When the stock market goes up or down, credit and blame accrues to the president. Mostly unfair in a global economy, of course, but that’s how Americans judge it. Call it the “Pottery Barn Rule -- If You Break It, You Own It”. No clearer example of this than the post-Trump election stock market rally. Before the election, Democrats said the robust stock market levels … [Read more...]
Good to know Harry Reid’s Still a Jackass
The recent verbal tussle between Nevada’s Sen. Harry Reid and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, serves as a reminder to Nevadans that in the world of political jackassery our retiring senior senator still has game. Here he is this month tangling with a younger and bigger jackass in the form of Donald Trump. Reid: “(Trump) complains about her (Hillary’s) … [Read more...]
Nothing New in Politics
With the acrimonious outbursts by both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump this week, it seems the general election will be a long and ferocious contest between the two. Since both contestants have chosen to go “negative”, it reminds me of the old precept in handling political campaigns that stated, “Negative ads are good – because they work.” Proving that there is nothing new in … [Read more...]
Rent control, damage control and butt control
The vaunted Barbwire investigative team has spared every expense in getting to the bottom of a burning issue: Donald Trump’s running mate. His Wonderfulness needs a Latina VP who will both broaden the base (remember those words) and bring eye candy to the ticket. So who’s a base-broadening babe? Spanish-speaking star and stone fox? Class with nice ass? The logical … [Read more...]
A little GOP schooling: Do the math, read the history
Donald Trump keeps throwing temper tantrums like a spoiled school boy, complaining the system is rigged and crooked and he is being robbed of votes. “You’re going to have a very, very angry and upset group of people at the convention,” Trump said at an event in Staten Island, N.Y., after Ted Cruz swept the Republican caucuses in Colorado and Wyoming by having the audacity to … [Read more...]
April Foolishness: How to stop a world at war
The solutions to our national problems are simple and obvious, we’re just too set in our ways to implement them. This country has been on a wartime footing since 1942. If you don’t believe it, look at how much of our national treasure we spend on our war machine compared to other nations. No less than Donald Trump got some traction with his comment about dropping out of … [Read more...]
Donald Trump: from ivory tower to Hightower
Last Saturday, a guest commentary appeared over Donald Trump’s name in the Reno Kazoo-Journal. “We need president who obeys law,” blared the headline as Trump pandered to the Cliven Bundy wing of the moonhowler party, demanding release of public land to local control. Bad, bad, bad idea, as former Tribunite Dennis Myers has pointed out: “Nevada received 3,992,000 acres of … [Read more...]
Trump is no joke: he would tax the rich
Donald Trump for president! Yes, Trump is a blowhard, but he is not blowing smoke about taxes in his 2016 campaign for the presidency. Violating Republican orthodoxy, Trump would raise taxes on billionaires like himself. He also told Alan Rappeport, reporter for the New York Times, he would lift taxes by such a hefty margin that his populist tone has alarmed the GOP. But … [Read more...]