I think the election of Donald Trump was more of throwing a wrench in the political machine (i.e. "swamp") that is Washington D.C. There's a great anger in both political parties for not understanding or even wanting to understand the common U.S. citizen's concerns. This anger has been bui...

When I think of The Netherlands and farms, I always think of the tulips. I never really thought of the country as having a substantial farming industry. I figured most food would be imported. In the U.S., our farmers rely heavily on exporting their crops. Now with the trade war with China in additio...

Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen In Carcosa. Strange is the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies, But stranger still is Lost Carcosa. Songs that the Hyades shall sing, Where flap the tatters of the Ki...

I know from experience how these affairs always end up with a proposal to ban me for whatever trumped-up reason, and that anything I might say will be twisted to suit the agenda of those whose single purpose is to hound me off Wikipedia. So I'll do everyone a favour by leaving voluntarily. After th...

I would buy the Betsy Ross and USSR shoes. Most kids today won't know what either means anyway. To be honest, I'm against wearing anything with the US flag on it since it violates US Flag Code. But I won't stop someone from wearing it or a company from making it. Free speech and all that.

"Elon Musk announces on Twitter his Twitter account's deletion." You would think that would make people stop and pause. :facepalm:

I think the threats from China on withholding rare earth metals will definitely hurt the hybrid/electric car market. My Tesla stock might be worthless. Then, there's the cars and car parts that come from Mexico that might get hit with retaliatory tariffs. I wonder what car companies will be left?

There used to be considerable talk on Requests for Adminship (RfA) about the impending doom of Wikipedia if they didn't get enough people applying for adminships. They were always seen as hysteric alarmists. But it's true that no one wants to go through the Hell of an RfA, let alone dealing with a d...

Trump himself will likely survive at least for this term, but everyone else surrounding him will have to die on their proverbial swords for him.