AMERICAN STUDIES

FRANK SCOTT—Eight percent of Americans are millionaires, multi-millionaires and billionaires, yet large portions of the 92% relatively helpless majority are programmed to proclaim “our” democracy in the way that the house Negros of slavery days might have claimed “our” plantation. * They certainly lived much more comfortable lives than the field Negros but were no more than domestic slaves taught to keep their lower-ranked field slaves quiet in times of stress. That’s the economic position of average Americans compared to those who buy, rent and own the state which does their bidding, only making some room for the house negro citizens of any and all skin tones, sexual preferences and religions when it fits their plans and avoids uprisings or revolutions.

ABC NEWS—Gabbard said that her entrance into the 2020 presidential cycle was also because of imminent “nuclear holocaust.”

“I ran for president in 2020 because I knew that this is where we were headed. All the signs were there. I raised this issue every single day during the campaign and on the national debate stage for those of you who may have come to a town hall or who were watching, I’m sure you noticed, but the politicians and the media completely ignored it,” she said.

Wired Magazine recently ran a piece suggesting that today’s workers struggling with burnout on the job could potentially solve the problem by… getting a second job! Or maybe a third! It’s called “overworking,” the story’s author alleges, and it’s a great way to take charge of your professional life, achieve financial freedom and show those employers who’s really boss. Who knew? Jimmy and America’s Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss whether this is the most asinine idea they’ve ever heard.

“Excellent analysis of how we end up with leaders who are not able to lead. I was a career military officer and a health professional. Both areas require compliance and hoop jumping. The military has made hoop-jumping the primary means of career advancement. If you don’t advance on schedule, your career ends. Thus, officers become professional hoop jumpers and their actual duties are secondary. The consequence is that my the time an officer becomes field grade, they are often devoid of any real skills but have perfect promotion folders. Hard workers, loyal, but unable to deal with failure or stand up for principle. They can’t and won’t rock a boat that needs rocking.”

ERIC ZUESSE—The Democratic Party’s two primary debates in Miami had devoted “only 15 minutes worth of discussion about the climate crisis … within the four hours of debate, both times not until the second hour of the debate,” in order NOT to allow many Democratic Party voters to know more than the superficial level of the candidates’ actual policy-positions on this issue which concerned “the highest percentage of any policy category.”