Were descriptive accuracy my sole objective, I would have titled this post “Intelligence Without Intellect.”
So why doctors?
Bob Lord
Progressives Rooting for Trump: Careful What You Wish For
You don’t have to look hard to find progressives giddy over Trump’s ascendancy. Just scroll down your Facebook page or check out the comments to posts here. Our own commenter, the omniscient Captain Arizona, is on board. “The enemy of your enemy is your friend,” he explains.
Where it is still permitted, we undoubtedly will see progressive mischief makers cross over to vote for Trump in Republican primaries, if his show lasts that long.
As I’ve written previously, I’m sure Trump will crash, or at least fade. Nonetheless, his success thus far should be cause for alarm, not celebration, among thinking, decent people. Face it: If Trump survived the Republican primaries, the only thing between him and the presidency would be people of color. White America would be ready to elect him, perhaps in a landslide. That reality should be chilling.
Trump not only is whipping a huge (and growing) segment of the population into a nativist, nationalist frenzy, he’s doing so based on pure fiction. Our current net in-migration rate is approximately zero. It might even be slightly negative.
On the world stage, however, mass immigration and right-wing nationalist backlash are real, with the associated dangers growing. Andrew O’Hehir of Salon connects the reality in Europe to the seeming unreality of Trump. His analysis should give those progressives rooting for Trump pause.
Predicting Trump’s Unraveling
Paula Pennypacker, the Republican turned Democrat turned nativist Trump shill, is posting regularly on Facebook that Trump is the real deal. The rest of us, progressives and conservatives both, still deep down inside believe Trump will fade. But when? He’s survived statements many thought were sure to sink him. My guess is when his anger … Read more
My Half-Baked Construct on Race in America
Hopefully this post is not the pain meds speaking. I had my rotator cuff repaired yesterday. The pain’s not bad, but I’m taking a low dose of meds as a cautionary measure.
After reading yesterday about the umpteenth racial incident making national news in the last year, the “Napa Valley wine train eviction,” I started wondering (again) why the incidents just keep on coming. It seems that there’s been zero change in the collective behavior of white America.
Why is that?
My crazy construct for understanding this: White Americans can be placed into four categories, with the potential for movement from one category to another.
The Mystery in the Iran Deal Reporting
I haven’t followed the Iran Deal reporting nearly as closely as others, so it’s altogether possible I’m off base here.
But I found this Associated Press report, specifically not about the Iran Deal, kind of curious: Dubai, Saudi Markets Lose 7 Percent After Oil Price Dip. The title accurately describes the subject matter. Here’s the explanation for the oil price drop:
Oil futures have been falling for eight consecutive weeks because of ample supplies of crude and a slowing global economy. Prices have fallen almost 60 percent since this time last year.
Sherif Aziz, an analyst at Mubasher Trade, said there are also growing concerns about a slowdown in China, which announced a devaluation of its currency, the yuan. Concerns about slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy shook markets around the world and drove the U.S. stock market to its biggest drop in nearly four years on Friday.