April 11, 2017, Evanston, IL……Last week, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai — a former Verizon lawyer — met with cable- and phone-company lobbyists to outline his plan to get rid of Net Neutrality.He wants to ditch the strong FCC rules that protect the open internet and instead ask internet service providers to “voluntarily” enforce Net Neutrality. […]
Read MoreToo Much Temptation For A Self-Centered Person
April 10, 2017, Hardschellreport, Evanston, IL……….Investors seem to be betting President Trump’s decision to retaliate against Syria after the chemical attack on Syrian citizens earlier this week may mean the Pentagon will need more Tomahawks. The Department of Defense is asking for $2 billion over five years to buy 4,000 Tomahawks for the U.S. Navy […]
Read MoreSmall Fingers on the Buttons
The motives are suspect, “beautiful babies” notwithstanding. Now he has a taste and with no semblance of strategy or thoughtful engagement can feel the power he has at his tiny fingertips. This was a win, win, win, win for him: major distraction, demonstration of toughness and new sheriff in town, favorability bump and awesome sense […]
Read MoreTrump’s Wall Folly
April 9, 2017, The Hard Schell Report, Evanston, IL …..Let us hope that concerns over diplomatic fallout, the disruption to local communities and the enormous cost of this ill-conceived Trump idea, estimated to cost the US anywhere from $22 billion to $40 billion will give rise for GOP leaders and legislators to push back against […]
Read MoreWhy Have an EPA?
April 5, 2017, Evanston, Il……Every day, the EPA is looking out for our health, whether we know it or not. Our cities and states are healthier places to live because of its work cleaning up pollution that occurred years before while also protecting us from new pollutants of all kinds. This crucial work is now being threatened […]
Read MoreWe The Public Need to Fight for Net Neutrality
April 4, 2017, Evanston, IL…….The measure blocking the online privacy rules is on the desk of President Trump, who is expected to sign it on Thurs, Apr. 6th. Here is quick history what happened leading to this point: In 2015, the rules known as the Net Neutrality rules were provided and passed by the FCC […]
Read MoreHillary, Revealed — How Did She Ever Lose?
April 3, 2017, Evanston, IL.…… Guardian: Why Hillary Lost I know many of us have asked ourselves this question. Especially, in light of who won the electoral vote count and what people were willing to overlook in this presidential election. I have to admit, I was stunned when I saw what we’d done. Based on polling […]
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Read MoreWaiting For Final Puzzle Piece
April 2, 2017 Evanston, IL…….We’re talking about a LOT of coincidences here for Russia not to be involved in something smarmy, and now we’re getting new reports that intelligence officials are being rounded up by the Kremlin. How many more will be falling out of windows or die from acute radiation syndrome. Recommending the article, […]
Read MoreUnsafe at any speed!
Wow: this is strong stuff! LA Times is taking a stand. We almost feel sorry for the man-child, but no we don’t. Here are the problems that we see: Immigrant policies hurt agriculture, construction, food service,tourism, tech,academia and medicine. Ceding trade leadership in the Pacific Bloc ($28 trillion) to China. Ceding clean energy leadership to […]
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