George Rebane
Kamala Harris has been Bumblebrain’s presumptive replacement before 2022. The thought was that Biden would resign due to health or family or some other reason, Kamala would step in and then be the reigning incumbent ready for a full term in 2024. It all made sense before the Dems and the country were exposed to Kackling Kamala who has made a fool of herself since inauguration as reflected by the new lows in her approval rating (here). Now Bumblebrain, even with all of his G7 gaffes (here and here), looks better than his erstwhile VP, which puts the Dems in a quandary. Everyone knows Joe ‘the Gaffe’ Biden will not be prepared for a second term even if he does finish his first term. I think the Dems’ new problem is that, given three more years of Kackling Kamala, she also will be unelectable in 2024. So everyone now is quietly looking for a Plan B.
[15jun21 update] Democrats don’t have a lock on butt stupid. That was proved by Republicans, 203 of whom voted for a House bill – ‘See the Crisis Act’ – that would require Kamala to visit the border before she goes on any other travels. (more here) Such a proscription by one branch of our government on another is not only politically infeasible, it’s also blatantly unconstitutional. I have no idea why so many Republicans signed on to this political stunt that had a snowball’s chance in hell of passing, and made them look like idiots for the attempt. Both parties have their lapses from sanity, it’s only the relative frequency of these lapses that make the Democrats clear winners in the competition.
[19jun21 update] ‘Tax break’ and ‘tax loophole’ – where did these terms come from? This question struck me this morning as we were reading the morning newspapers (at our house these are The Union and WSJ). After little noodling and discussion, we came to the conclusion that these terms cement in our national understanding the notion that our earnings first and foremost belong to the government. They may justifiably be taxed or retrieved by the government, at its pleasure and to any extent. ‘Break’ is meant to convey the meaning of a dispensation and reduction of the tribute that was previously remitted by a large now-favored cohort of taxpayers. With a tax break they now get to enjoy an interlude or break from having to pay their formerly full fare to the IRS. Note that tax break is a sometime thing, it is not a permanent reduction in our tax policy and may be revoked without prejudice by the government at any time. The money is still theirs, you’re just getting a temporary break.
Now a tax loophole is something completely opposite – it is a lawful means of reducing taxes, discovered individually, and valid for an indefinite period until some activist or government worthy successfully militates for closing it. By its label, a ‘loophole’ connotes something sordid, sneaky, and less than upright. People taking advantage of tax loopholes, no matter how legal, are assigned to inhabit the nether regions of our ethical society. A society in which good people would not stoop so low as to busy themselves going through the small print of our tax code to ferret out ways in which only they can reduce their tax and not pay their ‘fair share’. When found, such loopholes are seldom shared for the same reasons successful investment algorithms are not shared. But the idea is the same as for tax break – in exercising a loophole, you are denying government its just deserts from your earnings and assets.
‘Some people can be fooled all of the time, and all people can be fooled only some of the time, but most people can be fooled most of the time.’ I recall constructing that shibboleth for one of my past posts. Giving it more thought now makes it illuminate how the majority of our electorate is constantly bamboozled by the lamestream media as revealed by various polls. It is also easy to confirm by comparing coverage and interpretations of undisputed facts (almost all government sourced) and related issues reported by the lamestream and the admittedly rightwing outlets. The asymmetry is in that much of today’s news never sees the light of day on the pages of NYT, WaPo, et al, and the programs of CNN, MSNBC, et al. And what they do report is more often than not contextually false. This observation alone explains away why such a large contingent of Americans willfully swallow, tolerate, and repeat the growing body of woke insanities du jour – they know no better.
[20jun21 update] The impending passage of SR1 – the Senate’s version of the horrendous House HR1 – would change the scope of our constitutional federalism and permanently ensconce the nationwide means for voter fraud and irregularities to benefit Democrats. That party has been issuing a constant stream of lies claiming that the states’ various voter integrity projects will deny the vote to minorities. The facts from recent elections tell a totally different story. In sum, there is no evidence that requirements like voter ID, pre-registration, and election day proximal voting periods have ever reduced minority voter turnout or lower shares of voting by registered voters. This makes no nevermind to the Left that keeps repeating the same lies day after day. Write your senators to oppose SR1.
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