Landing on the Sun with Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong-Un announced at a news conference that North Korea would be sending a man to the sun within ten years! A reporter said – “But the sun is too hot. How can your man land on the sun?” There …
Are Robots Really Going To Take Your Job or Are They Going To Bring Manufacturing Back?
There is recent evidence that robots will not take all the manual labour jobs and that in fact, if you live in first world countries you will likely gain jobs from factories coming back to the US, Canada, EU, UK, …
Cost To Grow Cannabis Inside vs Outside & Why The Canadian Government Wants It Grown Outside
The Canadian Federal Government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has legalized recreational cannabis (pot) as of October 17th, 2018. As a result of this legalization, cannabis companies have been massively expanding their traditional indoor facilities to meet the expected new …
What’s Wrong With Immediate Deportations Of Illegal Immigrants?
We ask this question sincerely and without malice: What’s Wrong With Immediate Deportations Of Illegal Immigrants? We are proposing a streamlining of the process that removes the judicial review process to a a much more efficient non-judicial initial review of …
Is Crime in The Netherlands Really On The Decline?
Recently we posted THIS article and video explaining that the Dutch have pragmatically decided not to incarcerate people for petty crimes and that has resulted in a 19 of 65 prisons closing. We received an interesting response from Jack J …
VIDEO: Sex Lies & Loneliness – Dating in the Modern World
Joanna Coles on CNN’s “GPS with Fareed Zakaria” explains that people are transitioning from the classical method of meeting potential mates to an electronic process. She explains that there are serious positives to using apps to find potential spouses including:
- Drawing from a much larger pool
- Eliminating the effort required rule out a potential mate if there are characteristics you will not tolerate (i.e. Like Trump vs Hate Trump or Meat Eater vs Vegetarian)
- Reducing the frustration of not finding someone compatible in a bar or other social setting
But there are also enormous negatives that have larger consequences for society at large like:
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5 Reasons Why China is Going After Boeing
In our article BoycottUSA and BoycottTrump Does Not Mean Not Buying American, we explain that China is applying there retaliatory tariffs to Donald Trump supporters and no the US as a whole. That brings up the question of why China would target Boeing.
Boeing is based in Chicago and Chicago did not support Trump in the 2016 and they certainly don’t support him now:
- The map to the right shows how Chicago voted; neighborhood by neighborhood voted against Donald Trump
- Hillary Clinton had a larger popular vote that Barrack Obama in Chicago
- Chicago based musicians will not even accept a Thank You from Donald Trump
Boeing’s primary assembly plant, which is the largest building on earth, is in Everett Washington and Washington State did not support Trump in 2016. In fact Hillary Clinton won all 12 Washington State electoral votes.
Why Did China Target Boeing?
1: Boeing Is Perceived As Trump Friendly
While it is common sense and standard operating procedure for companies to quietly support their political leaders Boeing seems particularly aggressive in this area. When it looked like Hillary Clinton was going to win the 2016 Presidential Election, Boeing was there to help
Boeing, like many companies, woke up on November 9 to an unexpected political landscape. The company had been preparing for a Clinton presidency. Timothy Keating, its long-time senior VP of government operations, served under President Bill Clinton. There was even internal discussion at Boeing that Keating might join a new Clinton administration. Source: money.cnn.com/2017/02/17/news/companies/boeing-trump-dennis-muilenburg/index.html
Now the Donald J Trump has won the White House, Boeing has not unexpectedly flip flopped but they have taken it further than most, making some believe that they have a genuine support for Trump. From Presidential visits to photo opportunities to political conversation, Boeing is now tied to President Trump.
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BoycottUSA and BoycottTrump Does Not Mean Not Buying American
There is a growing global ‘movement’ for “Trump Free” products, which to most people means a boycott of American made products. If you are one of those people you should be thinking about two things: Boycotts Backfire Boycotts usually INCREASE …
What Did Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Say At the G7 Summit That Got President Trump So Angry
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Trudeau to Trump: Thanks For The Political Help!
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What is a Preferential Voting Ballot?
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How Much Oil Does Canada Import & Other Oil Statistics
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How Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau May Use Kinder Morgan To Bring Back Energy East Pipeline
Much has been said about the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline and while the Trudeau Government has made it clear they do not want to own it for very long, there are rumblings that they will use this as a …
GM Wants Regulation For Zero Emissions, Zero Crashes and Zero Congestion Vehicles
Let’s be clear that General Motors and all automobile manufactures do NOT want government regulation to mandate a Zero Emissions, Zero Crashes and Zero Congestion world, but they do want laws that: approach those achievable goals are shared in many …