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OK it's not a "BAN" but just forcing them to divest. We needn't get hung up on the technical jargon jibber-jabber. Why should any "Social Media" company ever be forced to "divest" regardless who the owner might be? What's the worst possible owner of a "Social Media" company -- the Neo-Nazis...

Is there something wrong about this video? When I first viewed this YouTube I was "shocked" or disturbed, or something, but I did believe it was a real incident, showing a real case of a White racist cop stopping a car to harass the Black driver. I didn't suspect it much at first but just...

Everyone who really cares about climate change and the need to reduce carbon emissions is agreeing that the current Climate-Change summit in Dubai is a disaster, total failure to produce any needed change. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67679732 Why can't any progress be made...

The Ron DeSantis vs. Gavin Newsom debate happens at 9 p.m. E.T. Thursday Nov. 30. This has been organized and promoted by Sean Hannity, who will moderate it on Fox News, and is designed as a prime-time national spectacle with similarities to presidential debates...

Democrats and Republicans agree, Biden and Trump are hugging each other in agreement: Manufacturing jobs are superior to other jobs and must get special subsidy. And Bernie Sanders is chiming in with his "Good-paying jobs! Good-paying jobs! Good-paying jobs!" chant, which means mainly factory...

Is this "crisis" really so bad? Yes it's a "problem" -- sort of, but There's a also good side: Lower-cost labor is a benefit to the economy. NPR and Sean Hannity agree on something: the number of migrants has greatly increased, showing up, being dropped off in major cities across the...

Increase trade with China or Tighten the screws on China to punish them for stealing our jobs Will someone say what the real threat is from China, beyond the usual China-bashing rhetoric. Here is an NBC news item which mostly refutes the claim that China is buying up too much U.S. land...

There's a movie you can watch about voter suppression happening now. It is promoted on the Thom Hartmann program, so it's probably only slightly biased. The following is the trailer: It charges that there are Republican vigilantes watching the polls (mostly southern states) or ballot deposit...

In the 1980s & 90s Japan was the boogie-man who was a threat to America's economy. There were outcries about Japan buying up American property and companies, in addition to "stealing our jobs" and threatening us with their products that were more competitive than ours, and U.S. autoworkers held...

(in the following video, click to about 20 minutes in, where the hearing begins) https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/flatlining-care-why-immigrants-are-crucial-to-bolstering-our-health-care-workforce This Senate hearing focused on the need for more immigrant workers in health care, where...

“The more pain we are all experiencing from the high price of gas, the more benefit there is for those who can access electric vehicles.” https://ijr.com/buttigieg-pain-feel-gas-pump-higher-benefit-ev/ -- Pete Buttigieg, in speech to promote alternative transportation (during record-high heat...

The Supreme Court has just made it much more difficult for the EPA to deal with climate change. It has just voted 6-3 to reduce the EPA's authority to address climate change. There's still a way to force reduction in greenhouse gases, without the EPA: Increase the Gas Tax ! ! For the Congress...

Why should Red-Lining be illegal? Insurance companies discriminate against certain types of customers. I.e., they PROFILE them. Based on where they live, what sex they are, and other arbitrary categories. This is legitimate. Companies providing a product or service are entitled to reduce...

Instant gratification vs. long-term benefit Here is another case where we have a choice: 1) Instant gratification regardless of the long-term consequences, or 2) long-term choice which is painful right now but more beneficial later when we would suffer the long-term consequences of the...

It's not that the jobs aren't there, but rather that there's a shortage of workers taking the jobs available. Maybe this is due mostly to the pandemic, which isn't over, and which is making employment less attractive. Companies are even cutting back production for lack of needed workers. Who's...

Why does it matter if the Debt Ceiling is not raised higher? If it's not raised, it means there will be sacrifice now in order to avoid pain in the future. In other words, There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth! but that's all. It does not mean any creditors would not be paid. All...

Why doesn't this website have at least one chatroom going, 24-7? Or maybe 2 or 3 or 4 chatrooms with designated topics: A politics chatroom, a philosophy/religion chatroom (or separate philosophy and religion rooms), etc. If too many participants join at one time, and it gets crowded...

What is wrong with this website that it doesn't include an Economics section? I am putting this here in a feeble attempt to correct this. What is the prejudice against this topic? The National Debt, Trade and Globalism, Supply-and-Demand, Labor laws and Labor disputes, Taxes, etc. Our quality...

Property tax assessment has always been a scandal, as shown by the following case, which might be a little worse than average, but the same corruption exists everywhere. There is a solution to this which would eliminate arbitrary "tax assessment" and replace it with market-based valuation of...

It's obvious why nothing is going to change. Probably there is no fix, except new technologies from science, such as carbon-capture, or discovering some new clean energy source, or somehow making nuclear power safe. Obviously we humans generally are too petty to be able to overcome our crybaby...