Archive for January, 2018
Very Strict, Zero Deaths
Despite the fact that there hasn’t been any commercial aviation deaths in the last few years nor any new regulations on commercial aviation safety standards this year, Trump took credit for this being the “best and safest year on record.”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nuclear Button
Today’s comic isn’t so much of a joke as it is something that Lyndon Johnson actually gave as an answer to why we were meddling in Vietnam. Reminds me of something that happened more recently. Can’t quite put my stubby[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
March of Dimes
Happy 80th anniversary to the March of Dimes! The efforts initially led by Franklin Delano Roosevelt would lead to an almost immediate reversal of the polio crisis – from tens of thousands of new cases with children dying in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Early Warnings
I know many think it’s too early to start seriously thinking about these races, but it’s the main way that our elected officials are held in check by the people. Never stop reminding them that they work for you.