The "Nanny State" of Washington has enacted a new social program, paid for by all those who are employed in the state. Employees will now have half of 1% of their wages withheld, starting in January, for a "long-term care" tax, which will not be active until three years later. That benefit will be a …
Continue reading A new disincentive to work in the State of Washington
Dictator Inslee perfectly embodies my new favorite Covid-politics aphorism, which I coined. Absolute Power, once gained, is rarely yielded. And today, I am adding a new corollary to that aphorism. The Left never yields Absolute Power, and they are the ones who seek it most. Here is a quote from a KOMO article today, demonstrating, …
Yes, there is definitely a heatwave here in Western Washington. Every local news web site has multiple stories about the high temperatures being felt here, where 80 is normal summer. Here are a couple of screenshots of what I see on my phone right now. We have been in places where it was this hot, …
Continue reading Heatwave in Western Washington brings the expected responses
This post by Ricochet member "Unsk" is directly copied over. Since the comments are also very pertinent, I will copy them too. This is something I have been wondering about for a while now, and my Rico friends have generated a very good answer. ............ From Benjamin Braddock and “Why Was News of India’s Success …
A Ricochet friend did a post about "saving our children" from the malign "transgender movement". She mentioned the fact that today, many teenage girls don't like being girls, and maybe that sentiment could explain the popularity of the "transgender" movement. [scare-quotes used to indicate the falsity of transgenderism] I took it a step further, and …
Continue reading Why many teenage girls today do not want to be girls: “transgender” edition
Today, over 50% of US adults have been vaccinated against the Wuhan Coronavirus. Millions have already been infected, and recovered from Covid-19. Data show that prior infection with the virus can confer life-long immunity. Many states have totally dropped their mask mandates for everyone, and more states are going along with the (dubious) CDC guidelines, …
Recently there has been a lot of news on the subjects of the Marxist Black Lives Matter movement, and the teaching of Critical Race Theory in America's schools. But has anyone really thought it through, exactly what those two movements are ultimately aiming for? Actually, it's pretty simple. The ultimate goal of BLM and CRT …
Continue reading The Endgame of Black Lives Matter, and Critical Race Theory
Last week, Exxon-Mobil, the integrated oil and gas company, had their annual shareholders meeting in their headquarters town of Houston, Texas. As a result of shareholder action, they now have three new members of their board of directors, from the Environmentalist non-profit called Engine No. 1. This group wants to basically put Exxon-Mobil and other …
Continue reading What the CEO of Exxon-Mobil should have said to the shareholders from Engine No. 1
For over a year, the medical establishment of the United States, and most of the US Federal Government, has been listening to the advice of so-called infectious-disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been in his very well-paid government job for decades. That advice basically caused government to shut down the thriving US economy, close …
We all know that the Federal government has been spending your money like there's no tomorrow, lining the pockets of their favored groups, and "helping" the citizens who have been, what they call "impacted" (read: Ruined) by their actions to attack the Wuhan Coronavirus over the past year. One of the huge spending bills was …
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