter account. This would be sad if it weren’t quite so scary. But confirmation of the Tweet is included in the link above.

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Economic and Income Inequity rears its ugly head in Wisconsin!

I am sorry Green Bay Packer fans…but there is no one…not one man, woman, or child who is worth $33 million a year for doing a job…any job…unless every man, woman and child is worth that. This is the epitome of income inequity. If you aren’t comfortable with what the…

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Department of Defense Needs $30 Billion More For? PARADES!

The biggest story out of Washington today was the Senate budget agreement adding billions to the deficit with increased for both defense and non-defense domestic items. The president has been lobbying for additional military spending consistently since taking office. But the bill may have issues in the House and Oval…

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Movie Recommendation: Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Trailer

I didn’t even know that this movie existed until I watched on my vacation flight to Thailand. But if you have a chance to watch it, take the opportunity. Some of the events and statements in the movie apply to the current environment as well as the Watergate era it…

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Morning Sickness….

I was shocked beyond belief this morning while watching an interview with the author of a new book, The Intimidation Game, Kim Strassel, on Morning Joe.  Joe Scarborough and Nicole Wallace just sat back and let this woman lie like a rug about the “Left’s scare tactics” designed to shut down…

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Sea Monkeys, Barnum, Biblical Giants and Humbug

This article from the NY Times magazine has absolutely nothing to do with politics…except for this one little nugget that I just had to smirk at: In his own way, P.T. Barnum was the greatest cognitive scientist of the 19th century. He understood that when you pit humbug against harsh…

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Are They Right? Trump Is Obama’s Fault?

From the front page of the March 13, 2016 Sunday New York Times: Donald Trump’s Presidential Run Began in an Effort to Gain Stature Donald J. Trump arrived at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in April 2011, reveling in the moment as he mingled with the political luminaries who…

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Some GOP Debate Fun On A Saturday Morning:

If you would like to see a few memes and gifs from the last GOP debate and read about the company that produces them and how they do it…not sure exactly why…but click HERE:

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UFC Video Is Just Plain Sick

I imagine some of our readers here at Blogging Blue are fans of UFC and possibly Ronda Rousey. And I can sort of understand why fans would want to dress like Rousey for Halloween. And even if we accept the violence involved in UFC…and we shouldn’t…we really really should put…

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