SnakeRiverLib

Who are the refugees in Israel?  Well before the end of WWI, Jews had been buying land in the former Ottoman Empire.  They had been buying land to create a homeland for Jews.  At the end of WWI, the Ottoman Empire was divided and the protectorate was established, designating an official homeland for the Jews.  Their ANCESTRAL homeland, to clarify.  The UN recognized Israel in 1948, and it was immediately attacked by the surrounding arab nations.  The attack was repulsed, and the war to maintain their freedom had begun.  In 1967 and 1973 additional wars happened.  Same results, except that Israel took land necessary to defend itself.  It traded away the Sinai peninsula to Egypt in exchange for peace.  Look what that got them in the UN.  Egypt voted yes. So, here we are.  Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, the only one that grants citizenship to believers of a different sort (ask christians or jews about their full ...

On Monday, the Electoral College will vote, and we will be done with the election, unless somehow Electors violate the law in many states and vote contrary to their state.  Faithless electors have never overturned an election, but this year is out of wack in so many ways.  Hopefully not. Here is a stat for those that would overthrow the Electoral College.  We hear that Secretary Clinton won by 3 million votes.  A lot, no doubt, about 2% of the total cast.  Here is a stat you probably aren't hearing.  Take away California, one state, and who has the popular total?  If you guessed Trump, you would be right.  By about 1.4 million votes. Senator McConnell has said, now that the GOP controls the House, the Senate, and the WH, that any tax reform must be revenue neutral.  Really?  What happened to "If we can get the House?" (2010)  or "If we only had the House AND the Senate?" (2014)  Well, now you have it all, GOP.  And ...

So, President elect Trump has nominated some very interesting people in very interesting positions.  You can figure that he must be doing something right for the howling to be what it is. First, let me say that nominating Generals, in particular for SecDef, is not necessarily a war mongering event.  In fact, who would be better to stop this playing war BS than a general who has seen first hand the price we have paid. Now for some fun. Treasury .  Goldman Sachs?  okay, probably not cool.  Didn't Trump bash Cruz for his wife having ties to GS? Education .  Who better to help take down an extra-constitutional department ( ECD ) than someone that has taken the fight to the NEA?  Remember the NEA right?  The union that said that they would care for the students when the students started paying dues?  You can google it.  By the way, which union is the single largest contributor to the DNC?  yup. When I say extra-constitutional...