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Archive of entries posted on 9th May 2016
Me, I’ll Be Watching Cat Videos, Followed by Skimming Drudge Headlines
Liberals are demanding that Google refuse to livestream the Republican convention in July.
Apparently liberal computers don’t come with an “off” button.
Basic Math
Link of the Day: In Praise of Good, Honest Work
[High Praise! to Fox Nation via Mike Rowe’s Facebook]
How to Make The Skills Gap Wider, with WalletHub and Channel 10 News
[Think you have a link that’s IMAO-worthy? Send it to harvolson@gmail.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)
I Question the Timing
Attorney General Loretta Lynch said there’s no deadline for concluding the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server.
Actually, I’m guessing the deadline is whenever the Clinton Foundation checks stop clearing the bank.
Obama Warned Us – Solar
“US solar power capacity has exceeded 27,000 megawatts – enough to power 5.4 million homes.”
“Although 99% of it is currently powering calculators.”
Straight Line of the Day: If Hillary Becomes President, Her Supreme Court Nominee…
Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.
If Hillary becomes President, her Supreme Court nominee…
How we got into this mess
So, just how did we get to where we are today? We have two major political parties that seem to exist for the sole purpose of staying in power. That’s not really anything new, but this year, things seem … different. The number and intensity of people dissatisfied by both the presumptive nominees of the two major parties is greater than I can remember ever happening before.
Now, not everyone is dissatisfied by those expected to get their party’s nomination. Otherwise, they wouldn’t get the nomination. But, many are unhappy. Heck, many are just plain pissed, at the nominees, at their supporters, at the parties, and at the process.
So, how did we get here?
Well, I think it all began in 1804. Let me give the background to that, what happened after, and how that caused what we have today.
The first thing to remember — or learn, if you never knew this — is that the selection of those in government today isn’t exactly how the Founding Fathers set it up. Things changed. The first big change was in 1804. More about that in a minute.
When the Founding Fathers were setting up our Constitution, there was a great disagreement on how to lay out the government. They broke the functions up into three main branches, which we still have today: the Legislative branch, the Executive branch, and the Judicial branch. Let’s start with the Legislative branch.
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Eliminate That Pesky “I Don’t Recall”
New studies show that people who are more physically fit have bigger brains and better memories.
The FBI better question Hillary on a treadmill.