Scanning stories that don't agree with the talking points

Dilbert says the left and right see different "movies" on what is going on: So I am ignoring the latest kerfuffle that is filling the airwaves about Trumpie boy, which seem to be important until you watch the other movie where they demolish the talking points with a reality check.

Since I live 10 thousand miles away, I tend to take it all with a grain of salt.

And wonder: Do these people notice what is happening in France? America got Trumpie boy as a revolt against being lorded over by the elite and trivial regulations, the UK got Brexit partly over the kettle tax, but in today's paper, it appears that France is having thousand of ordinary people protesting the government policies making their lives difficult.

I read somewhere that it started with a lady on the social media, 

heh. What hath Zuckerberg wrought?

Trumpieboy removed a lot of these pesky regulations, and rewriting the play book on foreign relations. Good or bad? I don't know. All I know is that Obama, in the search for peaceful solutions, pressured PNoy to let China steal our resources in the West Philippine sea, and that hasn't worked out well, has it?

as for the Muller investigation: What happened to Russia?

some hyperventilation on CNN about Trump's pay off lawyer (businessmen, like doctors, tend to pay off nuisance lawsuits instead of going to court).

but the "swamp" of lobbying and money is the real problem, and when the investigation only sees one side to prosecute (uh, Uranium one?), one does get a bit cynical.


but the dark side of the investigation is that many innocent people are being "punished" by making them go bankrupt to defend themselves. No, I don't feel sorry for Manafort, who has earned millions doing lobbying, but what about General Flynn?
(whose main sin was to oppose Obama's policies years before).

Instapundit has a lot of stuff there about the culture wars (libertarian site)

so after watching CNN, check out that site for links.\\

and remember: The head of the DNC is complaining that too many Americans are listening to what they hear in church. (uh, like pro immigration sermons Catholics hear all the time? Of course not.)

a lot of this is culture war redux, and Trump, who as a businessman, unlike Andrea Mitchell, has had to talk to ordinary people, and realized there was a problem, and decided he could fix the problem, which is ironic for a guy who went on Howard Stern's radio show all the time in the past.