BlogHide Resteemsthomaslknapp (57)in schoolchoice • 3 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.National School Choice: Weak"With education funding following the student rather than being assigned to government-run institutions in a growing number of states, " JD Tuccille writes in his annual "National School Choice…thomaslknapp (57)in doge • 5 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Trump's "Return to Office" Order: The Opposite of DOGE?In a Wall Street Journal op-ed last November ( "The DOGE Plan to Reform Government" ), Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy asserted that "[r]equiring federal employees to come to the office five…thomaslknapp (57)in tips • 7 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.No Tax On Tips: One of Trump's (And Harris's) Better IdeasPhoto by Scott Sanchez. Public domain. During last year's presidential campaign, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris seemed to disagree on quite a few things. One thing they agreed on --- Trump…thomaslknapp (57)in incandescentlightbulbs • 9 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Let There Be Light -- And Let People Choose How They Get ItOne of newly inaugurated (for a second time) president Donald Trump's executive orders --- "Unleashing American Energy" --- promises to "safeguard the American people's freedom to choose from a…thomaslknapp (57)in immigration • 12 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Constitution Won't Save Us From TrumpOn January 17, outgoing US president Joe Biden belatedly announced the ratification --- in 2018 --- of the 28th Amendment (the "Equal Rights Amendment") to the US Constitution. On January 20…thomaslknapp (57)in rossulbricht • 15 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Free Ross, Hopefully"If you vote for me," Donald Trump told Libertarians at their national convention last May, "on day one, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht." Some of us believed him. Some didn't. Some…thomaslknapp (57)in tobacco • 17 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.FDA To Public: Smoke 'Em If You Got 'EmHere we go again: On January 14, the US Food and Drug Administration announced its latest rule proposal in the War on Nicotine. Under the rule (which faces a 240-day public comment period…thomaslknapp (57)in trump • 19 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.BOHICA: Or, What to Expect When You're Expecting a New PresidentWell, here we are: After a long presidential campaign full of warnings from each "major" party campaign about the horrible things the other "major" party's candidate would do to us if elected…thomaslknapp (57)in donaldtrump • 22 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Politics Makes People -- Including Supreme Court Justices -- StupidProtesters outside the court on the day of Trump's sentencing. Photo by Swinxy. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. On January 10, US president-elect Donald Trump officially…thomaslknapp (57)in porn • 24 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.When Government Blocks Porn, People Can (And Should) Block GovernmentGraphic by Shashikabir87. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. When you pull out your phone, tablet, or laptop --- or sit down at a desktop computer --- what…thomaslknapp (57)in violence • 28 days agosteemCreated with Sketch.Veterans and Violence: Chicken or Egg?"I need to cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost," Master Sergeant Matthew Alan Livelsberger (US Army) allegedly wrote in an explanatory note on his phone before shooting himself inside a Tesla…thomaslknapp (57)in doge • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.A New Year DOGE Resolution"How can this be called a 'continuing resolution,'" Elon Musk asked concerning Congress's next-to-last stopgap government funding bill, "if it includes a 40% pay increase for Congress?" The…thomaslknapp (57)in ukraine • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.What Would You Say This War Is About, Tom Knapp?Bakhmut, 2023. State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. More than 40 years after its release, an exchange in the opening scene of Warren…thomaslknapp (57)in panamacanal • last monthA Man, A (Bad) Plan, A Canal, PanamaIn 1989, US forces invaded, conquered, and occupied Panama, replacing its pet dictator, Manuel Noriega with a new regime. Then-president George H.W. Bush's justifications for the invasion included…thomaslknapp (57)in happyholidays • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.Happy Holidays (There Oughta Be a Law to Help With That)!It's "year in review" time for most political columnists, so here's my opinion on 2024, along with a recommendation for 2025. Opinion: Zero out of ten, would not recommend. If you're reading this…thomaslknapp (57)in drones • last monthsteemCreated with Sketch.New Jersey Drones: Policy Follows Panic ... IneffectuallyEquipment inspection drone. Photo by Medusasami. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. On December 18, the Federal Aviation Administration issued an alert…thomaslknapp (57)in bitcoin • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Dean Baker (Unintentionally?) Makes The Case Against Fiat Currency"Bitcoin," economist Dean Baker argues at the Center for Economic and Policy Research , "won't put food on the table. Bitcoin also won't put gas in your car or provide medical care for your…thomaslknapp (57)in daylightsavingtime • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.I Heartily Agree With Donald Trump (And It's About Time!)On December 13, president-elect Donald Trump pledged on Truth Social that in his coming term the Republican Party will "use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time." It's not very…thomaslknapp (57)in politics • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.Brian Mast As Foreign Policy Indicator: New Boss, Same As The Old BossIn 2016, Donald Trump ran for president as a kinda-sorta, maybe-a-little-bit, "antiwar" candidate. Once in office, however, he escalated every war he had inherited, ending none of them, "surging"…thomaslknapp (57)in suicide • 2 months agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Right To Die Is Part Of The Right To LifeFrederick Leighton --- The Reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets over the Dead Bodies of Romeo and Juliet In late November, by a vote of 330 to 275, the British House of Commons supported…
