Category Archives: Voting Rights

Dear Republicans: This is a Great Time to Consider Retirement

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Dear Republicans: This is a Great Time to Consider Retirement The new CNN cited polls show that your demographic groups are down 13% to 20% from the last election. Your President is the least popular in history. He has decided … Continue reading →

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Big Brother Is Here, and He Is Trump

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU Since “1984” by George Orwell, written in 1949, we have all been worried about a Big Brother following us. The invention of phony wars to regulate us hasn’t been much considered. George Bush’s powers of … Continue reading →

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Hasn’t Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle of Georgia Just Asked for a Bribe to the NRA?

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Hasn’t Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle of Georgia Just Asked for a Bribe to the NRA? Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, Republican of Georgia, has just told Delta Airlines that it must restore its Flight Discount to NRA members, or as President … Continue reading →

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Florida’s Gerrymandering Defeats an Assault Weapons Ban

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Florida’s Gerrymandering Defeats an Assault Weapons Ban Since there are a lot of numbers in this article, I will summarize the result at the start. The Florida House refused to take up an Assault Weapons Ban by almost two to … Continue reading →

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Cyber Security Threats to Our Elections, and State and Local Prevention

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Cyber Security Threats to Our Elections, and State and Local Prevention Much of cyber security is not only done at the NSA, Homeland Security, and McAfee level, but has to be done at the level of individuals and the computers … Continue reading →

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Please Teach Trump What Bastille Day Celebrates

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Please Teach Trump What Bastille Day Celebrates Trump, having witnessed the Bastille Day or French National Day Parade, has decided that he needs that pomp of having a July 4 Parade next year showing off our military hardware. France’s parade … Continue reading →

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A Politician as FBI Director Will Affect All Legal Disputes, Not Just Russia

Posted on May 14, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

A Politician as FBI Director Will Affect All Legal Disputes, Not Just Russia   No matter what the Russia investigation turns up, it likely won’t be acted upon in any effective way. Its clear now that Attorney General Sessions has … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Firing of Comey

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

While the cable, tv news, and the press are saturating the coverage of FBI Director James Comey’s firing, and this insignificant blog is not needed on this, I will continue commenting on this. Part of the blog is just as … Continue reading →

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Will Trumpomania Ever Cease?

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Will Trumpomania Ever Cease? President-not-in-waiting Donald Trump has been running an off-the-chart-rating TV reality (unfortunately) show, that keeps the public in daily suspense, and the cable news channels in a monetary heaven. For our sanity, we hope that at some … Continue reading →

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Math of the 2016 Election

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Dennis SILVERMAN

This article contains the pdf of the lecture that I am giving to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Irvine, on Dec. 6, 2016.  It started as the math hidden in the primaries, but got delayed until after the … Continue reading →

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