Wednesday Flotsam and Jetsam
Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.
President Trump announced a new $5.8 billion steel mill to be built by Hyundai in America. Trump is truly the master of the art of the deal getting countries and companies to invest in the US... To be fair when it comes to the Epstein client list I too want arrests but more importantly I want convictions. I prefer officials take their time because its better that some guilt walk free than one innocent person be forever tainted with such a heinous allegation... Russell Wilson signed a one year $21 million deal with the Giants which is another indication Aaron Rodgers to sign as QB for the Steelers. Would be funny if he decided to retire instead leaving Pittsburgh high and dry with all the QB's already taken... Revelation that a third of the FBI's employees are in DC reinforces my idea that many in that organization may view themselves as more of a modern praetorian guard instead of an organization that is supposed to be fighting crime... The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) has proven to be anything but affordable... Simple question but President Trump is proposing reciprocal tariffs and some are arguing that tariffs don't work or are harmful to US interests. If that's the case - why do these countries have high tariffs on our stuff in the first place? Why the need for the two orders Colonel?... Did having Tom Brady on the Patriots also give Robert Kraft more power in the DNC because he's also a client of the Paul Weiss law firm and their tentacles are everywhere in the DNC? Now that Brady is retired and New England is a middling NFL team is Kraft now just another old guy?... RFK Jr. with another example of how supportive Cabinet members are of DOGE and how DOGE is improving life for the average American... An underappreciated aspect of President Trump and DOGE cutting all this waste and fraud is that it is drying up all the potential payoffs to people who might commit fraud to swing elections. Why would these people take the risks of years in prison if they are no longer getting paid for it? Could a side-effect of DOGE be safer elections?... The Patriots signed receiver Stefon Diggs to a 3-year deal. Still don’t know what to make of this move but will keep an open mind. He gets a bad rap from sportswriters as a selfish player and a clubhouse cancer but teammates all talk glowingly about him… Of course 25% tariffs attached to countries like Venezuela aren't reciprocal they're punitive because Venezuela is our enemy. If you want Venezuelan oil we'll slap a 25% tariff on your goods. You're still free to make a choice but you have to chose between doing business with a country like Venezuela or the US. Suddenly oil from Texas or Alaska looks much more attractive than oil from Chevron... Congrats to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya who was confirmed by the Senate 53-47 to be the new Director of the NIH. Not a single Democrat voted for him because obviously they prefer blacklists and censorship to qualifications. I hope Dr, Bhattacharya has a long memory…
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