In case anyone in DC hasn’t noticed – and it appears many, MANY haven’t: Crony Socialists Looking to Ban Online Gambling Don’t Seem to Realize It’s a WORLD WIDE Web I wrote this piece – on October 21, 2014. About my online gambling activities – which I halted in the late 1990s. And about South […]
We less government types love federalism – rightly defined, of course: “A system of government in which states unite and give up some of their powers to a central authority.” That is precisely what happened in what became the United States. The thirteen colonies had just rid themselves of Britain. And by way of creating […]
In no small part because of very stupid, anti-First Amendment campaign finance “reform” laws – there exist non-profit entities that were created to allow us to engage in government-approved-and-limited political speech. The three most populous such federal entities – are colloquially named after their Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax code designations. They are the 501(C)3, […]
In Washington, D.C., bad ideas never die – they just get new Congressional bill numbers. There is no notion so dreadful nor roundly rejected – that an additional dash of crony campaign cash can’t resuscitate it. In DC, the Walking Dead don’t eat long pig – they eat pork. So it is with Crony Republicans’ […]
President-elect Donald Trump turns a very memorable phrase. His “Make America Great Again” helped launch his improbable run. “Build the Wall” became an early signature chant by his routinely massive rally crowds – predicated upon Trump’s promise to do exactly that between the United States and Mexico. And perhaps nothing did more down the home […]
I used to bet football games, and play occasional hands of cards (I’m mostly retired). I did so mostly online – via a company based in Costa Rica. Did I know the owner of the Costa Rican company? No. Did I know anyone in Costa Rica? No. Did I have any particular affinity for that […]