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Yavin4's Journal
Yavin4's Journal
January 7, 2019

If you believe that climate change is an existential threat to humanity on this planet...

then a 70% top marginal rate, the end of fossil fuels, and green new jobs are very small prices to pay.

January 7, 2019

Brexit Question. What if, after the separation from the EU, the UK defaults on its debts?

Wouldn't that trigger another global recession/depression? Defaults tend to cascade. Or, am I just being paranoid?

January 7, 2019

Anyone looking forward to tonight's National Championship game?

I'm not. College football and the NBA have gotten too predictable to me. I've lost interest.

January 6, 2019

Warren/Harris 2020?

No one questions when there are two men on the ticket.

January 4, 2019

What's truly depressing is that there are people who will see Trump speak

and believe every word. He's vomitting up verbal diarrhea, and they think that it's gold.

January 4, 2019

Dog: "Let's play peek-a-boo"

Cat: "If I stay still and don't move, he go away."

January 3, 2019

Most Americans want government to help them. The media wants bi-partisanship.

That's one of the biggest problems with our system, and oddly enough, this obsession with bi-partisanship creates the partisanship that we see.

--On Edit--

This is why the Democrats should focus like a laser on policies that help Americans, and not give in to the Washington media's obsession for bi-partisanship.

January 3, 2019

James O'Brien Commentates On Donald Trump's Q&A Session

This is how our media should cover Trump:

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