I post observations about things that interest me, sometime humorous or insightful but mostly just blather.
Kettering, OH
Joined June 2015
- Tweets19.7K
- Following479
- Followers456
- Likes22.1K
stevebugge retweeted
I don't care whether it's Hunter Biden or Donald Trump Jr. If your business model depends on people paying for access to your father, we've got a corruption problem.
This shouldn't be a partisan position.
But apparently Washington needs everything color-coded before deciding whether it's wrong.
stevebugge retweeted
In 1912, the federal income tax rate was zero. Everyone paid the same fair share. Zero.
stevebugge retweeted
Conservatives used to understand that not every national problem is a federal responsibility.
Now every crisis apparently requires a presidential order, a new spending program or a trade restriction.
The Constitution keeps getting smaller while Washington gets bigger.
stevebugge retweeted
Had a thought yesterday. "Resource poor" is the problem a country like Angola rich in resources ends up destitute because they don't focus on developing human capital. Reading a book extending that to the US with the idea of being "finance poor" where moving money distracts us from developing human capital to actually create wealth. The epiphany: "Digital poor" is developing the digital world (AI) at the expense of developing our human capital. Same outcome.
stevebugge retweeted
The Department of Education should be abolished immediately if there is a chance the communists are going to take over.
A pretty significant portion of this list consists of tiny islands and microstates. Then there's China and India.
🌿🌍 LEAST-PERFORMING COUNTRIES FOR BIODIVERSITY & HABITAT — 2026
(Country — EPI Biodiversity & Habitat Score)
1 🇩🇯Djibouti — 5.71
2 🇲🇻Maldives — 6.31
3 🇮🇳India — 9.09
3 🇹🇷Türkiye — 9.09
5 🇧🇧Barbados — 9.45
6 🇹🇴Tonga — 9.61
7 🇼🇸Samoa — 9.87
8 🇸🇧Solomon Islands — 10.28
9 🇨🇳China — 10.60
10 🇲🇺Mauritius — 10.98
🌿 Djibouti ranks lowest globally and is also the lowest-ranked country in Africa.
🇮🇳 India and 🇹🇷 Türkiye are tied for 3rd-lowest, both scoring 9.09.
#StatiSense
(EPI)
stevebugge retweeted
Republicans spent decades teaching voters that tariffs are taxes, debt matters and presidents aren’t kings.
None of those ideas became obsolete.
The awkward part is explaining why they suddenly became negotiable once Republicans controlled Washington.
stevebugge retweeted
At some point we need to have a national conversation about divorce laws.
I know of instances where women have committed infidelity, physical abuse, falsely claimed domestic violence (resulting in jail time), accused their husbands of child molestation, and earned not 50%, but even 90% or 100% of marital assets in divorce proceedings. Not to mention estrangement from children. One such case resulted in a suicide.
I am happily married, luckily. But why would men get married when they know that the relationship is a ticking time bomb, and that their spouse can ruin them financially and reputationally (and throw them in prison), all with the consent and blessing of the legal system?
The courts largely view women to be innocent in the eyes of the law. Women can be bad people, too, and the legal system needs to recognize that.
@CHSommers
stevebugge retweeted
Republicans and Democrats should vote Libertarian this election it’s too important to waste your vote on those Authoritarian socialist the RNC and DNC!
stevebugge retweeted
I’ll admit it: of all the disappointing seasons of the Seattle Mariners, this was certainly the most recent one
stevebugge retweeted
Democrats Suck
Republicans Suck
Stop trusting politicians and think for yourself !
This phenomenon is mostly what has driven the growth of the LP since 2000.
