Monthly Archives: December 2016

Trump’s Appointments Are Like the Wizard of Oz Movie

Trump Appointments Are Like the Wizard of Oz Movie Donald Trump has a problem trusting people that he does not know well.  So, he has been taking those that work for him or were close to him in the campaign and placing … Continue reading

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This is the Start of the Planet of the Apes

This is the Start of the Planet of the Apes I don’t really mean apes, but a government with similarities to that in the Planet of the Apes movie. I don’t really remember many of the details, so movie buffs, … Continue reading

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Modernizing Nuclear Civil Defense Procedures

Modernizing Nuclear Civil Defense Procedures Now that our new President is playing fast and loose with an escalation of nuclear armaments, it is time to modernize our nuclear civil defense procedures, just in case.  Actually, President-elect Trump’s off the cuff … Continue reading

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Trump Doubles Down on Nuclear Arms Race

Trump Doubles Down on Nuclear Arms Race As predicted, Trump has doubled down on his tweet about the US expanding our nuclear capability.  This time, he did not even grace us with a 140-character tweet, but with a quote from … Continue reading

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Republicans and a Trump Tweet Bring Back the Cold War in One Day

Republicans and a Trump Tweet Bring Back the Cold War in One Day Teach your kids and grandkids how to duck and cover, like my generation did 60 years ago. First the Republican congress takes the word “limited” out of … Continue reading

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Trump Will Literally Drain the Swamp of ‘Gators

Trump Will Literally Drain the Swamp of ‘Gators A few years ago I drove across the Florida Everglades on the southern highway, state road 9336. In the middle we came across one of those signs of the maximum altitude of … Continue reading

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Wind Power Support Should Survive the Trump Energy Disruptors

Wind Power Support Should Survive the Trump Energy Disruptors   Should has a few meanings, from best for the planet, to actually will occur.   The greatest inland wind capacities in the US exist in the Midwest states from Texas … Continue reading

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Senate Advise and Consent? Don’t Count on It, with the Avenging Alligator in the Swamp

Senate Advise and Consent?  Don’t Count on It, with the Avenging Alligator in the Swamp. Have we ever known the Avenging Trump to back down on a fight, at least without leaving a scar? This is a strategy that he … Continue reading

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Trump’s Oilocracy: A Government Of the Oilgarchs, By the Oilgarchs, and For the Oilgarchs

Trump’s Oilocracy:  A Government Of the Oilgarchs, By the Oilgarchs, and For the Oilgarchs (Apologies to President Lincoln) (This article is meant for humor.  This is not fake news.  Nothing in this article is true, yet.) An oil gusher in … Continue reading

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Trump’s Appointments from the Viewpoint of Our Nuclear Security

Trump’s Appointments from the Viewpoint of Our Nuclear Security For the past year, the news and the Democratic campaigns have been warning us of possible instability with a President Trump’s access to the nuclear briefcase.  His own campaign advisors have … Continue reading

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