Economic issues-taxes, freedom to do business, unemployment
Then why hasn't the government outlawed carbonated beverages? Big drinks companies like Coca Cola and Pepsico use large quantities of CO2 daily in making your Diet Coke. And when you open a can of Coke or Pepsi, some of the CO2 escapes. Why haven't they forbidden SodaStream to sell its machines in the US? Their …
Due to his founding of Microsoft Corp. with Paul Allen, Bill Gates is a very wealthy, and increasingly powerful man. His Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has done some very good work around the world. However, Mr. Gates has an imperfect history, that should make you very wary of believing much of what he is …
Continue reading Bill Gates does not have your best interests at heart
The Wall Street Journal tells us that many people in America are still "reluctant to travel", so leaving the leisure and hospitality areas of society still in bad shape. And why, pray tell, might so many people still be reluctant to leave the safety of their living-rooms? Maybe because all day, every day, the Press …
Continue reading The economy is poised for a roaring comeback, except…
Before 1997, Hong Kong was a British protectorate, on the border of Communist China. In 1899, Britain was granted a 99-year lease on the colony, and it became a thriving financial center, among other things. The population density of Hong Kong is remarkable, with numerous high-rise apartment buildings, and nearly 6700 people per square kilometer! …
Continue reading Hong Kong is being ruined as a bastion of liberty (New updates added)
Yes, I stand by my title above. In most every big city across America, the Teachers Unions have either slow-walked, or simply refused to return to classrooms for in-person instruction, because...Covid. The so-called "educators" who are tasked with preparing children for adult life are such lily-livered cowards that they believe, in the face of masses …
Continue reading Teachers (unions) Killing American Children
The KOMO-Seattle Web site has a heartbreaking story about what the City of Seattle has become, after a year of Government pandemic lockdowns and months of rioting and destruction in the downtown core. Here are some quotes from the story. Bolding and italics are mine. On the ground and in the streets there is a …
Welcome, once again, to the Cesspool that Seattle (formerly the Emerald City) has become. On the "Homeless" front, we have two stories today. First: Seattle to set up homeless shelters in Downtown and Belltown hotels. Seattle is spending their taxpayers' money to house their increasingly large homeless population in hotels. I wonder whether that will …
Continue reading Dispatch from the People’s Cesspool of Seattle-Updated
My readers will know that I am a retired industrial buyer. I am still in touch with my colleagues in the Institute For Supply Management, and receive various publications. I also watch for supply-chain stories in the business media, and there is a whopper in the Wall Street Journal this week. The story is about …
Continue reading Supply Chain Signal: Chip Shortage affects Auto-makers
This week, Canada has contributed to the ruination of the Alaska cruise industry. Numerous cruise lines, including Princess, Celebrity, Disney, Norwegian, Holland-America, Crystal, and Seabourn, cruise to Alaska from ports on the US West Coast, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle. Canada has now prohibited any cruise line from cruising in their waters, or …
Continue reading Canada single-handedly destroys the Alaska cruise industry
I live now in a One-Party State, with all parts of the government controlled, by large margins, by the Democrat Party (elected by the population of the Seattle area, much to the dismay of Eastern Washington with its lower population). The State has been in a Wuhan Coronavirus Mask Mandate situation since July of 2020. …
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