The world of politics – and political thought – is inhabited by many different subcultures. There is a broad Left-Right divide right down the middle of PoliticsLand – and there are more than a few encampments that straddle this border. Libertarianism is an…interesting such subculture. Planted firmly on the border – with plenty hanging over […]
We’ve long chronicled the incredibly obnoxious government cronyism incredibly huge Amazon (Market Cap: $779 billion) garners. Uber-Crony Amazon – Is About To Get The Biggest Crony Deal In DC’s Awful History Amazon: Government – And Its Crony, Monopoly Straight-Jacket How Crony Corrupt Is Amazon? The Right And Left Are Both Nauseated By It Amazon gets […]
One of the very many impediments to getting less government in DC – is inertia. The Deep State – is very, very real. And is filled to overflowing with bureaucrats who want to at the very least maintain the bloated status quo – when not growing government wherever and whenever they can. So when a […]
Everything-Internet mega-company Amazon – is a monstrous beast. As of this writing, its Market Cap is $798 billion. Its owner, Jeff Bezos, is all by himself worth a cool $136 billion (at least until his looming divorce is finalized). Amazon dominates the Internet. Much of that domination has been achieved – by very anti-free market […]
The United States has spent the last decade-plus being extraordinarily stupid when it comes to the protection of Intellectual Property (IP). By that we mean – we have time and again undermined even the most basic IP protections. Leaving the people who create the things upon which our Information Economy – twisting in the wind. […]
The old political paradigm into which DC has spent the last many decades cramming the country – is coming apart at the seams. Busting through, actually. As constituencies jammed into one ideological side or other – are breaking free of their imposed bounds. We are in the midst of a massive, omni-directional realignment. Descriptives and […]
I am beginning to wonder if Amazon has ever done anything straight-shooting and/or above board – to acquire its massive market dominance and cash cap ($744 billion). Amazon Retail for nearly two decades has submarined and strip mined brick-and-mortar competitors by selling nigh everything during the retail-make-or-break Christmas season – at a loss. Amazon: Nearly […]
Mega-company Apple (Market Cap: $838 billion) has spent the last nearly two years selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stolen goods: “Actually – the stolen guts within the goods. “What do we mean? “The reasons Apple’s iPhone (and iPad are) at all interesting – are the patented ideas developed by American company Qualcomm…. […]
God bless President Donald Trump and his Administration for all they are doing to protect Intellectual Property (IP) from the world’s wolves. Of course the largest of all the wolves – is China. Trump To Toughen-Up On China’s Intellectual Property Theft Trump Administration Goes after China over Intellectual Property Trump’s Actions Send a Clear Message: […]
The Donald Trump Administration has done an excellent job of reinvigorating our economy. The administration has done the very necessary bureaucratic forestry of cutting back much of the regulatory underbrush. And Trump and Republicans passed their tax cuts – which were aimed in no small part at people who hire people. Since they’re about the […]