President Trump is painting our descendants as thieves, murderers, and escapees from Mental Hospitals--it seems to me!

Yes, I've heard reports from my parents that my grandfather on my mother's side stole away from Poland on a ship bound for the good-old USA.  He became a grocery store owner for years here in the States, and a father of many female kids.

And the real point is, how many of you are descendants of foreign-born migrants?  And how many of those descendants were criminals abroad where they came from?  What a lot of nonsense!  Just ask clerics of various religions who work with migrants get settled here; and various organizations dedicated to help them get acclimated.

How soon we forget our past heritage, we--who live the better life so many of them longed to give their offspring!

My opinion.

P.S. Both sides of my family were immigrants to the States!  Why do so many bring with them new ideas and ways of doing things.  I seem to recall, one of the great immigrants to our country was Albert Einstein! 

  

To The Gazans of Palestine and the West Bank Palestinians, too. And to the Disapora of Jews!

Fareed Zakaria on his "GPS" Sunday Show has come out for a old man long in Prison in Israel (I think) to be a new leader.

I would have the Palestinians of the region to alight upon a ruling party of their own choosing.

But--someone in the demeanor of a "Martin Luther King Jr." type.  Definitely, a Muslim, I would argue!

I already have confidence, the Palestinians would welcome someone with top morals identity, even an imam.  Someone from the USA?

My opinion.  

A Clarification of the differences in meanings of 'effectuate' by Administration and by the Judiciary: my opinion

 After listening to Senator Klobuchar's argument on the meanings of "effectuate" as used by the Administration versus used by the Judiciary (on CNN's Sunday program "State of the Nation" today), it seems to me the disagreement stems from the appropriate synonym of the term in the context each governmental organ means by it.

"Effectuate" in the Administration's sense of the term refers to "the implementation in the change in action the directive is demanding;" whereas the Judiciary is using it to "make a substantial change in the thing or person to undergo the change ordered."  

To put it succinctly, in the Administration's use, there is no change in the status of the person being proposed by the directive of the Courts, but in the Judiciary sense, the directive suggests a reversal of the status the thing or person has now to what it was before.  For importantly, the President of El Salvador accepts the use of "effectuate" as offered by the Administration.  The mistake was to change his status from "living in the United States--not to be transported back to El Salvador for sake of his security," thereby omitting that he had left life in El Salvador, seeking a new life here. 

My interpretation.

Weather's changing in DC: Many more cloudy days.

I've been noticing that while the weather isn't rainy, the sky is filled with clouds for days on end!

This could be a good thing to  prevent skin cancer, but how does it affect the growing of crops, and what we construe as normal weather patterns?  Especially, that the clouds remain in the sky for consecutive days on end?

Is this a reason to call for reducing the earth's temperature and end the use of fossil fuels?  Seems in might.

My opinion based on my observations.

P,S.  And the Southeast-US is being hammered with rain! 

An Economist poll of Syrians show citizenry support for President Ahmed al-Sharaa to rebuild the country.

Yes, there is still violence and differences among them, but overall they are glad he has assumed the Presidency of their country after Mr. Assad left the country for Russia and President Putin's welcome.

And, despite Mr. al-Shara's troubled career with the jihadists, he has appointed as ministries in his interim government representatives from the favored Alawite sect, as well as a Christian, a Druze and a Kurd.  As a forthright pluralist, he urges unity among his people, whatever sects they belong to.

Reported in the Economist, April 5 issue, pp. 34 ff., the people are behind him!  But there is much to do to bring about a functioning nation.  Not to mention the condition of the Gaza Strip!

My opinion.

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A Bank learns how to find a responsible re-payer!

China, with its loan program to do infrastructure upgrades for African countries, learned the countries it loaned the money for the work projects was hard to get from their African payees without coming back to make additional loans to cover interest for late payments, etc.  

Now, in South America, one country in particular has had a long history of working with the IMF, the International Monetary Fund, in getting money loaned to Argentina repaid.  According to the Economist, April 5th Issue, 2025, the current President of this country established a running record to prove his worthiness to be trusted to yet another loan.  President Javier Milei showed the Bank that he was not like former presidents by presenting the austerity program in effect in the country to indicate his good faith in wanting to repay what is due: "Mr. Milei's first deal will be Argentina's 23rd."(p. 62)  

Clearly, Mr. Milei had to prove himself worthy of the trust the Bank would have to show that he truly is a  man of his word.  He must be a spendthrift, belt-tightening individual with someone else's money.  And this President came through with a proposal he steadfast followed, along with his people, that proved his financial mettle and economic leadership.

"Far better to give Mr. Milei firepower to remove Argentina from the IMF's books."  Comments the Economist, "Mr. Milei has earned it."(bold type, mine).

My opinion.       

Does everyone understand that industries must go through retooling (=adjusting to new technology and new wants of consumer groups)

The United States, during the Nixon years, has opened the opportunity to China, because of their development of supply chains, to become competitive in the modern, contemporary world.  That was welcomed both in China, as a way to play catch up with the West, and to enable Western plants and industries to get rid of what has become passe methods and take on the most advanced methods being currently developed at computer centers, now including those in the East--China, Taiwan, Japan and Australia, etc.--i.e., GLOBALLY.  

Retooling was anticipated years and years ago by those who established the computer revolution, the culmination of which is embodied in Artificial Intelligence Research and its practical applications, being developed right now.

Retooling represents changes in industry but is also a cultural phenomenon: witness how "dated" some shopping malls are even today, each one virtually time-stamped as to decade by when each was considered "contemporary."  Look at downtown Houston's vacancy list!

Whereas retooling took a long time years ago, today--once a capitol source is involved, the process can start to reconstruct a factory.  Not that long.  But it is naive for business to think it can prosper without having control of the business from its very inception and dedication of the property to be the headquarters of the enterprise to its finished product, linked by supply chains.

Now then,  President Trump is saying that the United States ought to be significantly in with other countries where a finished product is distributed and sold.  The issue of fairness arises as to where a process was performed by workers at a specific address within a locale of a particular country: It should be determined the cost of the process to be meted out as an expense, per process' evaluation.  I take it he is also claiming that United States has not received for the company processes in making and selling the finished item performed at the company's locations due or equitable compensation, which includes profit and wages, at locations in the United States, where the process was performed.  The government's take for providing services to enable the company to conduct its business at the address within the boundaries of the United States is within the scope of assessing the tariff charged at port of entry where the product is to be sold.  

The issue of amount to be charged as a tariff is particular glaring in respect to agriculture.  France, for example, highly prizes its wines, though other countries today may produce just as comparable wines, in the estimation of the consumer, as the French.  Someone of Trump's persuasion, e.g., living in the United States might claim that Napa Wines are of similar quality; and may object to being charged more for French wines.  That's the rub!  The United States as importer determines the amount of the tariff the consumer must pay. 

President Trump uses the tariff mechanism to bring about parity of wines, despite that farmers of France and farmers of California may loudly and vociferously disagree.  It is the so-called "reciprocity of tariff."

My interpretation of President's fundamental argument (in my opinion).