Only One Hour of Hate?

 MSNBC and CNN have outdone Orwell's 1984 in one major respect.  In 1984, there is a two minutes of hate program every day directed at Emmanuel Goldstein.  On MSNBC and CNN, there are almost 24 hours of hate directed at Donald Trump every day of the week.  In 1984, the two minutes of hate is used to justify the necessity of the dictatorship of Big Brother, because only with unlimited power can Big Brother protect us from Emmanuel Goldstein.  Similarly, only with unlimited power can Democrats "protect" us from Trump.

Years ago, everything was blamed on El Nino, a weather pattern in the Pacific Ocean.  Later on, everything was blamed on George W. Bush.  Now everything, including bad weather, is blamed on Trump.  MSNBC and CNN are playing their audiences for fools.

What Do Big Deficits Stimulate?

 If big government deficits stimulated the economy, Greece would have passed Germany as an economic powerhouse.  Isn't it time to admit that John Maynard Keynes was wrong, based on the experience of the last 90 years?  Big debts lead to bankruptcy.

Political Censorship Online and Section 230

 

For me, the problem is the political censorship enforced by Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other tech companies, whose business models are based on Section 230 of the Communications Act.  Section 230 allows internet platforms to host 3rd party content without copyright liability under the assumption that the platforms exercise no editorial control of their content.  All social media companies' business models are based on Section 230.

For me the solution is quite simple.  Congress should alter Section 230 so it doesn't allow social media companies to remove content for any reason.  Instead, allow the tech giants to put an "Are you sure?" question on content they disapprove of, warning that the content you are asking for doesn't meet their "community guidelines."  Then let the users click through the question.

Allowing users to opt out of platform content filters, as a condition for allowing companies to hide behind Section 230, is a simple way to minimize the political censorship they now exercise.  It would involve no complex government regulation or anti-trust litigation.

What Your Voting Decision Comes Down To

If voters really cared about the country, they would not subject it to 4 years of shutting down non renewable energy sources, like the 87% of US electricity generation that's not renewable.  They wouldn't support the party that likes to cancel people who express views contrary to their orthodoxy, which gets wackier day by day.  They wouldn't empower the party that thinks defunding the police is fine, even if it doubles violent crime.

The choice is pretty clear.  On the one hand you can pick impulsive tweets, rude manners, judges who rule on what the law is rather than what they would like it to be and respect for law and order.  On the other hand, you can get the Green New Deal, Antifa riots, judges who make up the law to suit their preferences and the party that made California into a third world country with power blackouts and huge forest fires.

I think rude tweets a small price to pay to avoid economic suicide.