Back at the end of March, the Department of Homeland [in]Security issued rules stating that all electronics larger than a smartphone should be checked instead of kept in a carry-on on flights into the US from 10 airports or on 9 airlines from mainly Muslim countries in the middle east and north Africa. This was […]
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Posts by K`Tetch
New Book Project – Philosophies from the Disc
I’ve been busy working on several projects over the past few months, and one I’m now happy to announce is a new book. (well, if you follow me on Goodreads, you’ll note I announced it there a few weeks back). This book will NOT be about politics, but will instead focus on another love of […]
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Civil Forfeiture (and Karma) Could Destroy Trump
Kira Lerner at ThinkProgress today wrote about how the New York Attorney General is looking into state-based solutions to deal with the emoluments issue with Trump. In short, the state can investigate the payments not from the point of view of the President, but instead focus on the Trump Organisation aspect. This got me thinking […]
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Brexit, The Referendum, & the Balancing Act
As parliament goes ever closer to a Brexit vote (now that the Supreme court has said it has to have a vote and that the PM can’t unilaterally act – much to the anger of those claiming they wanted to return power to Parliament and away from an unelected entity making laws.. go figure) there […]
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Assange Painted into Corner with Manning Boasting
In the political landscape, Julian Assange is one of the current hot-button topics. His actions in the last 6 months have placed him front-and-center in the current furore over the election of Donald Trump, centering on his release of the Podesta emails. Now, I won’t say the Podesta emails were a storm in a teacup […]
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Breaking the 2-Party Two-step (2016 edition)
The following is from the book No Safe Harbor, and is an updated version of the piece that was published here four years ago, and originally here on election day 2010. For 2016 it features an extended addendum that will also be included in the second edition of the book. The first Tuesday in November is election […]
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